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Re: Upgrade to 4.7.3 riddled with errors
Judging by these two lines in the diagnostics:
/nfs/c08/h06/mnt/120036/domains/glgpub.com/html/textpattern/lib/txplib_head.php,
/nfs/c08/h06/mnt/120036/domains/glgpub.com/html/textpattern/lib/txplib_misc.phpat least two files do not match version 4.7.3 (and are therefore probably still older versions).
One possible explanation of why you’re having problems updating txplib_misc.php may be that your host has locked down uploads of files containing the php function eval(). Other people have reported (e.g. here and here) that this file in particular has caused problems with some hosts that block it even being uploaded. As far as I know that shouldn’t affect txplib_head.php, though. The problem only occurs with some hosts.
The issue has been addressed with the current development version of Textpattern that has a workaround to avoid using that php function (GitHub issue here). That is available to download here (switch the branch called “dev”). The dev branch is currently stable in my experience but not yet a release version. I also don’t know if it’s been tried on a server that blocked txplib_misc.php, so it may or may not resolve the problem.
The other thing you could try is to ask your host if they can switch off that protection mechanism for your site.
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Otherwise, you have a long list of plugins there, many of them no longer up to date, some no longer available (many no longer needed), so one way or the other you’ll have some work to bring the site back to running order. Likewise, the database is a mix of different collations, so you’re likely to have some work involved in aligning them (make sure to keep database backups as you work as you may find you get stray characters if you change the character encoding and need to go back).
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Re: Upgrade to 4.7.3 riddled with errors
Looks like you’ve given up on trying to upgrade judging by glgpub.com. If so, that’s a pity, but If you still want to see if you can salvage something, my offer of assistance still stands.
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