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Fatal Error / Can't login to view Settings in Perch Admin
Hi
I have an issue with site that I’m running Perch on.
"Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() in /home1/whydidib/public_html/campbellreadbooks/admin/lib/PerchDB_MySQL.class.php:18 Stack trace: #0 /home1/whydidib/public_html/campbellreadbooks/admin/lib/PerchDB_MySQL.class.php(62): PerchDB_MySQL->open_link() #1 /home1/whydidib/public_html/campbellreadbooks/admin/lib/PerchDB_MySQL.class.php(237): PerchDB_MySQL->get_link() #2 /home1/whydidib/public_html/campbellreadbooks/admin/apps/content/PerchContent.class.php(360): PerchDB_MySQL->pdb('/index.php') #3 /home1/whydidib/public_html/campbellreadbooks/admin/apps/content/PerchContent.class.php(344): PerchContent->get_content() #4 /home1/whydidib/public_html/campbellreadbooks/admin/apps/content/PerchContent.class.php(27): PerchContent->populate_cache() #5 /home1/whydidib/public_html/campbellreadbooks/admin/apps/content/runtime.php(18): PerchContent->get('New Titles') #6 /home1/whydidib/public_html/campbellreadbooks/index.php(53): perch_content('New Titles') #7 {main} thrown in /home1/whydidib/public_html/campbellreadbooks/admin/lib/PerchDB_MySQL.class.php on line 18”
Website: https://www.campbellreadbooks.com/ Login: https://www.campbellreadbooks.com/admin/
Not sure what is causing this issue? I haven't updated Perch in a long time so not sure if there is a compatibility issue with the version I have?
Thanks Keith
Has something changed on your hosting?
If you haven't updated Perch in a long time then updating is a good idea anyway.
Hi, I think php was updated.
For updating, is it just the case of replacing the existing perch directory with the files from the latest version of perch?
Thanks
replace
/perch/corebut check out the update notes first https://grabaperch.com/updateYou'll also need to update any addons.
I don't see a /core directory
When I download the latest version from my account it looks like I only have the option of perch_v1.8.4 - I see that there is 2.8.32.
Will that be the issue?
sorry, really not sure what I need to do to get my clients website back up.
Can you help me please?
Thanks
It looks like your hosting has updated to a version of PHP that no longer includes the MySQL library that Perch 1 uses to connect to the database (maybe PHP 7?).
There isn't an updated version of Perch 1 for that. Perch 1 is discontinued.
The first thing to do would be to check with your host if the site can be switched back to the previous version of PHP (sometimes it's a control panel switch) to get you back up and running.