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Here is my problem: I am trying to set up a development copy of a running Magento website. I created a subdomain, copied all the files to the /dev directory, made a copy of the database, set up the new credentials in /dev/etc/local.xml, change the secure and unsecure URL in core_config_data, but when I try to access the dev page I am always redirected to the live page.

I checked the .htaccess files, I actually cleared it at one point, I disabled Auto-redirect to Base URL (both on the live and the dev version), but the page is still getting redirected.

What and where should I look to get this issue resolved.

Here is the live version of the site: www.example.com Dev version should be here: dev.example.com or www.example.com/dev

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This sounds like a caching issue. Assuming you are using file cache, delete everything from dev/var/cache. If that doesn't work it could be the classic "the cache isn't where you think it is" problem. If 'dev/var/cache' isn't writable then the cache may get created in /tmp/magento/.

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  • Yes, this solved the issue, thank you! At least lumeabasmelor.ro/dev is working, but dev.lumeabasmelor.ro not. Also I can't login to the admin panel, any idea what to set and where? Sorry for all the questions, but I have been blocked here since december 20th :)
    – Andras
    Commented Jan 5, 2015 at 15:40
  • To make the dev subdomain work you'll probably have to either a.) create a new VirtualHost that points directly to the dev folder, or b.) edit the .htaccess on the LIVE site to redirect to /dev/index.php if the domain is dev.lumeabasmelor.ro. Personally I'd recommend a.) if at all possible.
    – Peter O'Callaghan
    Commented Jan 5, 2015 at 16:21
  • Option a.) is not possible, I tried option b.), dev.lumeabasmelor.ro works, but when I try to log in to dev.lumeabasmelor.ro/admin it always redirects me to www.lumeabasmelor.ro/admin and asking me to log in again.
    – Andras
    Commented Jan 5, 2015 at 20:53
  • When you go to dev.lumeabasmelor.ro/admin, you're probably actually looking at the live site.
    – Peter O'Callaghan
    Commented Jan 5, 2015 at 21:18
  • Yeah but the same thing happens when I go to lumeabasmelor.ro/dev/index.php/admin
    – Andras
    Commented Jan 5, 2015 at 21:24
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In my case cache is stored in my root tmp folder.I have delete all zend_cache* then it works.

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  • This was it for me. /tmp/magento/var/cache was added automatically. I removed the cached files and immediately tried my dev URL again and it no longer redirected to the production URL. Thank you.
    – Dylan Valade
    Commented Aug 8, 2016 at 3:08

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