I've deleted the old files and folders (as discussed here) and I've uploaded the 4.0.0.b4 files, set permissions but /forums/admin/install or /forums/admin/upgrade are just coming up completely blank. Now I'm wondering if I needed to be on 3.4.7 before trying this beta. Any ideas? ....or anyone do an upgrade like that?

I'm going to try upgrading to 3.4.7 first now and maybe try again but I'm still curious about an answer to this....

Are you trying to upgrade a live forum? You shouldn't be. Wait until the final release is out if you are.

Are you trying to upgrade a live forum? You shouldn't be. Wait until the final release is out if you are.

Yes it is live but it's a small community and the members talked and we want to check it out. Downtime and bugs is expected.

I actually just upgraded to 3.4.7 and still getting the same issue. /forums/admin/install or /forums/admin/upgrade are just blank.

error_log is showing:

[25-Dec-2014 12:40:11] PHP Warning:  Unexpected character in input:  '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in /--path_removed--/forums/admin/index.php on line 13
[25-Dec-2014 12:40:11] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /--path_removed--/forums/admin/index.php on line 13
[25-Dec-2014 12:45:40] PHP Warning:  Unexpected character in input:  '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in /--path_removed--/forums/admin/index.php on line 13
[25-Dec-2014 12:45:40] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /--path_removed--/forums/admin/index.php on line 13

 

Yes it is live but it's a small community and the members talked and we want to check it out. Downtime and bugs is expected.

I actually just upgraded to 3.4.7 and still getting the same issue. /forums/admin/install or /forums/admin/upgrade are just blank.

error_log is showing:

[25-Dec-2014 12:40:11] PHP Warning:  Unexpected character in input:  '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in /--path_removed--/forums/admin/index.php on line 13
[25-Dec-2014 12:40:11] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /--path_removed--/forums/admin/index.php on line 13
[25-Dec-2014 12:45:40] PHP Warning:  Unexpected character in input:  '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in /--path_removed--/forums/admin/index.php on line 13
[25-Dec-2014 12:45:40] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /--path_removed--/forums/admin/index.php on line 13

 

​In line 13 should be a comment, something probably went wrong while uploading the files.

Try to change the transfer mode to binary of your ftp client and then re-upload the files.

​In line 13 should be a comment, something probably went wrong while uploading the files.

Try to change the transfer mode to binary of your ftp client and then re-upload the files.

​My /admin/index.php straight from the extracted zip is showing this:

<?php
/**
 * @brief		Public bootstrap
 * @author		<a href='http://www.invisionpower.com'>Invision Power Services, Inc.</a>
 * @copyright	(c) 2001 - SVN_YYYY Invision Power Services, Inc.
 * @license		http://www.invisionpower.com/legal/standards/
 * @package		IPS Social Suite
 * @since		18 Feb 2013
 * @version		SVN_VERSION_NUMBER
 */
$_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']	= __FILE__;
require_once 'init.php';
\IPS\Dispatcher\Front::i()->run();

 

Oh my bad you were talking about the ipb4 upgrade. Thought you meant upgrading to 3.4.7 was also a problem.

Does your server meet the IPS 4 requirements?

 

No > 3.4.7 > 4.0

No > 3.4.7 > 4.0

​Yeah I got that, check if your server meets the IPS 4 requirements with this;

Oh my bad you were talking about the ipb4 upgrade. Thought you meant upgrading to 3.4.7 was also a problem.

Does your server meet the IPS 4 requirements?

​I guess not . Thanks for the help. *makes a note to contact hosting after new years*

 

As far as I know it should work with any 3.x version. Special measures are required for those upgrading from 2.x or 1.x (rare I guess though) , having said that it may be easier to do a quick 3x to 347 upgrade first if in any doubt.

We support upgrading from 3.0.0+ in 4.0.

Will it be possible to upgrade from older releases on a you are doing it unsupported base, ore will they not be available at all?

Older versions can be upgraded to 3.4.7 first, and then the 4.0 package can be used to upgrade from there.

It will (probably) work, provided you have a bog standard installation currently, no add-ons, standard directory setup, etc.

Kind regards, Wim