Making sure all software is up to date is a great idea if you have forewarning of any server or PHP updates.
See - https://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/SiteAnalyzer or - https://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/RecipeCheck which will help you out cheers On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 at 06:59, Peter Kay <pka...@gmail.com> wrote: > Actually, checking what skin you are using is an excellent idea. > > --Peter > > On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 12:30 PM Kevin R. Bulgrien < > kev...@systemsdesignusa.com> wrote: > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Michael Lang" <micl...@arcor.de> >> > To: pmwiki-users@pmichaud.com >> > Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 10:26:27 AM >> > Subject: Re: [pmwiki-users] Problems with my PMWiki Site after Update >> to PHP7.2 (from PHP5.6) >> > >> > There is no error.log file! >> > >> > Am 19.03.2019 um 17:04 schrieb Mikhail Ustinov: >> > > Usually it is in the root of the site (/public_html or may be >> > > /public_html/pmwiki). >> > > >> > > You need ssh or ftp access to the site. >> > > >> > > 19.03.2019 18:29, Michael Lang пишет: >> > >> Where do I find the file error.log? >> > >> >> > >> Am 19.03.2019 um 16:18 schrieb Mikhail Ustinov: >> > >>> Check your error.log >> > >>> >> > >>> May be you use some recipes that doesn't work under PHP7.2 >> > >>> because >> > >>> uses obsoleted PHP functions. >> > >>> >> > >>> BR >> > >>> Mike Ustinov >> > >>> >> > >>> 19.03.2019 18:10, Michael Lang пишет: >> > >>>> Hi, >> > >>>> my provider did an update to PHP7.2 (from PHP5.6) - after this I >> > >>>> had severe problems with my PM Wiki site; all pages have been >> > >>>> empty; the sidebar wasn't visible.. I had a small window to go >> > >>>> back >> > >>>> to PHP5.6 and I did an PM Wiki update to 2.2.113 (from 2.2.14) - >> > >>>> under PHP5.6 everything was fine, but after my provider finaly >> > >>>> switched to PHP7.2 I had the same problem. Any advice? >> > >>>> Regards, Michael >> >> I had to resurrect a pmwiki when I updated from PHP 5.6 to PHP 7.2 on >> RHEL. The problems were entirely related to plugins or skins. Many >> required updating, but many of them in use were no longer currently >> maintained, so it ended up that they had to be fixed or removed. It >> wasn't easy to remove them, so fixing became the best option, and the >> patched files were uploaded to the relevant plugin pages on the >> PMWiki project wiki. >> >> There is no information given about what plugins or skins might have >> been in use, etc. It seems unlikely for help to be possible with so >> little effort given to providing information. >> >> Was a backup of the wiki made at any time? Providers like Softaculous >> offer backups being made before updates. Even if not made before an >> update, a backup made after would potentially allow for dropping >> the files on a local system or VM to debug if the web host does >> not allow shell access. Did you ask for shell access? >> >> Here are brief notes about the site I fixed: >> >> KB: 2018/12: >> >> The pmwiki site broke completely after upgrading from PHP 5.6 to >> PHP 7.2. >> The breakage appeared to be exclusively due to “Warning: >> preg_replace(): The >> /e modifier is no longer supported” issues. >> >> To address the issues, first, the site was upgraded to: >> pmwiki-2.2.110 >> >> The triad skin was updated to the newest available at the time of >> the repair. >> >> Numerous cookbook files were either upgraded from the pmwiki >> site, or were >> locally patched. In most cases, locally patched files were >> uploaded to the >> pmwiki site (https://pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/) pages pertinent >> to the files >> that were edits, though in two cases, the pmwiki recipe pages >> were themselves >> affected by the preg_replace error, and changes could not be >> shared at the >> time they were made. The list of cookbook's modified: >> >> -rw-r--r--. 1 SDwiki apache 3395 Dec 7 15:19 includeurl.php >> -rw-r--r--. 1 SDwiki apache 2568 Dec 7 15:14 handytoc.php >> -rw-r--r--. 1 SDwiki apache 21858 Dec 7 15:03 zap.php >> -rw-r--r--. 1 SDwiki apache 33265 Dec 7 15:00 wikilog.php >> -rw-r--r--. 1 SDwiki apache 42757 Dec 7 14:32 pmcal.php >> -rw-r--r--. 1 SDwiki apache 36879 Dec 7 14:24 markup.php >> -rw-r--r--. 1 SDwiki apache 8822 Dec 7 14:02 emenu2.php >> -rw-r--r--. 1 SDwiki apache 1744 Dec 7 13:53 emenu.php >> -rw-r--r--. 1 SDwiki apache 6985 Dec 7 13:41 break_page.php >> -rw-r--r--. 1 SDwiki apache 10681 Dec 7 13:38 >> AdvancedTableDirectives.php >> -rw-r--r--. 1 SDwiki apache 5661 Dec 7 13:34 convert-html.php >> -rw-r--r--. 1 SDwiki apache 46369 Dec 7 13:14 zaptoolbox.php >> -rw-r--r--. 1 SDwiki apache 43836 Dec 7 11:43 >> totalcounter_1_9_2.php >> -rw-r--r--. 1 SDwiki apache 3706 Dec 7 11:24 menus.php >> -rw-r--r--. 1 SDwiki apache 3700 Dec 7 10:59 numtoc.php >> -rw-r--r--. 1 SDwiki apache 5391 Dec 7 10:33 >> feralsimplecalendar.php >> -rw-r--r--. 1 SDwiki apache 1248 Dec 7 10:31 treemenu.php >> >> Naturally, your site will not be identical, but if you have things in the >> cookbook folder, probably they should be checked first and upgraded or >> edited as needed. When looking for upgrades, don't just download the >> plugin/skin tarball. Many plugins have individual files posted when a >> maintainer is not actively maintaining them. >> >> Other places for files that needed fixing were pub/* folders associated >> with plugins or skins, though for me, only handytoc put files there >> that needed changing. >> >> You should probably enabled diagnostics by uncommenting a line in the >> local/config.php file: >> >> # $EnableDiag = 1; # enable remote diagnostics >> >> There were only a few types of changes that had to be made. Provided that >> they turn out to be relevant, you could also look at how I changed the >> aforementioned files by examining what was uploaded to the plugin page >> and comparing it to the original published file. >> >> Good luck. Without more facts, actual help is hard to give. >> >> Kevin >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pmwiki-users mailing list >> pmwiki-users@pmichaud.com >> http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users >> > _______________________________________________ > pmwiki-users mailing list > pmwiki-users@pmichaud.com > http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users >
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