1.2.7 and PHP5

[Kayla]

I have two sites on 1.2.7 that the customers can't afford to upgrade.

I had to install that fix recently for MySQL 5 and everything seemed fine.

But this week my server was just upgraded to PHP5 and now my sites don't work again. It seems that anything that requires returning data to the store doesn't work. Can't log in-admin or user. Can't add things to cart. Just returns a screen "your shopping cart is empty".

What to do?

Thanks much!

[Merlinpa1969]

to be able to access the admin replace the includes/functions/sessions.php with one from 1.3.7

but thats just a bandaid to get you into the site it will still not work beyond getting into the admin

if your on php5 then you will need to upgrade remember php4 is dead at the end of this month ( dead I mean End of Life )

[Kayla]

Thanks Merlin. I didn't know that about PHP4.

I guess my schedule just changed for the next few weeks! Ouch!

[Kayla]

Bugger. I get "illegal access" when I replace that file.

Can you tell me if I do a manual db dump from PHPMyAdmin, what settings do I need to have it on so I get a file that is easily loaded back in after upgrade?

[Kayla]

Specifically these settings. Should any of them be checked?

Structure
Add DROP TABLE / DROP VIEW
Add IF NOT EXISTS
Add AUTO_INCREMENT value
Enclose table and field names with backquotes
Add CREATE PROCEDURE / FUNCTION

[Kayla]

Well of course I can't get the database loaded in the new version without a ton of errors and failure.

I'm screwed and not knowledgeable about database stuff to troubleshoot. I installed 1.3.7 in a new directory and followed the upgrade instructions but get zillions of database errors.

[DrByte]

to be able to access the admin replace the includes/functions/sessions.php with one from 1.3.7

Bugger. I get "illegal access" when I replace that file.

If you're using v1.3 files on v1.2.x, you'll have to comment-out these lines from the top of the file ... otherwise the built-in security will block you:

if (!defined('IS_ADMIN_FLAG')) {
  die('Illegal Access');
}

Those lines are used to prevent people from hacking around in the server and doing things you don't want them to do. But it only works on v1.3 and up.

[Kayla]

So I successfully upgraded one site and am working on the other, and after uploading that sessions.php file the site works just fine as-is in 1.2.7.

Can someone please explain this to me? From what Merlin said it sounded like there was no option or hope but to change to 1.3.8 asap since my server is now on PHP 5. But if that is not the case, it will certainly save me a helluva lotta time and grief for the timebeing, as I was looking at a complete redesign and overhaul of the site in question anyway, and if it seems to now be working do I really need to upgrade or will the bandaid fall off?