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Version: Thelia 3

Updating Thelia

Update components​

A project depends on thelia/thelia-skeleton, which brings in thelia/core and the templates. Set the version you want in your composer.json:

"thelia/thelia-skeleton": "^3.0"

Then run:

composer update

Update the database​

New files on an old database will break: a release can ship an SQL script that alters the schema. Run the update script from the root of your installation:

php local/setup/update.php

It reads the thelia_version configuration variable from your database and replays every update script between that version and the one your files are at, in order. Several versions at once are applied in a single run. The script offers to back up your database first and restores that backup if a script fails, but on a large database prefer a manual mysqldump taken before you start.

Never run thelia:install on an existing shop

That command is the initial installer, not a migration tool. It replays thelia.sql, which starts by dropping every table.

Update assets​

Composer reinstalls the template packages, so whatever they had compiled is gone. Rebuild the assets:

php Thelia importmap:install
php Thelia tailwind:build
php Thelia sass:build

The first two rebuild the front-office assets, the last one the back-office stylesheet. Skip any command the console does not carry: each comes from a package the corresponding template requires.

Clear the cache​

In development:

php Thelia cache:clear

In production, delete the directory and warm it up again instead of calling cache:clear, which boots the very container it is about to remove:

rm -rf var/cache/prod
php bin/console cache:warmup --env=prod

Do not skip the warmup. The production kernel does not build the LiveComponent template map on demand, and every back-office page that renders a live component returns a 500 without it.

Updating modules​

Update modules separately:

composer update thelia/module-name

Then let Thelia compare the version in module.xml with the one stored in the database and run the module's own update() method:

php Thelia module:refresh
php Thelia cache:clear

Recommendations​

  1. Back up your database before updating.
  2. Test updates on a staging environment first.
  3. Review the changelog for breaking changes.
  4. Update only modules that are compatible with your Thelia version.