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Upgrade from 2.0.18 fails despite numerous attempts

JiggensJiggens New
in Vanilla 2.0 - 2.8

Hello everyone.

I'm trying to upgrade a vanilla install hosted on 123-reg from 2.0.18 to 2.2 following the instructions here:
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/26685/vanilla-2-1-stable-released/p1

I overwrite the files via FTP and go to visit /utility/update, yet every time I do, there is nothing but the following error:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function val() in /home/cluster-sites/1/s/sanguinehunt.co.uk/public_html/forum/library/core/class.autoloader.php on line 442

This displays on all pages of the forum. I have attempted this 4 times, each time starting afresh.

Can anybody shed light? These are desperate times.
Thanks in advance to you all.

Answers

  • whu606whu606 MVP

    @Jiggens

    Welcome to the community!

    Firstly, you should only upgrade to the latest version of 2.1 for now (see link at top of page.) 2.2 is not ready for production environments yet.

    For your error, can you let us know what version of php your host provides?

  • JiggensJiggens New

    Thanks for the welcome and reply :)

    I shall try again now, upgrading to 2.1 instead.

    PHP is set to 5.4.
    5.2 through 5.5 are available.

  • whu606whu606 MVP

    Anything from 5.2 should be fine, so that probably isn't the problem.

  • JiggensJiggens New

    I followed the process as before, using 2.1.12p3. I now get the following error:

    Internal Server Error

    The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

    Please contact the server administrator at root@localhost to inform them of the time this error occurred, and the actions you performed just before this error.

    More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

    Apache/2.4.12 (Unix) Server at forum.sanguinehunt.co.uk Port 80

  • whu606whu606 MVP

    Can you look at the error log on the server and post what it says?

  • whu606whu606 MVP

    You might want to try installing a clean version of 2.1 in a separate folder, to make sure your server set-up works with it.

  • JiggensJiggens New
    edited October 2015

    Sorry, it's quite a chunk.

    forum.sanguinehunt.co.uk [Thu Oct 29 12:57:55 2015] [error] [client 86.163.8.103:52744] AH01215: PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined function val() in /home/cluster-sites/1/s/sanguinehunt.co.uk/public_html/forum/library/core/class.request.php on line 341: /home/cluster-sites/1/s/sanguinehunt.co.uk/public_html/forum/index.php
forum.sanguinehunt.co.uk [Thu Oct 29 12:57:56 2015] [error] [client 86.163.8.103:52744] End of script output before headers: index.php
forum.sanguinehunt.co.uk [Thu Oct 29 12:57:56 2015] [error] [client 86.163.8.103:52857] AH01215: PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined function val() in /home/cluster-sites/1/s/sanguinehunt.co.uk/public_html/forum/library/core/class.request.php on line 341: /home/cluster-sites/1/s/sanguinehunt.co.uk/public_html/forum/index.php
forum.sanguinehunt.co.uk [Thu Oct 29 12:57:56 2015] [error] [client 86.163.8.103:52857] End of script output before headers: index.php
forum.sanguinehunt.co.uk [Thu Oct 29 12:59:58 2015] [error] [client 86.163.8.103:49493] AH01215: PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined function val() in /home/cluster-sites/1/s/sanguinehunt.co.uk/public_html/forum/library/core/class.request.php on line 341: /home/cluster-sites/1/s/sanguinehunt.co.uk/public_html/forum/index.php
forum.sanguinehunt.co.uk [Thu Oct 29 12:59:58 2015] [error] [client 86.163.8.103:49493] End of script output before headers: index.php
forum.sanguinehunt.co.uk [Thu Oct 29 12:59:59 2015] [error] [client 86.163.8.103:49638] AH01215: PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined function val() in /home/cluster-sites/1/s/sanguinehunt.co.uk/public_html/forum/library/core/class.request.php on line 341: /home/cluster-sites/1/s/sanguinehunt.co.uk/public_html/forum/index.php
forum.sanguinehunt.co.uk [Thu Oct 29 12:59:59 2015] [error] [client 86.163.8.103:49638] End of script output before headers: index.php
forum.sanguinehunt.co.uk [Thu Oct 29 13:00:27 2015] [error] [client 86.163.8.103:55358] AH01215: PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined function val() in /home/cluster-sites/1/s/sanguinehunt.co.uk/public_html/forum/library/core/class.request.php on line 341: /home/cluster-sites/1/s/sanguinehunt.co.uk/public_html/forum/index.php
forum.sanguinehunt.co.uk [Thu Oct 29 13:00:27 2015] [error] [client 86.163.8.103:55358] End of script output before headers: index.php
forum.sanguinehunt.co.uk [Thu Oct 29 13:00:28 2015] [error] [client 86.163.8.103:55448] AH01215: PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined function val() in /home/cluster-sites/1/s/sanguinehunt.co.uk/public_html/forum/library/core/class.request.php on line 341: /home/cluster-sites/1/s/sanguinehunt.co.uk/public_html/forum/index.php
forum.sanguinehunt.co.uk [Thu Oct 29 13:00:28 2015] [error] [client 86.163.8.103:55448] End of script output before headers: index.php
forum.sanguinehunt.co.uk [Thu Oct 29 13:00:43 2015] [error] [client 86.163.8.103:58225] AH01215: PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined function val() in /home/cluster-sites/1/s/sanguinehunt.co.uk/public_html/forum/library/core/class.request.php on line 341: /home/cluster-sites/1/s/sanguinehunt.co.uk/public_html/forum/index.php
forum.sanguinehunt.co.uk [Thu Oct 29 13:00:43 2015] [error] [client 86.163.8.103:58225] End of script output before headers: index.php
forum.sanguinehunt.co.uk [Thu Oct 29 13:00:44 2015] [error] [client 86.163.8.103:58321] AH01215: PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined function val() in /home/cluster-sites/1/s/sanguinehunt.co.uk/public_html/forum/library/core/class.request.php on line 341: /home/cluster-sites/1/s/sanguinehunt.co.uk/public_html/forum/index.php
forum.sanguinehunt.co.uk [Thu Oct 29 13:00:44 2015] [error] [client 86.163.8.103:58321] End of script output before headers: index.php
forum.sanguinehunt.co.uk [Thu Oct 29 13:02:57 2015] [error] [client 86.163.8.103:56004] AH01215: PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined function val() in /home/cluster-sites/1/s/sanguinehunt.co.uk/public_html/forum/library/core/class.request.php on line 341: /home/cluster-sites/1/s/sanguinehunt.co.uk/public_html/forum/index.php
forum.sanguinehunt.co.uk [Thu Oct 29 13:02:57 2015] [error] [client 86.163.8.103:56004] End of script output before headers: index.php
forum.sanguinehunt.co.uk [Thu Oct 29 13:02:57 2015] [error] [client 86.163.8.103:56117] AH01215: PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined function val() in /home/cluster-sites/1/s/sanguinehunt.co.uk/public_html/forum/library/core/class.request.php on line 341: /home/cluster-sites/1/s/sanguinehunt.co.uk/public_html/forum/index.php
forum.sanguinehunt.co.uk [Thu Oct 29 13:02:57 2015] [error] [client 86.163.8.103:56117] End of script output before headers: index.php
forum.sanguinehunt.co.uk [Thu Oct 29 13:04:52 2015] [error] [client 86.163.8.103:51299] AH01215: PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined function val() in /home/cluster-sites/1/s/sanguinehunt.co.uk/public_html/forum/library/core/class.request.php on line 341: /home/cluster-sites/1/s/sanguinehunt.co.uk/public_html/forum/index.php
forum.sanguinehunt.co.uk [Thu Oct 29 13:04:52 2015] [error] [client 86.163.8.103:51299] End of script output before headers: index.php
forum.sanguinehunt.co.uk [Thu Oct 29 13:04:52 2015] [error] [client 86.163.8.103:51387] AH01215: PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined function val() in /home/cluster-sites/1/s/sanguinehunt.co.uk/public_html/forum/library/core/class.request.php on line 341: /home/cluster-sites/1/s/sanguinehunt.co.uk/public_html/forum/index.php
forum.sanguinehunt.co.uk [Thu Oct 29 13:04:52 2015] [error] [client 86.163.8.103:51387] End of script output before headers: index.php
sanguinehunt.co.uk [Thu Oct 29 13:00:23 2015] [error] [client 86.163.8.103:54362] End of script output before headers: index.php
  • hgtonighthgtonight MVP

    Do you have a file /library/core/functions.compatibility.php?

    Search first

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  • JiggensJiggens New

    I do indeed.

  • hgtonighthgtonight MVP

    Does it have a function definition for val?

    Search for function val in the file.

    Search first

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  • vrijvlindervrijvlinder MVP

    It looks like not all the files were transferred well. Try to re-upload the core files. If you have a default.master.php file in the dashboard/views folder you must remove it it is vestigial file from 2.0
    You also need to make sure your htaccess file correctly configured.

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  • JiggensJiggens New

    @vrijvlinder I do not currently have access to the machine, but may I ask how I should correctly configure the htaccess when I do? is there a change to be made when I switch versions?

    @hgtonight I cannot look right now, but if it is missing what should I add?

    Thank you all for the helps.

  • vrijvlindervrijvlinder MVP

    @Jiggens said:
    how I should correctly configure the htaccess when I do? is there a change to be made when I switch versions?

    The htaccess file gets overwritten by the new installation because it is a hidden file. You need to post the contents of the htaccess file to be sure how to proceed. I can't guess what you have.

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  • LincLinc Admin

    This does sound like a incomplete file transfer.

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