XF 1.5 Site down after 1.5.13 upgrade due to addon. Cant disable it.

[Alpha1]

After uploading XF 1.5.13 files, the addon DragonByte Security took down my site. This error is on my site:

 Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in /library/DBTech/Security/XenForo/Session.php on line 38

I tried reuploading 1.5.12 files, but this didnt help.

When I disable listeners I can get the site to load again, but when I try to deactivate the addon I get this error in the console:

PHP <br />
<b>Parse error</b>:  syntax error, unexpected '[' in <b>/library/DBTech/Security/XenForo/Install/Uninstall.php</b> on line <b>61</b><br />

So I cannot disable the addon.

Is there any other way to disable an addon?
Would it be wise to just keep listeners off, then upgrade and then turn listeners on again?

@DragonByte Tech is not online. I have 5000 people trying to get on my site.

 

[Chris D]

I notice that add-on states the minimum requirements are:

XenForo v1.5.3+, PHP 5.6+

The parse error is tripping up on the [ character.

[]

is often used as the array construct in later PHP versions (since PHP 5.4) rather than

array()

So the error is suggesting you're no longer running PHP 5.4.

What version of PHP are you currently running?

 

[Alpha1]

7.1.3

 

[Chris D]

Can you just double check phpinfo to be sure?

 

[Alpha1]

yes, i see the problem.

 

[Alpha1]

I found it. It was not the addon, but a matter of uploading the default xf .htaccess file which overwrites our .htaccess file and thus the adhandler.

The htaccess file in the package should really not be in a format that overwrites the root htaccess.

Thanks for your swift support!

 

[Chris D]

The .htaccess file isn't included in the upgrade package, so maybe you downloaded the full version?

 

[Alpha1]

Yes, that's a good point.