Discuss Joomla! 3.8.0

[leolam]

The upgrade process isn't working properly when upgrading outdated sites. For example download a fresh 3.5.1 install from here directly from Joomla:

https://downloads.joomla.org/us/cms/joomla3/3-5-1

Install it and then upgrade to 3.8.0 through the Joomla Update component and then your entire backend won't load

Cannot replicate this

I have not tested all versions but I think anything 3.6.0 and less is effected by this.

No it is not Don't create panic by non-proven 'guesses'

Leo

[preceptm]

Hello Leo,

I am not sure why you can't replicate this. I've done it on two different servers running php7, again using the default 3.5.1 install directly from Joomla. The only point I failed to mention is I install sample data when installing; maybe that has something to do with it.

This is definitely a real issue that needs to be looked at more carefully.

[preceptm]

Hello,

To clarify my point above, I just tested a fresh 3.5.1, this time with no sample data and the same exact problem occurs:

Error displaying the error page: Unknown column 'a.client_id' in 'where clause': Unknown column 'a.client_id' in 'where clause'

[cheshirealan]

The update went well but my Components Menu has no extensions listed. They were there before the upgrade. My workaround was to recreate a replacement menu using Admin Menu Manager. It was ablee to determine what should be shown on the Admin/Components menu so why arent they showing.

[leolam]

I have redone the installation of a vanilla 351 and I can confirm this. I am talking to my peers now and thanks for posting this issue!

Leo

[leolam]

The update went well but my Components Menu has no extensions listed. They were there before the upgrade. My workaround was to recreate a replacement menu using Admin Menu Manager. It was ablee to determine what should be shown on the Admin/Components menu so why arent they showing.

Don't hijack another post. Insert your own issue!

Leo

[preceptm]

Hello Leo,

Thank you for looking into this. I'm not trying to create a panic, I can just see this becoming a pretty big issue for those who don't update all the time and let their install get behind.

If it helps any, I did come up with a work around that gets sites up and running, but ideally I would hope the upgrade patch can fix this.


1. Run the commands below in phpmyadmin on your database. Replace xxxxx with your own database prefix. This will add the missing columns to at least get you up and running.

2. Once that's done you can use the administrator portion of your site again, however you must go to: Extensions/Manage/Database and click on the Fix button in the upper left corner to fix any remaining database fixes that didn't occur during the upgrade.


Sql commands (replace xxxxx with your prefix):

ALTER TABLE `xxxxx_menu_types` ADD COLUMN `client_id` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;
UPDATE `xxxxx_menu` SET `published` = 1 WHERE `menutype` = 'main' OR `menutype` = 'menu';
UPDATE `xxxxx_menu`
SET `menutype` = 'main_is_reserved_133C585'
WHERE `client_id` = 0
AND `menutype` = 'main'
AND (SELECT COUNT(`id`) FROM `xxxxx_menu_types` WHERE `client_id` = 0 AND `menutype` = 'main') > 0;

UPDATE `xxxxx_modules`
SET `params` = REPLACE(`params`,'"menutype":"main"','"menutype":"main_is_reserved_133C585"')
WHERE `client_id` = 0
AND (SELECT COUNT(`id`) FROM `xxxxx_menu_types` WHERE `client_id` = 0 AND `menutype` = 'main') > 0;

UPDATE `xxxxx_menu_types`
SET `menutype` = 'main_is_reserved_133C585'
WHERE `client_id` = 0
AND `menutype` = 'main';
UPDATE `xxxxx_menu`
SET `client_id` = 1
WHERE `menutype` = 'main';
UPDATE `xxxxx_menu`
SET `menutype` = 'main'
WHERE `client_id` = 1
AND `menutype` = 'menu';
UPDATE `xxxxx_menu`
SET `menutype` = 'main',
`client_id` = 1
WHERE `menutype` = 'menu'
AND (SELECT COUNT(`id`) FROM `xxxxx_menu_types` WHERE `client_id` = 0 AND `menutype` = 'menu') = 0;
DELETE FROM `xxxxx_menu_types`
WHERE `client_id` = 1
AND `menutype` IN ('main', 'menu');




I had to include the updates from 3.7.0-2017-01-17 because without that the component menu items don't show and they aren't corrected using the "Fix" database tool.

And again, I was just saying 3.5.1 as an example, I don't know what other versions are effected.

Anyway, I hope that helps identify the problem. If I can assist in any way please let me know.

[leolam]

Thanks for the idea. The problem is that the SQL script is not proper functioning from 351 to 380 in the updater and we are looking into that right now. I am talking to my fellow Release Team Members and I will post back as soon as we have more info.

Thanks for the assist and greatly appreciated!

Leo

[leolam]

Just to let the community know that the issue is under investigation and subject to patches

https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/issues/18012

Leo

[leolam]

At present update anything below 3.6.5 (351 up) to Joomla 3.6.5 first with downloading https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla ... ackage-zip and updating Joomla first via Components-->Joomla update--> tab upload and update

Enter your credentials and hit the"update" button.

When the update is finished (You are on Joomla 3.6.5), refresh caching in your browser and Joomla and go back to Joomla update. Now you should be able to update to Joomla 3.8.0 normally

(We are working on a patch)

Leo

[HelpJ]

Some 20 sites updated with no problem (from 3.7.x).
Note some problems with YJSG template framework...just update to latest.

[leolam]

Any updates from Joomla 3.6.5 up should work fine out of the box

Leo

[preceptm]

Hello Leo,

Thanks again for all you're doing to fix this. I am under Components/Joomla Update as you suggested, but I don't see an option to upload a file? Please see attached.

[Webdongle]

The upgrade process isn't working properly when upgrading outdated sites. For example download a fresh 3.5.1 install from here directly from Joomla:

https://downloads.joomla.org/us/cms/joomla3/3-5-1

Install it and then upgrade to 3.8.0 through the Joomla Update component and then your entire backend won't load because you get this error:...

I tried on localhost then get a blank page on http://localhost/j351/administrator/ind ... iseconfirm with error message in browser tab

Just found https://issues.joomla.org/tracker/joomla-cms/18012

[ribo]

So if there is such issue, i think that a good advice until now is the advice of @mbabker https://issues.joomla.org/tracker/jooml ... ent-312418

[timcsalmon]

Excellent work all of you at Joomla - Both my sites upgraded with no problems. Seemless

[spookchief]

After upgrading to Joomla 3.8.0, the Administrator | Components menu lists JDOWNLOADS but jDownloads is not installed on https://acmetreadway.net/. jDownloads has never, ever been installed in this site and no such name is found in Manifests or anywhere else.

Any ideas are greatly welcomed. Thanks!

[toivo]

@spookchief - that must be some sort of a coincidence. Is jDownloads included in the list of extensions if you go to Extensions - Manage - Manage?

After a textual search of the Joomla 3.8.0 full release and the update zip files I can confirm that neither of them has references to jDownloads in any .php, .ini or .xml files.

If you still cannot explain the presence of jDownloads, please create a topic in the General Questions support forum at viewforum.php?f=706 and include the output from the Forum Post Assistant (FPA) in your post, following the instructions from http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=621&t=582860

[jkrokar]

Your template is not compatible with Joomla 3.x. Connect with the developer
Leo

Hi Leo,
I am updating Joomla regularly, template was working fine with all previous 3.x versions...
Josip

[sozzled]

I think we need to read a few more "glad tidings" stories.

I've nearly completed updating my websites to J! 3.8.0 and I haven't any show-stoppers, yet! One thing that I've taken some time to attend to (and it has nothing to do with J! 3.8.0), is to fix up some clunky backend menus that referenced components I've [long ago] uninistalled or dispensed with. It's a little irritating that, in uninstalling some components, the files and database tables were removed but the menu items were not. Simple enough: go into phpMyAdmin and delete the records in the _menu table.

I also found a couple of stray extensions that should have been deleted a long time ago: things like jMonitor and Akeeba Strapper. On well, it's springtime here in Australia so, I guess, it's time for some spring cleaning.

Cheers!

[oase]

Update went smooth on 9/10 sites. 1 site now down

Front-end shows: 500 Application Instantiation Error
Back-end: BSOD like screen
Error log: PHP Notice: Constant _QQ_ already defined in path-to-site\libraries\src\Language\Language.php on line 18

Since all went vind on the previous 9 no BU of this site. Grrrr.

Please advise.

I've the very same problem.
I'd like to update my site from 3.7.5 to 3.8 and after the update i first got the error:
Notice: Constant JROUTER_MODE_RAW already defined in ...\libraries\cms\router\router.php on line 17
Notice: Constant JROUTER_MODE_SEF already defined in ...\libraries\cms\router\router.php on line 24

after fixing that with simply deleting the folder "router" under "/libraries/cms" I'm now getting this error.

Notice</b>: Constant _QQ_ already defined in <b>/public_html/libraries/src/Language/Language.php on line 18

Backend and Frontend are not reachable anymore
Anyone who can help me with this?

Thanks in advance.

[ribo]

After upgrading to Joomla 3.8.0, the Administrator | Components menu lists JDOWNLOADS but jDownloads is not installed

There is a possibility if you installed and you uninstalled this extension in the past, and may you don t remember it, this extension may not go away from the table "yourprefix_menu" in your database. If happened anything like this, the uninstalled component is appears in the component list after the update to joomla 3.8.0. So please give a try to search in this table and if this that you see in components list is in this table delete it.

[Gutshot]

Menu Disappears After Upgrade to Joomla 3.8

There is a fix which needs to be done through ftp but for end users the can be hard to do. The often only knows how to update in the backend using the update button.

There was a class name change that stopped the menu from working.

[Webdongle]

...
There was a class name change that stopped the menu from working.

More likely the authors of your custom Template failed to update their Template.

[Gutshot]

More likely the authors of your custom Template failed to update their Template.

The site is online quite a while so how can they update it before the 3.8 release?
All previous updates were fine.

[Webdongle]

....
The site is online quite a while so how can they update it before the 3.8 release?
All previous updates were fine.

The amount of time that a website has been online has no relevance to the Template authors ability to update their Template to reflect the changes in Joomla.

Joomla Release Candidates are released before the Stable Full Package zip is released. It is up to Template (and 3rd party extension) developers to use the Release Candidates to test their Templates/extensions with.

Success of previous updates does not guarantee that Template/extension authors have kept their product up to date. One word of warning about 3rd party developers ... if they are lax in updating for changes in Joomla then how fastidious are they in producing security updates ?

[guest20230913]

After updating from Joomla 3.7.5 to Joomla 3.8 (php 7.0, K2 v.2.8.0), several articles of Joomla and articles of K2 return error 500 (several articles, but not all). Rollback to 3.7.5 corrects the error. Any ideas? Help please, I will be grateful for the advice.

[guest20230913]

After updating from Joomla 3.7.5 to Joomla 3.8 (php 7.0, K2 v.2.8.0), several articles of Joomla and articles of K2 return error 500 (several articles, but not all). Rollback to 3.7.5 corrects the error. Any ideas? Help please, I will be grateful for the advice.

The problem is solved. The error was caused by the DisplayNews by BK module (https://extensions.joomla.org/extension ... ews-by-bk/), this module stopped working correctly in J.3.8:

Code: Select all

Warning: require_once(/public_html/libraries/legacy/table/category.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /public_html/modules/mod_dn/helper.php on line 22

Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required '/public_html/libraries/legacy/table/category.php' (include_path='.:/opt/php70/share/pear:/usr/share/pear') in /public_html/modules/mod_dn/helper.php on line 22

[Webdongle]

Their support forum has been inactive since before Christmas last year and that extension was last updated two and a half years.

[darb]

Edwin at Joomla multisite write an Joomla update blog about what to think about how to do a Joomla update procedure. A link to that pdf its also a ppt file of this on his site.

https://www.jms2win.com/media/joomla_mu ... ure_en.pdf