upgrade issue from 5.6.3.5

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Hi guys,

My hosting company upgraded their server last night to PHP7, and all my Concrete5 sites are down now. I have been trying to manually upgrade my Concrete5 version, without success. I have tried to upload 5.7.3 to my updates folder and changed the path in config/site.php but that didn't work. Also tried placing the new version in the root and renamed the old version to concrete_old.

Can anybody help me with explaining the steps I need to take to get my website up and running again?

Many thanks!
Wouter

 
JohntheFish replied on at Permalink Reply
JohntheFish
You can't update from c5.6 to c5.7 or c5v8. Moving from c5.6 to c5.7+ is essentially a redevelopment with a content export/import to get a some of the drudge-work done.

Some solutions:

1. Your host may provide a way to configure your sites for php5.6.

2. Develop new sites in latest c5v8. Ultimately the nicest solution. But also the most expensive.

3. With concrete5.6, there is an (unreleased) c5.6.4 on GitHub that is compatible with php7. However, that is just the core and you may need to modify addons for php7 compatibility. For example, eCommerce - seehttps://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/zone-based-shipping/eco... .

Lots of us have 5.6 sites running php7 through this. However, don't attempt to do that upgrade unless you are a developer. Its not a click-and-go upgrade like you are used to, so you would need to hire a developer who had done this before.

4. Move your sites to another host that supports php5.6
seraphic replied on at Permalink Reply
Ok thanks a lot for the quick reply. That makes sense.