Hello Alistair,
thanks again for the fix. We run two installations of koken. One - the older one - is working again after the adjustments. The other one - however - which is a newer version of koken, does not work. While the site itself is serving files, the admin page says "Connection error. Cannot connect to the API." Might there be other adjustments to make?
Unfortunately, I don't know how to find out which built of koken it is.
Thank you
-Stephan
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.
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.
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
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Hello Alistair,
thanks again for the fix. We run two installations of koken. One - the older one - is working again after the adjustments. The other one - however - which is a newer version of koken, does not work. While the site itself is serving files, the admin page says "Connection error. Cannot connect to the API." Might there be other adjustments to make?
Unfortunately, I don't know how to find out which built of koken it is.
Thank you
-Stephan
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
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