Hi

I have an old website that is no longer working as the hosting company is now using php 7.1. It was created on concrete5.5.1 which uses php 5.5 As I can no longer get into the website I am trying to transfer the MySql file etc from the server it is on to xampp so that I can retrieve the website. I have the current version of xampp running and this works with the current version of concrete 5. I downloaded xampp1.8.3 which runs php5.5.11 I followed a tutorial on youtube to change the php version in xampp to 1.8.3 by moving the php and apache folder from the old version of xamp to the current version. It also changes \xampp to c:\xampp. When I go to phpinfo on the localhost it shows its using php5.5.15.

When I try to install concrete5.5.1 I get the following errors:
Strict Standards: Non-static method Loader::helper() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in C:\xampp\htdocs\concrete5.5.1\concrete\libraries\controller.php on line 47

Strict Standards: Non-static method Object::camelcase() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in C:\xampp\htdocs\concrete5.5.1\concrete\libraries\loader.php on line 250

Strict Standards: Non-static method Loader::helper() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in C:\xampp\htdocs\concrete5.5.1\concrete\helpers\form.php on line 32


I tried to change the "error_reporting" parameter in the php.ini file from:

error_reporting = E_ALL | E_STRICT

to

error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED

and turned the display_errors off

display_errors = Off

as suggested in an old forum.

But its still throwing up the same errors.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. As if this doesn't work ill have to start the whole website from scratch.