Thank you for your help with Koken PHP issues. However, I am a bit of a beginner, so I have the following problem when trying to correct for the fact that my hosting service has just upgraded to PHP 7.4. I was able to downgrade to 7.2 so that everything works again, but 7.2 will no longer be available to me after November 30. So here is my problem:
When trying to implement your suggested fix i do the following
Front-end web developer working for SeriesEight - previously Blue2 and The Covey Agency. Interested in simplifying front-end development, promoting accessibility, performance and static sites.
Yes, you'll need to edit the actual files rather than visiting the pages.
Your hosting company will offer a file manager/FTP login and then in a folder probably called public_html or www you'll be able to find the files I refer to.
Be careful when editing these, any slight mistake might break your website but if you make the changes exactly how I say you'll be fine! :)
Hi Alistair,
Thanks for taking time to guide me in the right direction. Much appreciated, and it worked beautifully! I did, however, make a couple of observations in the process to implement this fix:
1) Contrary to your statement I found that PHP 7.3 actually worked fine without the fix, while 7.4 really needs it.
2) While my hosting provider also offers a beta version of PHP 8, I tried this both with and without the fix. Neither worked (I got the red Koken admin login window), so it seems this is going to be an ongoing problem as the PHP versions progress over time.
Thanks again,
Ernie
Front-end web developer working for SeriesEight - previously Blue2 and The Covey Agency. Interested in simplifying front-end development, promoting accessibility, performance and static sites.
That's good to know, I migrated from PHP 7.2 to 7.4 and had assumed that 7.3 would also be an issue. Thanks, I'll update the article.
As for PHP 8, given there's a fair few breaking changes it will need more fixes as you say. Honestly I think given the timescale it will be before PHP 7.4 stops being available, it would be wise to have migrated away from Koken by then.
If it's easy for me to do so however I might see if I can come up with the fixes required in future.
OK, and as you say it's probably time to start looking for alternatives to Koken. However, finding something that does the job as well as Koken does for photographers, with Lightroom plug-in as well as being totally free, is going to be hard, I think.
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Thank you for your help with Koken PHP issues. However, I am a bit of a beginner, so I have the following problem when trying to correct for the fact that my hosting service has just upgraded to PHP 7.4. I was able to downgrade to 7.2 so that everything works again, but 7.2 will no longer be available to me after November 30. So here is my problem:
When trying to implement your suggested fix i do the following
name_of_my_website.com/app/databas...
and i receive a 404 error.
Any ideas? Am I going about this in a wrong way?
Yes, you'll need to edit the actual files rather than visiting the pages.
Your hosting company will offer a file manager/FTP login and then in a folder probably called public_html or www you'll be able to find the files I refer to.
Be careful when editing these, any slight mistake might break your website but if you make the changes exactly how I say you'll be fine! :)
Hi Alistair,
Thanks for taking time to guide me in the right direction. Much appreciated, and it worked beautifully! I did, however, make a couple of observations in the process to implement this fix:
1) Contrary to your statement I found that PHP 7.3 actually worked fine without the fix, while 7.4 really needs it.
2) While my hosting provider also offers a beta version of PHP 8, I tried this both with and without the fix. Neither worked (I got the red Koken admin login window), so it seems this is going to be an ongoing problem as the PHP versions progress over time.
Thanks again,
Ernie
That's good to know, I migrated from PHP 7.2 to 7.4 and had assumed that 7.3 would also be an issue. Thanks, I'll update the article.
As for PHP 8, given there's a fair few breaking changes it will need more fixes as you say. Honestly I think given the timescale it will be before PHP 7.4 stops being available, it would be wise to have migrated away from Koken by then.
If it's easy for me to do so however I might see if I can come up with the fixes required in future.
OK, and as you say it's probably time to start looking for alternatives to Koken. However, finding something that does the job as well as Koken does for photographers, with Lightroom plug-in as well as being totally free, is going to be hard, I think.