How to Move Magento 2 from Localhost to Server

Follow the following steps to move Magento 2 from localhost to server

Select all the files and make a zip file.
If you are using the XAMPP server, open the htdocs folder.
If you are using the WAMP server, open the www folder.
Select the Magento folder that you want to move to the server and compress the folder in zip format.

There are two methods to import the database, the first is you can import via command and the second method via PhpMyAdmin.

mysql -p -u username database_name < backup_file.sql

If you are using the PhpMyAdmin to import then follow the steps.

Click on the Import button.
Click on the Choose File button to choose the database file from your directory.
Click on the Go button to process.

Create the subfolder for the new domain. Or you can continue with the normal directory.
Extract the zip folder inside the subfolder.

Open the app/etc/env.php.
In the env .php file change the information according to the new database like username, database name and password etc.

Open the Core_Config_Data table of your database.
Find the “web/unsecure/base_url” and replace the localhost Url with the domain name.

Run the following commands:

php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy -f
php bin/magento cache:flush
php bin/magento cache:clean

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