Upgrading to the most recent version of Rogō

Please check which version you are on as there may be a number of steps you need to follow.

Upgrading to 5.0

Migration no longer supported

  1. The /updates/version4.php will translate the 4.x database structure into the new 5.0 database structure.
  2. Edit /config/start.inc and modify the ends of lines 9 and 15 to read <td style="color:white;width:190px;text-align:center">

Upgrading to 5.x

Migration no longer supported


  1. To upgrade a version 5 installation to a newer version 5 run the script /updates/version5.php

Upgrading to 6.0

PHP 5 required

MySQL 5.6 required

  1. When upgrading to version 6 copy /config/start.inc from the BitBucket repository and re-style to local needs. If the old one is copied the 'Fire Exits' will not work.

Upgrading to 6.1

PHP 5 required

MySQL 5.6 required

No need skip this.

Upgrading to 6.2

PHP 5 required

MySQL 5.6 required

  1. Ensure you have copied the config/campuses.inc file into your new rogo directory if you are jumping from a pre rogo 6.1 version

Rogō will attempt to install some additional libraries automatically but you may need to install them manually:


cd /path_to_rogo_root_directory
php composer.phar install --no-dev

Installing Composer

Go to https://getcomposer.org/download/ or search for composer in your package manager.

Upgrading to 6.3

PHP 5 required

MySQL 5.6 required

No need skip this.

Upgrading to 6.4

PHP 5 required

MySQL 5.6 required

  1. Your base rogo must be atleast rogo 6.2.X in order to upgrade to 6.4.X

Rogō will attempt to install some additional libraries automatically but you may need to install them manually:


cd /path_to_rogo_root_directory
php composer.phar install --no-dev

cd /path_to_rogo_root_directory
npm install --production

Installing NPM

npm comes bundled in nodejs you can download from https://nodejs.org/en/download/ or search for npm/nodejs in your package manager.

Upgrading to 6.5

PHP 5 required

MySQL 5.6 required

Rogo 6.5 is a pre-requiste to Rogo 7. Please upgrade to 6.5 first.

Upgrading to 7

Minimum PHP 7.2 required

MySQL 5.7 required

Upgrading to 7.2

Minimum PHP 7.3 required

Upgrading to 7.3

Minimum PHP 7.3 required


See the releases page for a download link.