If I install 2.2.8, do all my hacks get erased?

[Erwin]

Originally posted by jc707imports
How do I keep all the hacks, won't all these php files over write the existing ones iwth the hacks in them? Or... am I totally wrong?

Yes, copying the new PHP files over the old one will obviously replace them, and you will lose your hacks.

2 ways around this:

1) Copy new files over the old ones, then reinstall all your hacks. If you only have a few hacks, that shouldn't be too hard.

2) If you have lots of hacks like me, that may take too long. If so, don't copy the new files over the old, but use a file compare program like Araxis Merge or Beyond Compare, and when you compare the code in the new and old files, copy only the code that appears to be changed and new in the new file to the old file. This way you don't lose your hacks.