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Discussion on: Fixes for Koken problems in 2020

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Alistair Shepherd

Hi Stephan,

This should be all that is required to make the newest version of Koken work with PHP 7.3/7.4. Keep in mind that more changes would be required for PHP 8 compatibility. I am undecided about diagnosing and releasing these though as it would be encouraging using Koken well beyond its lifespan—perhaps irresponsible security-wise.

It may be you have an older version that does require additional work, or there are plugins/modifications that would also need changes to work.

Regardless, for that second installation you are probably going to have to diagnose it yourself or have a developer do so for you. Koken is not a complex system and is not too hard to diagnose, but the lack of documentation does make it tricky.

Thanks,
Alistair

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Pirsch

Hi Alistair,
thanks for getting back. Yeah, it's really strange. Both installations run on PHP 7.3. I am asking myself if it is some kind of cache issue. Unfortunately, I can't access the server logfiles at this time, since I only have an ftp-account. You are certainly right in saying that one should rather not stick to Koken, but often - as in my case - there are customers that are reluctant to spending any more money on a website that just keeps serving static content and does not have to be touched anymore.
Thanks and all the best
Stephan