Errors on public site , as well as admin side

[dalbert]

Recently we are getting errors on our site, both in the header of our public site, as well as on the AdminCP.. We will be upgrading the site, but I wish to resolve these before doing so, so we have a clean running site to upgrade from.

 

Current version is 4.1.11.1

 

Anyway, any insights on resolving these errors would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

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[[Template core/front/global/updateWarning is throwing an error. This theme may be out of date. Run the support tool in the AdminCP to restore the default theme.]]

Within the AdminCP
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ErrorException: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() (2)
#0 /usr/www/users/bobsmith/sitename/forums/system/Application/Application.php(458): IPS\IPS::errorHandler(2, 'Invalid argumen...', '/usr/www/users/...', 458, Array)
#1 /usr/www/users/bobsmith/sitename/forums/applications/core/modules/admin/overview/dashboard.php(177): IPS\_Application->availableUpgrade(true)
#2 /usr/www/users/bobsmith/sitename/forums/system/Dispatcher/Controller.php(94): IPS\core\modules\admin\overview\_dashboard->manage()
#3 [internal function]: IPS\Dispatcher\_Controller->execute()
#4 /usr/www/users/bobsmith/sitename/forums/init.php(435) : eval()'d code(14): call_user_func_array('parent::execute', Array)
#5 /usr/www/users/bobsmith/sitename/forums/system/Dispatcher/Dispatcher.php(129): IPS\Dispatcher\hook84->execute()
#6 /usr/www/users/bobsmith/sitename/forums/admin/index.php(13): IPS\_Dispatcher->run()
#7 {main}

[Randy Calvert]

Did your host recently upgrade to php8?  If so, this is most likely your problem as that version of php is not compatible with that very old version of IPB. 

[dalbert]

PHP is listed as 5.6.40

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% php -v

PHP 5.6.40 (cli) (built: Jan 14 2021 14:37:24)

Copyright (c) 1997-2016 The PHP Group

Zend Engine v2.6.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2016 Zend Technologie

 

 

SQL is 5.6.51

 

Which brings up a question --  does anybody know the latest version of PHP that is compatible  with this older version of the software (as part of my migration path)?

 

Thanks.

[Marc]

I would suggest the following

• Make a full backup
• update to PHP 8
• upload a fresh set of files from your client area
• upgrade from /admin/upgrade . If you have any issues please let us know.

The reality is, this is going to be the best way forward. It may be best to simply disable all 3rd party items and deal with upgrading those after you have a successful upgrade as most are likely to be outdated and wont work.