XF 1.2 is currently unable to handle this request.HTTP ERROR 500

[steven s]

I haven't used this license in some time and wanted to see if I can move my vB forum to 1.1.2 before upgrading.
It's been a long time since I've installed a xF forum. Never had an issue before so I suspect it's somethin on the server side.

I want to be sure structure is correct first, Files are in my public_html directory.

I have not created a database yet. From what I recall, I will be prompted for that information to create a config file. I'll create the database at that time.

I see nothing in the error log.

 

[Paul B]

You need to create the database and user first before installing XF.

However, that wouldn't show as a 500 error - you will need to check the server error log to determine the cause of that.

 

[steven s]

Will do. I'll continue poking around. First thing was to be sure I had the files in the correct location. Thank you.

 

[steven s]

Anything to do with 1.1.2?

[28-Nov-2024 17:33:36 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Return type of Zend_Registry: OffsetExists($index) should either be compatible with ArrayObject: OffsetExists(mixed $key): bool, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice in /home/username/public_html/library/Zend/Registry.php on line 204

[28-Nov-2024 17:33:36 UTC] PHP Warning: A non-numeric value encountered in /home/username/public_html/library/XenForo/Application.php on line 1075

[28-Nov-2024 17:33:36 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is no longer supported in /home/username/public_html/library/Lgpl/utf8.php on line 45

Requirements met
Your server meets all of XenForo's PHP requirements.
However, the following warnings should be noted - you may need to ask your host to address these:

1. Your server has disabled a core PHP function <strong>exif_read_data</strong> via the disable_functions directive in php.ini. This may cause unexpected problems in XenForo.

 

[Paul B]

Make sure you're running the correct version of PHP.

You can check the release announcement to check what that is: https://xenforo.com/community/forums/announcements/

 

[steven s]

PHP 8.3 installed.

Doesn't look like exof read data() really matters in this case.
I'll give my host another shot.

exif_read_data() reads the EXIF headers from an image file. This way you can read meta data generated by digital cameras.

EXIF headers tend to be present in JPEG/TIFF images generated by digital cameras, but unfortunately each digital camera maker has a different idea of how to actually tag their images, so you can't always rely on a specific Exif header being present.

 

[Ozzy47]

I think you are going to need PHP 5.4 or less.

 

[steven s]

Correct! I started an install in another subforum running 5.6 and the install process started. Then I changed from 8.3 to 5.6 in my original install and worked.

Thank you.

 

[steven s]

Next issue was Validate class not found from basename 'EmailAddress' when adding my email address. Degraded to php 5.4 corrected the issue. Noted it here incase someone else had the same issue installing an older version.