3.6.4->3.6.5

[zupidupi]

Hello. Classic problem: Old Joomla-installation, v 3.6.4 that I'm trying to upgrade all the way to 3.8.8. The site was recently moved to another server, which might have to be configured in order to set things right.

The Live update simply tells me "Error Download of update package failed."

So, I go to the Upload and Update-tab, and try to upload the patch package I found here, and downloaded: https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla3/3-6-5.

The upload works OK (though I don't know where it ends up...), I'm asked to re-enter my username/password in order to verify the update, and then I'm greeted by the infamous message "An error has occurred.
403 Access forbidden." I've attached the FPA-report. Any help would be much appreciated.

cheers,

Mike

Joomla! Instance :: Joomla! 3.6.4-Stable (Noether) 21-October-2016
Joomla! Platform :: Joomla Platform 13.1.0-Stable (Curiosity) 24-Apr-2013
Joomla! Configured :: Yes | Read-Only (444) | Owner: --protected-- . (uid: 1/gid: 1) | Group: --protected-- (gid: 1) | Valid For: 3.6
Configuration Options :: Offline: 0 | SEF: 1 | SEF Suffix: 0 | SEF ReWrite: 0 | .htaccess/web.config: No | GZip: 0 | Cache: 0 | CacheTime: 15 | CacheHandler: file | CachePlatformPrefix: 0 | FTP Layer: 0 | Proxy: 0 | LiveSite: | Session lifetime: 45 | Session handler: database | Shared sessions: N/A | SSL: 0 | Error Reporting: default | Site Debug: 0 | Language Debug: 0 | Default Access: 2 | Unicode Slugs: 0 | dbConnection Type: mysqli | PHP Supports J! 3.6.4: No | Database Credentials Present: Yes |

Host Configuration :: OS: Linux | OS Version: 4.15.0-22-generic | Technology: x86_64 | Web Server: Apache/2.4.29 (Ubuntu) | Encoding: gzip, deflate, br | Doc Root: --protected-- | System TMP Writable: Yes | Free Disk Space : 184.61 GiB |

PHP Configuration :: Version: 7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | PHP API: fpm-fcgi | Session Path Writable: Yes | Display Errors: | Error Reporting: 22527 | Log Errors To: | Last Known Error: | Register Globals: | Magic Quotes: | Safe Mode: | Open Base: | Uploads: 1 | Max. Upload Size: 250M | Max. POST Size: 8M | Max. Input Time: 90 | Max. Execution Time: 60 | Memory Limit: 256M

Database Configuration :: Version: 5.7.22-0ubuntu18.04.1 (Client:mysqlnd 5.0.12-dev - 20150407 - $Id: 38fea24f2847fa7519001be390c98ae0acafe387 $) | Host: --protected-- (--protected--) | Localhost: Yes | Collation: latin1_swedish_ci (Character Set: latin1) | Database Size: 21.55 MiB | #of Tables: 838

PHP Extensions :: Core (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | date (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | libxml (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | openssl (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | pcre (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | zlib (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | filter (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | hash (1.0) | Reflection (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | SPL (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | sodium (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | session (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | standard (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | cgi-fcgi () | mysqlnd (mysqlnd 5.0.12-dev - 20150407 - $Id: 38fea24f2847fa7519001be390c98ae0acafe387 $) | PDO (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | xml (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | calendar (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | ctype (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | dom (20031129) | mbstring (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | fileinfo (1.0.5) | ftp (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | gd (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | gettext (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | iconv (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | json (1.6.0) | exif (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | mysqli (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | pdo_mysql (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | Phar (2.0.2) | posix (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | readline (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | shmop (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | SimpleXML (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | sockets (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | sysvmsg (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | sysvsem (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | sysvshm (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | tokenizer (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | wddx (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | xmlreader (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | xmlwriter (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | xsl (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | zip (1.15.2) | Zend OPcache (7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) | Zend Engine (3.2.0) |
Potential Missing Extensions :: curl | mysql | mcrypt | suhosin |
Disabled Functions :: pcntl_alarm | pcntl_fork | pcntl_waitpid | pcntl_wait | pcntl_wifexited | pcntl_wifstopped | pcntl_wifsignaled | pcntl_wifcontinued | pcntl_wexitstatus | pcntl_wtermsig | pcntl_wstopsig | pcntl_signal | pcntl_signal_get_handler | pcntl_signal_dispatch | pcntl_get_last_error | pcntl_strerror | pcntl_sigprocmask | pcntl_sigwaitinfo | pcntl_sigtimedwait | pcntl_exec | pcntl_getpriority | pcntl_setpriority | pcntl_async_signals | |

Switch User Environment (Experimental) :: PHP CGI: No | Server SU: No | PHP SU: No | Custom SU (LiteSpeed/Cloud/Grid): Yes
Potential Ownership Issues: No

Core Folders :: images/ (755) | components/ (755) | modules/ (755) | plugins/ (755) | language/ (755) | templates/ (755) | cache/ (755) | logs/ (755) | tmp/ (755) | administrator/components/ (755) | administrator/modules/ (755) | administrator/language/ (755) | administrator/templates/ (755) | administrator/logs/ (---) |

Elevated Permissions (First 10) ::

[Webdongle]

PHP Supports J! 3.6.4: No

PHP Configuration :: Version: 7.2.5 try a lower version of php

[zupidupi]

Aw shucks, there it was, right under my eyes...now I feel slightly dorkish.

Anyway, any smart trick for fixing this, without harassing my admin too much? Some .ini-entry to fiddle with, to engage a previous version of php (provided it's installed)?

thx again!

-mike

[Webdongle]

In .htaccess
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php56 .php

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/125 ... -in-server

[leolam]

If your webhost supports Muliple PHP (Cloudlinux or EasyApache4) you can set that straight in your control panel. It is not advised to downgrade to a EoL-PHP version (5.6) in the live environment but for the upgrade useful. Change to PHP 7.0 or PHP 7.1. Both work fabulous with Joomla and are faster and better

(If your hosting company has not compiled multiple PHP-versions these advises from Webdongle and me make no sense. In that case change host-->outdated)

Leo

[Webdongle]

...
(If your hosting company has not compiled multiple PHP-versions these advises from Webdongle and me make no sense. In that case change host-->outdated)

Leo

Or use wamp on localhost and you can switch php versions easily.

[zupidupi]

Lots of thx and shoutouts to webdongle and Leo for clear and practical advice.

The server is probably not having multiple PHP-versions...yet. I've asked nicely - let's see what happens.

Which Control Panel are you referring to, Leo? Joomla's? And if so, what setting should I tweak, didn't find anything that sounded practical.

Changing host sounds like a hassle...I'm thinking of setting up a MAMP-environment on my iMac, backuping and copying the site to the mac, upgrading the site to 3.8.8 piece by piece on the local MAMP-host, and then backuping it to transfer back to the host. Could work, aye?

cheers,

Mike

[Webdongle]

Pick an Akeeba to suit your Joomla/php versions https://www.akeebabackup.com/compatibility.html . Use the backup to transfer the site.

[leolam]

I as referring to cPanel. Supports both EasyApache4 with multi PhP and Cloudlinux) Changing host is a fluke and easy with Akeeba

Leo

[zupidupi]

Thx again! Yeah, I've used Akeeba before, and know that it is a breeze. The hassle I was referring to was finding another web hotel

Backup already taken, now MAMP:ing. Wish me luck

--mike

[zupidupi]

So, my admin fixed me up with a temporary php5.6-environment...and still the 403-message. I guess I should blame the missing extensions, now?

Joomla! Instance :: Joomla! 3.6.4-Stable (Noether) 21-October-2016
Joomla! Platform :: Joomla Platform 13.1.0-Stable (Curiosity) 24-Apr-2013
Joomla! Configured :: Yes | Read-Only (444) | Owner: --protected-- . (uid: 1/gid: 1) | Group: --protected-- (gid: 1) | Valid For: 3.6
Configuration Options :: Offline: 0 | SEF: 1 | SEF Suffix: 0 | SEF ReWrite: 0 | .htaccess/web.config: No | GZip: 0 | Cache: 0 | CacheTime: 15 | CacheHandler: file | CachePlatformPrefix: 0 | FTP Layer: 0 | Proxy: 0 | LiveSite: | Session lifetime: 45 | Session handler: database | Shared sessions: N/A | SSL: 0 | Error Reporting: default | Site Debug: 0 | Language Debug: 0 | Default Access: 2 | Unicode Slugs: 0 | dbConnection Type: mysqli | PHP Supports J! 3.6.4: Yes | Database Credentials Present: Yes |

Host Configuration :: OS: Linux | OS Version: 4.15.0-22-generic | Technology: x86_64 | Web Server: PHP 5.6.36 Development Server | Encoding: gzip, deflate | Doc Root: --protected-- | System TMP Writable: Yes | Free Disk Space : 183.74 GiB |

PHP Configuration :: Version: 5.6.36 | PHP API: cli-server | Session Path Writable: No | Display Errors: 1 | Error Reporting: 22519 | Log Errors To: | Last Known Error: | Register Globals: | Magic Quotes: | Safe Mode: | Open Base: | Uploads: 1 | Max. Upload Size: 2M | Max. POST Size: 8M | Max. Input Time: -1 | Max. Execution Time: 30 | Memory Limit: 128M

Database Configuration :: Version: 5.7.22-0ubuntu18.04.1 (Client:mysqlnd 5.0.11-dev - 20120503 - $Id: 76b08b24596e12d4553bd41fc93cccd5bac2fe7a $) | Host: --protected-- (--protected--) | Localhost: Yes | Collation: latin1_swedish_ci (Character Set: latin1) | Database Size: 21.52 MiB | #of Tables:  842

PHP Extensions :: Core (5.6.36) | date (5.6.36) | ereg () | libxml () | pcre () | sqlite3 (0.7-dev) | ctype () | dom (20031129) | fileinfo (1.0.5) | filter (0.11.0) | hash (1.0) | iconv () | json (1.2.1) | SPL (0.2) | session () | standard (5.6.36) | mysqlnd (mysqlnd 5.0.11-dev - 20120503 - $Id: 76b08b24596e12d4553bd41fc93cccd5bac2fe7a $) | PDO (1.0.4dev) | pdo_sqlite (1.0.1) | Phar (2.0.2) | posix () | Reflection ($Id: 5f15287237d5f78d75b19c26915aa7bd83dee8b8 $) | mysqli (0.1) | SimpleXML (0.1) | mysql (1.0) | tokenizer (0.1) | xml () | xmlreader (0.1) | xmlwriter (0.1) | cli_server (5.6.36) | Zend Engine (2.6.0) |
Potential Missing Extensions :: zlib | zip | openssl | curl | mbstring | pdo_mysql | mcrypt | suhosin |

Switch User Environment (Experimental) :: PHP CGI: No | Server SU: No | PHP SU: No | Custom SU (LiteSpeed/Cloud/Grid): Yes
Potential Ownership Issues: No

Core Folders :: images/ (755) | components/ (755) | modules/ (755) | plugins/ (755) | language/ (755) | templates/ (755) | cache/ (755) | logs/ (755) | tmp/ (755) | administrator/components/ (755) | administrator/modules/ (755) | administrator/language/ (755) | administrator/templates/ (755) | administrator/logs/ (---) |

Elevated Permissions (First 10) ::

Database statistics :: Uptime: 728352 | Threads: 1 | Questions: 109202 | Slow queries: 0 | Opens: 14275 | Flush tables: 1 | Open tables: 1874 | Queries per second avg: 0.149 |

[Webdongle]

Session Path Writable: No ... Should be Yes
Max. Upload Size: 2M | Max. POST Size: 8M ... both too low. change both to 16 or better still 32