Legacy (version 5.6.x-)

 

ConcreteOwl replied on Aug 21, 2019 at 9:32 pm Permalink Best Answer Reply

I have some 5.6 sites on my dev server that run quite happily on mysql 5.7.24

drbiskit replied on Aug 22, 2019 at 7:24 am Permalink Reply

That's really useful, thanks! I'll run a few tests in dev and see what I find.

Cheers.

juandavid0528 replied on Aug 22, 2019 at 10:45 am Permalink Reply

Hi!

I am planning to migrate my client website currently using 5.6.4.0,

Is it okay on PHP 7.3 and MySQL 5.7?

Thanks!

drbiskit replied on Aug 22, 2019 at 11:04 am Permalink Reply

Hello.

It should run on MySQL5.7 okay. I have sites using 5.6.4, and have just upgraded MySQL from 5.6 -> 5.7. All seems to be running fine.

But - it won't run on PHP7.

There is a version of the 5.6 branch of Concrete5 that you could try using - details here:
https://www.concrete5.org/community/forums/chat/concrete5.6-on-php7...

But you might find that addons or custom code might not work without some further work. My advice would be to only apply these updates to a development copy of the site and see how you get on. And in both cases of updating MySQL, and PHP - obviously make sure you take full backups of everything first.

juandavid0528 replied on Aug 22, 2019 at 11:39 am Permalink Reply

Hi!

so PHP 7 is also fine?

drbiskit replied on Aug 22, 2019 at 11:54 am Permalink Reply

Apologies - I meant to say that it won't run on PHP7. (including 7.0 / 7.1 / 7.2 / 7.3 )

juandavid0528 replied on Aug 22, 2019 at 12:02 pm Permalink Reply

5.6.4 wont run on PHP 7?

I have seen some people here says it is the legacy version that works on PHP 7.

ConcreteOwl replied on Aug 22, 2019 at 12:48 pm Permalink Reply

Concrete 5.6.4 will run on PHP 7 I have some 5.6.4. sites running on PHP 7.3.
Your Addons might need some tweaking to run on PHP 7 but the Concrete Core runs fine.
Take a look at
https://www.deepsea.co.uk/phpinfo.php...

juandavid0528 replied on Aug 22, 2019 at 1:11 pm Permalink Reply

That was a relief so to be short 5.6.4 Core is fine IN PHP 7 Mysql latest

Donyou have any idea how can I know if is add-on is not compatible? currently I have 4

Any help is appreciated. I

juandavid0528 replied on Aug 22, 2019 at 1:16 pm Permalink Reply 1 Attachment

Here is my add-on on the attachment

ConcreteOwl replied on Aug 23, 2019 at 8:05 am Permalink Reply

@juandavid0528
Those addons appear to work fine, the only error I could find was in 'Page List Title' , one of the template files ( blog_index.php ) has this on line 20

$entryController = Loader::controller($cobj);
$comments = $entryController->getCommentCountString('%s '.t('Comment'), '%s '.t('Comments'));

And I patched it by changing the code to this

$entryController = Loader::controller($cobj);
if(method_exists($entryController,'getCommentCountString')) {
$comments = $entryController->getCommentCountString('%s '.t('Comment'), '%s '.t('Comments'));
}

juandavid0528 replied on Aug 23, 2019 at 8:47 am Permalink Reply

Hi!

Thanks for the time, so that error is not related to Concrete5 Core but on Add-on but Page Title right?

I will try to check where is that file

By the way this is the website I am planning to migrate

http://www.boistec.com/

ConcreteOwl replied on Aug 23, 2019 at 9:32 am Permalink Reply

Yes it is the Page List Title Addon, look in the templates folder for the blog_index.php file.

juandavid0528 replied on Aug 23, 2019 at 9:46 am Permalink Reply

Thanks for the help!

May I know how do you test and find that error?

ConcreteOwl replied on Aug 24, 2019 at 11:35 am Permalink Reply

I use WAMP on my Windows 10 machine and WAMP will offer different versions of PHP (if you have installed them) to run the site on.
So I loaded up my development 5.6.4 site on PHP 7.3.8 and installed those addons.
I then created a new page, loaded the addons to be tested and looked for the errors.
Once the errors are displayed it is just a matter of tracking down the code and patching it.

drbiskit replied on Aug 22, 2019 at 1:16 pm Permalink Reply

Every day is a school day. That's good news, I wasn't aware - thanks!

@juandavid0528 - I would think that it will be a simple matter of trial + error.

juandavid0528 replied on Aug 22, 2019 at 1:22 pm Permalink Reply

This is my first time on Concrete5,

Can you give points how can I test those add-ons?
I am planning to transfer it first on my local XAMPP using latest php7.3

ConcreteOwl replied on Aug 22, 2019 at 3:00 pm Permalink Reply

Testing your addons is a case of 'Suck It and See'

ConcreteOwl replied on Aug 22, 2019 at 8:45 pm Permalink Reply

As a point of interest.
I have updated several members legacy sites to run on PHP7 and have always managed to patch the addons to work also.
If you run into difficulty getting your addons to work, post the error messages here on the forums and together we should be able to resolve them.
If you want your site updated as a job, Just send me a PM