Website load issues and set_magic_quotes_runtime()

[learning2022]

The host has given this response:

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[05-Sep-2022 12:10:26 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to
undefined function set_magic_quotes_runtime() in
/home/themaqpy/public_html/includes/framework.php:21
Stack trace:
#0 /home/themaqpy/public_html/index.php(22): require_once()
#1 {main}
thrown in /home/themaqpy/public_html/includes/framework.php on line 21
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Is this a Joomla issue or something else?

[mjparadac]

Hello learning2022

What is your PHP version?

This post could help.
viewtopic.php?t=960229

[learning2022]

Hi,
This is the message on the dashboard:

Error
We have detected that your server is using PHP 7.3.28 which is obsolete and no longer receives official security updates by its developers. The Joomla! Project recommends upgrading your site to PHP 7.4 or later which will receive security updates at least until 2022-11-28. Please ask your host to make PHP 7.4 or a later version the default version for your site. If your host is already PHP 7.4 ready please enable PHP 7.4 on your site's root and 'administrator' directories – typically you can do this yourself through a tool in your hosting control panel, but it's best to ask your host if you are unsure.

And

WARNING
Joomla 3.10 has entered security only mode. Support ends 17 August 2023. Start planning to migrate to Joomla 4 today.

[AMurray]

I'm not sure about Magic Quotes; it's a setting on the server your web host could assist with.

Follow the advice of those Info/Warning messages. Use PHP 7.4 (until end of November 2022) or swtich to PHP 8.x and start preparing for Joomla 4

[sozzled]

Error
We have detected that your server is using PHP 7.3.28 which is obsolete and no longer receives official security updates by its developers. The Joomla! Project recommends upgrading your site to PHP 7.4 or later which will receive security updates at least until 2022-11-28. Please ask your host to make PHP 7.4 or a later version the default version for your site. If your host is already PHP 7.4 ready please enable PHP 7.4 on your site's root and 'administrator' directories – typically you can do this yourself through a tool in your hosting control panel, but it's best to ask your host if you are unsure.

This is not really an error. According to the technical requirements documentation, the PHP 8.0 recommended for J! 3.x but it is not mandatory; your site will work OK with PHP 7.x. You can remove this "error" by disabling the plugin Quick Icon - PHP Version Check

WARNING
Joomla 3.10 has entered security only mode. Support ends 17 August 2023. Start planning to migrate to Joomla 4 today.

This notice is for information purposes. You can remove this notice by disabling the plugin Quick Icon - Joomla! 3.10 End Of Support Notification. Further information about J! 3.10 end of support can be obtained by using Google to search for "Joomla! 3.10 End Of Support Notification"

set_magic_quotes_runtime() is not available in later releases of PHP 7.x; see information at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/221 ... ime-in-php. If you get messages about this it means you have an extension installed that uses it. You will need to find which extension uses set_magic_quotes_runtime() and uninstall that extension.

[toivo]

PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function set_magic_quotes_runtime() in
/home/themaqpy/public_html/includes/framework.php:21

The function set_magic_quotes_runtime() has not been used in the file framework.php since Joomla 1.5. Either the website is still using Joomla 1.5 or the update to a later version was not done correctly.

Are there any backups from the time when the website was working? A full backup, containing both the filesystem and the database, would allow a Joomla expert to migrate the contents to a later version of Joomla, if there is plenty of content that would take a long time to copy and paste. Otherwise, it is best to start from scratch with Joomla 4.