Problem migrating WP from PHP 5.4 to 5.6

  • Resolved rsolomon

    (@rsolomon)


    8 years, 11 months ago

    I’ve run a simple WP website. When I upgraded my 1and1 host from PHP 5.4 to PHP 5.6, my website had problems and I could not access my WP Dashboard. I’m temporarily back on PHP 5.4, but I must soon migrate. How do I fix the bug?

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    There’s quite a few folks running WordPress under PHP 5.6, so I doubt that’s directly the problem: https://www.ads-software.com/about/stats/

    Switch to 5.6 again, and if you run into the same problem, try manually resetting your plugins (no Dashboard access required). If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one individually until you find the cause.

    If that does not resolve the issue, access your server via SFTP or FTP, or a file manager in your hosting account’s control panel, navigate to /wp-content/themes/ and rename the directory of your currently active theme. This will force the default theme to activate and hopefully rule-out a theme-specific issue (theme functions can interfere like plugins).

    Thread Starter rsolomon

    (@rsolomon)

    James,

    That seems to have solved the problem.

    Many thanks.

    Regards

    rsolomon

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    You’re welcome!

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