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#13358 Need to downgrade Akeeba Backup Professional 3.6.2- possible?

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Latest post by nicholas on Thursday, 23 August 2012 10:23 CDT

Wednesday, 22 August 2012 17:47 CDT

user12105
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Y
Have I searched the tickets before posting? Y
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? Y
Joomla! version: 2.5.6
PHP version: 5.2.17
MySQL version: 5.1.61
Host: Reseller Club
Akeeba Backup version: Akeeba Backup Professional 3.6.2
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Description of my issue:

I was not aware that my version of Php is no longer supported when I installed the Akeeba Backup Professional 3.6.2 update. I should have read your release notes. My host is not updating Php anytime soon. Can I simply uninstall the current version of Akeeba and re-install the previous version? Can I download the previous version?

Thank you.

Thursday, 23 August 2012 02:19 CDT

nicholas
PHP 5.2 * * * I S S U P P O R T E D * * * by Akeeba Backup 3.6.2. The warning message is there to let you know that in the future it will not be. You CAN use Akeeba Backup 3.6.2 on PHP 5.2 without any problem whatsoever because I have TESTED it on PHP 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 before release.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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Thursday, 23 August 2012 08:13 CDT

user12105
Thank you.
Edited by user12105 on 2012-08-23 08:15 CDT

Thursday, 23 August 2012 10:22 CDT

nicholas
Well, I am absolutely sure that Akeeba Backup works on PHP 5.2 because I personally tested it on PHP 5.2.17, PHP 5.3.14, PHP 5.3.15 and PHP 5.4.4. I agree with you that the way the warning is rendered is very annoying and confuses people. Please take a look at the latest dev release. I am going to release it today as Akeeba Backup 3.6.3 and DEFINITELY works on PHP 5.2 In fact, I just finished testing it on all of my PHP 5.2 sites, local and live. If you still get a backup error please ZIP and attach your log file so that I can help you with your backup issue.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Thursday, 23 August 2012 10:23 CDT

nicholas
Uh, I forgot to also say that the permissions message is a bug and it's also fixed in the dev release I linked to.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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