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Thanks! The site was on PHP 7.0. With assistance from my hosting provider, I updated to PHP 7.4 and now I have access to the site again. No database re-import required.
Locked out of site after updating modules
Thank you very much. I will follow your advice.
Locked out of site after updating modules
The best you can do is test and report. If you find a contrib that doesn't work in php 8.3, create an issue in its queue so it gets fixed. In my experience, I've found that 7.4 is safest...
Locked out of site after updating modules
Hi argiepiano, Some contrib will not work in php 7.2 or lower, and some will not on PHP 8.1 or higher. Is there a way to find out which is the optimal PHP version for a...
Locked out of site after updating modules
This sounds like a combination of a buggy module and the "wrong" version of PHP. The fact that you are being redirected to the maintenance page may be an indication that your site was put on...
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If the feature freeze / pre-release topics leave some time, I'd like to suggest (again) the symlink problem:
Issue 3008 provides a smaller change, that fixes the immediate problem - which is a little bigger, than it appeared initially. This makes Backdrop usable in more hosting environments.
Now there's also a "head scratching issue", issue 5190, which tries to get the big picture of FileTransfer in Backdrop, and what function checkPath() is actually supposed to cover (and what not) – and if it's really able to do what it should the way it's written. There are some concerns regarding the latter.
For today's Outreach meeting, I'd like to discuss plans for the next newsletter & related blog post(s).