Creating an offline version of Joomla 4.2 site

[greencomputing]

Hi all Ive been struggling with this for a few days - Im trying to make a copy of the online website by setting up XAMPP, Joomla 4.2 and backup and restore with Akeeba
All goes well until the finish when Joomla fails with the yellow screen of death - Sorry, there was a problem we could not recover from. The server returned a "500 - Whoops, looks like something went wrong."

Ive enabled dbug and error reporting
As the full fpa report is too large I will post twice once without plugins and one with only plugins

First the plugins only

Joomla! Instance :: Joomla! 4.4.10-Stable (Pamoja) 7-January-2025
Joomla! Configured :: Yes | Writable (666) |
Configuration Options :: Offline: false | SEF: true | SEF Suffix: false | SEF ReWrite: false | .htaccess/web.config: Yes | GZip: false | Cache: true | CacheTime: 20 | CacheHandler: file | CachePlatformPrefix: false | FTP Layer: N/A | Proxy: false | LiveSite: | Session lifetime: 45 | Session handler: database | Shared sessions: false | SSL: 0 | Error Reporting: none | Site Debug: false | Language Debug: false | Default Access: Public | Unicode Slugs: false | dbConnection Type: mysqli | PHP Supports J! 4.4.10: Yes | Database Supports J! 4.4.10: Yes | Database Credentials Present: Password missing |

Host Configuration :: OS: Windows NT | OS Version: 10.0 | Technology: AMD64 | Web Server: Apache/2.4.58 (Win64) OpenSSL/3.1.3 PHP/8.2.12 | Encoding: gzip, deflate, br, zstd | System TMP Writable: Yes | Free Disk Space : 506.88 GiB |

PHP Configuration :: Version: 8.2.12 | PHP API: apache2handler | Session Path Writable: Yes | Display Errors: 0 | Error Reporting: 22527 | Log Errors To: D:\xampp\php\logs\php_error_log | Last Known Error: | Register Globals: | Magic Quotes: | Safe Mode: | Allow url fopen: 1 | Open Base: | Uploads: 1 | Max. Upload Size: 40M | Max. POST Size: 40M | Max. Input Time: 60 | Max. Execution Time: 120 | Memory Limit: 512M

Database Configuration :: Version: 10.4.32-MariaDB (Client:mysqlnd 8.2.12) | Database Size: 21.77 MiB | #of Tables with config prefix:  233 | #of other Tables:  73 | User Privileges : GRANT PROXY

PHP Extensions :: Core (8.2.12) | bcmath (8.2.12) | calendar (8.2.12) | ctype (8.2.12) | date (8.2.12) | filter (8.2.12) | hash (8.2.12) | iconv (8.2.12) | json (8.2.12) | SPL (8.2.12) | pcre (8.2.12) | random (8.2.12) | readline (8.2.12) | Reflection (8.2.12) | session (8.2.12) | standard (8.2.12) | mysqlnd (mysqlnd 8.2.12) | tokenizer (8.2.12) | zlib (8.2.12) | libxml (8.2.12) | dom (20031129) | PDO (8.2.12) | bz2 (8.2.12) | SimpleXML (8.2.12) | xml (8.2.12) | xmlreader (8.2.12) | xmlwriter (8.2.12) | apache2handler (8.2.12) | openssl (8.2.12) | curl (8.2.12) | fileinfo (8.2.12) | gettext (8.2.12) | mbstring (8.2.12) | exif (8.2.12) | mysqli (8.2.12) | pdo_mysql (8.2.12) | pdo_sqlite (8.2.12) | Phar (8.2.12) | ftp (8.2.12) | Zend Engine (4.2.12) |
Potential Missing Extensions :: zip | gd |

Switch User Environment :: PHP CGI: No | Server SU: No | PHP SU: No | Potential Ownership Issues: No

Apache Modules :: core | mod_win32 | mpm_winnt | http_core | mod_so | mod_access_compat | mod_actions | mod_alias | mod_allowmethods | mod_asis | mod_auth_basic | mod_authn_core | mod_authn_file | mod_authz_core | mod_authz_groupfile | mod_authz_host | mod_authz_user | mod_autoindex | mod_cgi | mod_dav_lock | mod_dir | mod_env | mod_headers | mod_include | mod_info | mod_isapi | mod_log_config | mod_cache_disk | mod_mime | mod_negotiation | mod_proxy | mod_proxy_ajp | mod_rewrite | mod_setenvif | mod_socache_shmcb | mod_ssl | mod_status | mod_version | mod_php | Apache/2.4.58 (Win64) OpenSSL/3.1.3 PHP/8.2.12 |
Potential Missing Modules :: mod_expires | mod_deflate |

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

Plugins ::
3rd Party:: PLG_ACTIONLOG_ADMINTOOLS (7.6.2) ? | PLG_AJAX_WEB357FRAMEWORK (1.9.5) ? | Captcha - CB AntiSpam (4.0.1) ? | AllVideos (by JoomlaWorks) (6.1.0) ? | AllVideos (by JoomlaWorks) (6.1.0) ? | plg_content_rseventspro (1.5) ? | Content - RSForm! Pro (3.0.1) ? | Content - RSMediaGallery! (2.1.0) ? | plg_editors_codemirror (5.65.15) ? | plg_editors_jce (2.9.82) ? | plg_editors_tinymce (5.10.9) ? | plg_editors-xtd_rstemplate_shortcod (1.0.0) ? | PLG_EDITORS-XTD_TOOLTIPS (3.7.11FREE) ? | plg_extension_jce (2.9.82) ? | plg_fields_mediajce (2.9.82) ? | plg_finder_rseventspro (1.5) ? | PLG_INSTALLER_GMAILSMTP (1.0.1-beta.3) ? | plg_installer_jce (2.9.82) ? | plg_installer_rsbaraka (1.0.0) ? | plg_installer_rseventspro (1.0) ? | plg_installer_rsfirewall (1.0.0) ? | plg_installer_rsform (1.0.0) ? | plg_installer_rskala (1.0.0) ? | plg_installer_rsmail (1.0) ? | plg_installer_rsmalta (1.0.0) ? | plg_installer_rsmediagallery (2.0.0) ? | plg_installer_rsreina (1.0.0) ? | Page Cache - RSForm! Pro (1.0.0) ? | plg_privacy_rseventspro (1.0) ? | PLG_QUICKICON_AKEEBABACKUP (9.9.11) ? | plg_quickicon_jce (2.9.82) ? | plg_search_rseventspro (1.1) ? | PLG_SYSTEM_ADMINTOOLS (7.6.2) ? | PLG_SYSTEM_AKVERSIONCHECK (6.1.11) ? | manage.myJoomla.com Secure Plugin (n/a) ? | System - CB Auto Actions (7.3.0+build.2) ? | System - CB Core Redirect (1.0.0) ? | cbpaidsubsbot (4.7.1+build.2) ? | Community Builder System plugin (2.9.3+build.2) ? | PLG_SYSTEM_CORE_LOGIN_REDIRECT_XML_ (1.9.1) ? | errorlog (1.0.0) ? | PLG_SYSTEM_GMAILSMTP (1.0.1-beta.3) ? | plg_system_jce (2.9.82) ? | WF_CAPTION_TITLE (2.9.41) ? | WF_CLIPBOARD_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | JCE - Columns (1.0.0) ? | WF_FILEMANAGER_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_IFRAME_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_IMGMANAGER_EXT_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_MEDIAMANAGER_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_MICRODATA_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_SOURCE_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_STYLESELECT_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_TEMPLATEMANAGER_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_TEXTPATTERN_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | plg_system_jcepro (2.9.82) ? | PLG_SYSTEM_NNFRAMEWORK (15.4.4) ? | plg_system_osmylicensesmanager (2.0.17) ? | plg_system_ospamanot (2.1.4) ? | plg_system_removescript (1.0.0) ? | plg_system_rsbaraka (1.0.16) ? | RSEvents!Pro Offline payment (1.5) ? | PLG_SYSTEM_RSEPROPAYPAL (1.6) ? | System - RSFirewall! Active Scanner (1.4.0) ? | PLG_SYSTEM_RSFIREWALLCONSOLE (1.0.0) ? | System - RSForm! Pro (3.0.1) ? | PLG_SYSTEM_RSFORMCONSOLE (1.0.0) ? | System - RSForm! Pro Delete Submiss (1.0.0) ? | System - RSForm! Pro Akismet Plugin (3.0.2) ? | System - RSForm! Pro Constant Conta (3.1.2) ? | System - RSForm! Pro Google Sheets (3.0.3) ? | PLG_SYSTEM_RSFPLEGACYLAYOUTS (3.0.0) ? | System - RSForm! Pro Offline Paymen (3.1.3) ? | System - RSForm! Pro Payment (3.1.3) ? | System - RSForm! Pro PayPal (3.1.3) ? | System - RSForm! Pro reCAPTCHA v2 (3.1.4) ? | System - RSForm! Pro reCAPTCHA v3 (3.1.4) ? | System - RSForm! Pro Registration F (3.0.11) ? | System - RSForm! Pro - RSEvents!Pro (3.2.3) ? | plg_system_rskala (1.0.0) ? | plg_system_rsmalta (1.0.0) ? | System - RSMediaGallery! (2.1.0) ? | plg_system_rsreina (1.0.0) ? | plg_system_rstemplate (1.0.0) ? | PLG_SYSTEM_TOOLTIPS (3.7.11FREE) ? | PLG_SYSTEM_WEB357FRAMEWORK (1.9.5) ? | User - RSMail Joomla Registration (1.0) ? |

Templates :: Site :: RSReina! (1.1.3) ? |
Templates :: Admin ::

And second time with no plugins

Joomla! Instance :: Joomla! 4.4.10-Stable (Pamoja) 7-January-2025
Joomla! Configured :: Yes | Writable (666) |
Configuration Options :: Offline: false | SEF: true | SEF Suffix: false | SEF ReWrite: false | .htaccess/web.config: Yes | GZip: false | Cache: true | CacheTime: 20 | CacheHandler: file | CachePlatformPrefix: false | FTP Layer: N/A | Proxy: false | LiveSite: | Session lifetime: 45 | Session handler: database | Shared sessions: false | SSL: 0 | Error Reporting: none | Site Debug: false | Language Debug: false | Default Access: Public | Unicode Slugs: false | dbConnection Type: mysqli | PHP Supports J! 4.4.10: Yes | Database Supports J! 4.4.10: Yes | Database Credentials Present: Password missing |

Host Configuration :: OS: Windows NT | OS Version: 10.0 | Technology: AMD64 | Web Server: Apache/2.4.58 (Win64) OpenSSL/3.1.3 PHP/8.2.12 | Encoding: gzip, deflate, br, zstd | System TMP Writable: Yes | Free Disk Space : 506.88 GiB |

PHP Configuration :: Version: 8.2.12 | PHP API: apache2handler | Session Path Writable: Yes | Display Errors: 0 | Error Reporting: 22527 | Log Errors To: D:\xampp\php\logs\php_error_log | Last Known Error: | Register Globals: | Magic Quotes: | Safe Mode: | Allow url fopen: 1 | Open Base: | Uploads: 1 | Max. Upload Size: 40M | Max. POST Size: 40M | Max. Input Time: 60 | Max. Execution Time: 120 | Memory Limit: 512M

Database Configuration :: Version: 10.4.32-MariaDB (Client:mysqlnd 8.2.12) | Database Size: 21.77 MiB | #of Tables with config prefix:  233 | #of other Tables:  73 | User Privileges : GRANT PROXY

PHP Extensions :: Core (8.2.12) | bcmath (8.2.12) | calendar (8.2.12) | ctype (8.2.12) | date (8.2.12) | filter (8.2.12) | hash (8.2.12) | iconv (8.2.12) | json (8.2.12) | SPL (8.2.12) | pcre (8.2.12) | random (8.2.12) | readline (8.2.12) | Reflection (8.2.12) | session (8.2.12) | standard (8.2.12) | mysqlnd (mysqlnd 8.2.12) | tokenizer (8.2.12) | zlib (8.2.12) | libxml (8.2.12) | dom (20031129) | PDO (8.2.12) | bz2 (8.2.12) | SimpleXML (8.2.12) | xml (8.2.12) | xmlreader (8.2.12) | xmlwriter (8.2.12) | apache2handler (8.2.12) | openssl (8.2.12) | curl (8.2.12) | fileinfo (8.2.12) | gettext (8.2.12) | mbstring (8.2.12) | exif (8.2.12) | mysqli (8.2.12) | pdo_mysql (8.2.12) | pdo_sqlite (8.2.12) | Phar (8.2.12) | ftp (8.2.12) | Zend Engine (4.2.12) |
Potential Missing Extensions :: zip | gd |

Switch User Environment :: PHP CGI: No | Server SU: No | PHP SU: No | Potential Ownership Issues: No

Apache Modules :: core | mod_win32 | mpm_winnt | http_core | mod_so | mod_access_compat | mod_actions | mod_alias | mod_allowmethods | mod_asis | mod_auth_basic | mod_authn_core | mod_authn_file | mod_authz_core | mod_authz_groupfile | mod_authz_host | mod_authz_user | mod_autoindex | mod_cgi | mod_dav_lock | mod_dir | mod_env | mod_headers | mod_include | mod_info | mod_isapi | mod_log_config | mod_cache_disk | mod_mime | mod_negotiation | mod_proxy | mod_proxy_ajp | mod_rewrite | mod_setenvif | mod_socache_shmcb | mod_ssl | mod_status | mod_version | mod_php | Apache/2.4.58 (Win64) OpenSSL/3.1.3 PHP/8.2.12 |
Potential Missing Modules :: mod_expires | mod_deflate |

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

Database statistics :: Uptime: 10388 | Threads: 6 | Questions: 6077 | Slow queries: 0 | Opens: 331 | Flush tables: 1 | Open tables: 324 | Queries per second avg: 0.585 |

Components :: Site ::
Core ::
3rd Party:: CB AntiSpam (2.6.4) ? | CB Auto Actions (2.2.0) ? | CB Conditional (2.6.4) ? | CB Paid Subscriptions (2.9.0) ? | CBSubs AcyMailing (2.9.0) ? | CBSubs CB Field (2.9.0) ? | CBSubs Content (2.9.0) ? | CBSubs Email (2.9.0) ? | CBSubs GoogleAnalytics (2.9.0) ? | CBSubs GroupJive (2.9.0) ? | CBSubs IDevAf (2.9.0) ? | TwoCheckout (2.9.0) ? | CBSubs Fields Tabs Protect (2.9.0) ? | CBSubs Folder Access (2.9.0) ? | CB Usergroups Field (2.0.1) ? | WF_AGGREGATOR_AUDIO_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_AGGREGATOR_DAILYMOTION_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_AGGREGATOR_VIDEO_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_AGGREGATOR_VIMEO_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_AGGREGATOR_[youtube]_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_FILESYSTEM_JOOMLA_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_LINKS_JOOMLALINKS_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_POPUPS_JCEMEDIABOX_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_LINK_SEARCH_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_ANCHOR_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_ARTICLE_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_ATTRIBUTES_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_AUTOSAVE_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_BROWSER_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_CHARMAP_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_CLEANUP_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_CLIPBOARD_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_CONTEXTMENU_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_DIRECTIONALITY_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_EMOTIONS_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_FILEMANAGER_TITLE (2.9.61) ? | WF_FONTCOLOR_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_FONTSELECT_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_FONTSIZESELECT_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_FORMATSELECT_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_FULLSCREEN_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_HELP_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_HR_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_IMGMANAGER_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_KITCHENSINK_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_LANGCODE_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_LINK_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_LISTS_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_MEDIA_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_NONBREAKING_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | JCE - Noneditable (1.0.0) ? | WF_PREVIEW_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_PRINT_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_REFERENCE_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_SEARCHREPLACE_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_SOURCE_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_SPELLCHECKER_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_STYLE_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_STYLESELECT_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_TABLE_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_TEXTCASE_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_VISUALBLOCKS_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_VISUALCHARS_TITLE (2.9.82) ? | WF_WORDCOUNT_TITLE (2.9.82) ? |

Components :: Admin ::
Core :: com_actionlogs (3.9.0) ? | com_admin (4.0.0) ? | com_ajax (4.0.0) ? | com_associations (4.0.0) ? | com_banners (4.0.0) ? | com_cache (4.0.0) ? | com_categories (4.0.0) ? | com_checkin (4.0.0) ? | com_config (4.0.0) ? | com_content (4.0.0) ? | com_contenthistory (4.0.0) ? | com_cpanel (4.0.0) ? | com_fields (4.0.0) ? | com_finder (4.0.0) ? | com_guidedtours (4.3.0) ? | com_installer (4.0.0) ? | com_joomlaupdate (4.0.3) ? | com_languages (4.0.0) ? | com_login (4.0.0) ? | com_mails (4.0.0) ? | com_media (3.0.0) ? | com_menus (4.0.0) ? | com_messages (4.0.0) ? | com_modules (4.0.0) ? | com_newsfeeds (4.0.0) ? | com_plugins (4.0.0) ? | com_postinstall (4.0.0) ? | com_privacy (3.9.0) ? | com_redirect (4.0.0) ? | com_scheduler (4.1.0) ? | com_tags (4.0.0) ? | com_templates (4.0.0) ? | com_users (4.0.0) ? | com_workflow (4.0.0) ? | com_wrapper (4.0.0) ? |
3rd Party::

Modules :: Site ::
Core :: mod_articles_archive (3.0.0) ? | mod_articles_categories (3.0.0) ? | mod_articles_category (3.0.0) ? | mod_articles_latest (3.0.0) ? | mod_articles_news (3.0.0) ? | mod_articles_popular (3.0.0) ? | mod_banners (3.0.0) ? | mod_breadcrumbs (3.0.0) ? | mod_custom (3.0.0) ? | mod_feed (3.0.0) ? | mod_finder (3.0.0) ? | mod_footer (3.0.0) ? | mod_languages (3.5.0) ? | mod_login (3.0.0) ? | mod_menu (3.0.0) ? | mod_random_image (3.0.0) ? | mod_related_items (3.0.0) ? | mod_search (3.0.0) ? | mod_stats (3.0.0) ? | mod_syndicate (3.0.0) ? | mod_tags_popular (3.1.0) ? | mod_tags_similar (3.1.0) ? | mod_users_latest (3.0.0) ? | mod_weblinks (3.9.0) ? | mod_whosonline (3.0.0) ? | mod_wrapper (3.0.0) ? |
3rd Party:: Community Builder Login module (2.9.3+build.2) ? | CB Subscriptions (4.7.1+build.2) ? | Community Builder Workflows module (2.9.3+build.2) ? | Community Builder Online module (2.9.3+build.2) ? | Easy Facebook Embedded Posts (1.0) ? | MOD_RSEVENTSPRO_ARCHIVED (1. ? | MOD_RSEVENTSPRO_ATTENDEES (1.5) ? | MOD_RSEVENTSPRO_CALENDAR (1.13) ? | MOD_RSEVENTSPRO_CATEGORIES (1.7) ? | MOD_RSEVENTSPRO_FEATURED (1.11) ? | MOD_RSEVENTSPRO_LOCATION (1. ? | MOD_RSEVENTSPRO_LOCATIONS (1.5) ? | MOD_RSEVENTSPRO_MAP (1.14) ? | MOD_RSEVENTSPRO_POPULAR (1.11) ? | MOD_RSEVENTSPRO_SEARCH (1.9) ? | MOD_RSEVENTSPRO_SLIDER (1.11) ? | MOD_RSEVENTSPRO_TICKETS (1.4) ? | MOD_RSEVENTSPRO_UPCOMING (1.10) ? | RSForm! Pro Module (3.1.0) ? | RSForm! Pro Feedback Module (3.1.0) ? | RSForm! Pro Module Frontend List (1.5.0) ? | RSMediaGallery! Advanced Slideshow (2.1.0) ? | RSMediaGallery! Responsive Slidesho (2.1.0) ? | MOD_RSMEDIAGALLERY_SHOWCASE (1.0.3) ? | RSMediaGallery! Slideshow Module (1.0.0 R5) ? |

Modules :: Admin ::
Core :: mod_custom (3.0.0) ? | mod_feed (3.0.0) ? | mod_frontend (4.0.0) ? | mod_guidedtours (4.3.0) ? | mod_latest (3.0.0) ? | mod_latestactions (3.9.0) ? | mod_logged (3.0.0) ? | mod_login (3.0.0) ? | mod_loginsupport (4.0.0) ? | mod_menu (3.0.0) ? | mod_messages (4.0.0) ? | mod_multilangstatus (3.0.0) ? | mod_popular (3.0.0) ? | mod_post_installation_messages (4.0.0) ? | mod_privacy_dashboard (3.9.0) ? | mod_privacy_status (4.0.0) ? | mod_quickicon (3.0.0) ? | mod_sampledata (3.8.0) ? | mod_stats_admin (3.0.0) ? | mod_submenu (3.0.0) ? | mod_title (3.0.0) ? | mod_toolbar (3.0.0) ? | mod_user (4.0.0) ? | mod_version (3.0.0) ? |
3rd Party::

Libraries ::
Core ::
3rd Party:: Community Builder Library (2.9.3+build.2) ? | file_fof30 (3.6.2) ? | file_fof40 (4.1.0) ? |

Templates :: Site :: cassiopeia (1.0) ? | Unknown (templates/rsreina/classes/parser/sampledata/data-spa/categories.xml) (-) ? | Spa Reception (-) ? | RSReina! (1.1.3) ? |
Templates :: Admin :: atum (1.0) ? |

Any suggestions are very welcome

[SharkyKZ]

Post also the first stack trace (click the + next to [1/2] Error).

[greencomputing]

Thanks SharkyKZ

Here is the first stack trace


Error
Attempt to assign property "template" on null

in D:\xampp\htdocs\libraries\src\Application\SiteApplication.php (line 498)
} } } // Need to filter the default value as well $template->template = InputFilter::getInstance()->clean($template->template, 'cmd'); // Fallback template if (!empty($template->parent)) { if (!is_file(JPATH_THEMES . '/' . $template->template . '/index.php')) { if (!is_file(JPATH_THEMES . '/' . $template->parent . '/index.php')) {
SiteApplication->getTemplate(true)
in D:\xampp\htdocs\libraries\src\Application\SiteApplication.php (line 172)
SiteApplication->dispatch()
in D:\xampp\htdocs\libraries\src\Application\SiteApplication.php (line 249)
SiteApplication->doExecute()
in D:\xampp\htdocs\libraries\src\Application\CMSApplication.php (line 293)
CMSApplication->execute()
in D:\xampp\htdocs\includes\app.php (line 61)
require_once('D:\\xampp\\htdocs\\includes\\app.php')
in D:\xampp\htdocs\index.php (line 32)

[AMurray]

Usually Akeeba Kickstart should restore a site without issues but things to be aware of include differing PHP versions, database types and versions etc between your live and your XaMPP site and maybe other matters such as your temp folder and sessions folder etc.

Perhaps the issue is you restored your site to the root folder of XAMPP i.e. C:\Xampp\htdocs, rather than as would be normally done, create a new folder like C:\xampl\htdocs\your-site-name. From some of the errors I see, they seem to be coming from the root folder. See if this works first, create your sub-folder and restore from Akeeba Backup archive to that folder. You should only have the JPA archive and kickstart.php in the folder you're restoring the site to.

A solution if XaMPP keeps failing is to use WAMPServer instead which gives you the ability to pick and choose for instance, the version of PHP should one not work. WAMPServer works well with Akeeba so restoring should be fairly straight forward, and it uses phpMYAdmin, includes MySQL and Maria Database and offers several versions of PHP (and you can download more from the WAMP website) https://wampserver.aviatechno.net/?lang=en

[Webdongle]

If you install in C:\Xampp\htdocs it will conflict with xampp files. Also there can be Ownership issues with xampp.

Best use Wamp and create a new folder in Wamp's \www folder
e.g. C\wamp64\www\newfolder01

https://wampserver.aviatechno.net/

[greencomputing]

Thanks A Murray and Webdongle - did a complete uninstall and reinstall of xampp and restored the jpa file into the d:\xampp\htdocs\sitename folder
However same error msgs generated
Im going to try Wamp server now and will report any progress

[ManuelVoileux]

I used Xampp, and now I am using Wamp, windows. OK I have this error 500 with both when restoring a local website. The answer for me is :
- Edit local htaccess and use the core Joomla htaccess , without the last zip section;
- Edit local config.php and check public $tmp_path , it works with full adress :
public $tmp_path = 'C:/wamp64/www/MYSITE/tmp'

Hope this helps

[Per Yngve Berg]

It's not Joomla that is failing, but 3. party templates.

[Webdongle]

I don't very often use .htacces with Wamp localhost. When I do I set an 'Alias' in Wamp to the folder, otherwise sef url's go astray.

[greencomputing]

So the fun and games continue with Wamp replacing Xampp - after I worked out how to configure a virtual host I have some success getting Wamp installed - is there a way to get it out of the obscure bottom right corner?

Anyway after the akeeba kickstart and install routie did its thing unfortunately Im left with the same scenario as I had with XAMPP

Ive attached the error and stack trace screen shots

It's not Joomla that is failing, but 3. party templates.

Yeah I suspect your righht Per - althouugh theere is only the one 3rd party templ left - but there seems to be references to the older ones that have been deleted but I will scour the current site for any references I can find - delete them and the one remaining 3rd party template and then take another akeeba backup
Thanks for everyones contributions

[AMurray]

Since you're now using WAMP you can install multiple PHP's and switch between them easily - just select the new one, and WAMP restarts its services in a few seconds and you're good to go.

You can also install multiple MySQL or MariaDB versions but that is not as straightforward as it requires you to do an export of the "old" database and create a new one under the new database version or type (same process whether MYSQL or Maria DB - you can switch between versions of these or between the database types entirely but just involves the export/import step in phpMyAdmin.

See J4.4 recommended system requirements here: https://manual.joomla.org/docs/next/get ... uirements/ and try and match your local server to the recommended J4 requirements.

Download the extra server components from the link already mentioned above.

Remember to restore your backup to a clean folder, and empty database when using Akeeba Kickstart.

[Webdongle]

...
You can also install multiple MySQL or MariaDB versions but that is not as straightforward as it requires you to do an export of the "old" database and create a new one under the new database version or type ...

Or create a second folder in Wamp's \www folder
e.g. C\wamp64\www\newfolder02
Then install the jpa backup to the second new folder. Much easier than, exporting the database, switching database version and then importing.

[greencomputing]

Still struggling with this WAMP implementation of our online website. Ive gone back to the active website and discovered and removed the references to some improperly uninstalled templates (this site has been upgraded many times since Joomla 1.0 initial version in 2011).
I then took another backup with Akeeba and downloaded to a new virtual host in WAMP (created by making another folder under www and restarting DNS) - dropped the jpa and kickstart into this folder but cannot get php files to render in the browser - just downloads the php file
Ive been searching for solutions - Ive seen code snippets that when deployed in a .htaccess file or configuration.php apparently solve this problem but can anyone point me in the right direction here? At the moment I cant start up the restore process as the browser wont open kickstart.php just wants to download it
Any suggestions appreciated