Trying to upgrade to 2.1.rc2 but getting a white page on upgrade.php

ScarletDiva · December 12, 2019, 06:00:11 AM

Any suggestions?

hxxp:lovelockandload.net/forum/ [nonactive]

m4z · December 12, 2019, 06:03:45 AM

Which steps are you taking when trying to upgrade, which guide are you following?

ScarletDiva · December 12, 2019, 06:19:55 AM

I uploaded the new forum, and went to upgrade.php.

I haven't used this forum software in years so I've probably forgotten and done something wrong.

I was upgrading due to 1000s of php errors.

SpacePhoenix · December 12, 2019, 06:25:48 AM

What version are you upgrading from?
What PHP version are you using?
What mods are installed?

m4z · December 12, 2019, 06:39:57 AM

The guide to follow would be this one: Upgrading SMF

ScarletDiva · December 12, 2019, 06:56:18 AM

It's a friend's forum, I'm trying to help him out. H

e had a portal installed at one point but disabled it. I'll ask if he remembers what else was added.

Illori · December 12, 2019, 07:23:58 AM

what version are you upgrading from? what errors were you getting?

ScarletDiva · December 12, 2019, 07:59:32 AM

I think it was 2.0.15.

php errors (in the logs) due to the the host's new version of php not working with the older forum.

Illori · December 12, 2019, 08:16:22 AM

what version of php are you using?

we really don't recommend using SMF 2.1 in production unless you are willing to debug issues that may come up.

ScarletDiva · December 12, 2019, 08:48:37 AM

Host is using PHP 7.2.

What SMF would you suggest?

Would I be better off doing a clean install? The forumwill be set to read only, as it is now being treated as an archive since everyone left for Facebook.

Illori · December 12, 2019, 09:01:26 AM

I would stay with SMF 2.0 and upgrade to SMF 2.0.16 when it is released as it will have support for php 7.2.

ScarletDiva · December 12, 2019, 09:02:28 AM

How long do you think that will be?

I'll need to revert the forum... Hmm.

Illori · December 12, 2019, 09:06:44 AM

it will be released when it is ready.

we always recommend making a backup before you do anything, I hope you did.

ScarletDiva · December 12, 2019, 09:24:04 AM

Back running 20.0.15

landyvlad · January 31, 2020, 02:17:29 AM

Have you now upgraded to 2.0.16 and then 2.0.17 now? That will support PHP 7.2 and should work for you with no issues.

ScarletDiva · August 12, 2020, 06:40:19 AM

Trying to upgrade, but getting this:

Arantor · August 12, 2020, 06:55:22 AM

Click on the little document icons to the left of those failures, this will tell you what it's trying to find/replace.

Lovelockandload · August 12, 2020, 02:07:01 PM

The issue is now resolved thanks to the info in this thread...

https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=571002.0

Thanks to ScarletDiva for starting this thread for me. Very much appreciated mate!

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Trying to upgrade to 2.1.rc2 but getting a white page on upgrade.php