Hello friends,
I am trying to restore backup file which is three years old, and I got error. Wordpress files are restored, but there isn't any table in database.
Please help!
Miljko
#39607 Trying to restore three years old backup
Posted in ‘Site restoration’
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Environment Information
PHP version
8.1.22
CMS Type
WordPress
CMS Version
6.3.1
Backup Tool Version
not sure
Kickstart version
not sure
Latest post by nicholas on Tuesday, 17 October 2023 12:19 CDT
Tuesday, 10 October 2023 00:57 CDT
nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Not only it's a three year old backup, it's also a much older version of Akeeba Backup which does not support PHP 8 — the error you get indicates a PHP 8 incompatibility.
Go to your hosting control panel and choose PHP version 7.3. This should let you continue with the restoration.
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
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Tuesday, 17 October 2023 11:55 CDT
miljko
Hello friend,
as you advised i tried PHP v7.3.33 in local environment with the same result. I also tried PHP v7.29.19.
Here is the message:
Application Error
Please submit the following error message and trace in its entirety when requesting support
RuntimeException — Unable to connect to the Database: Could not connect to MySQL.
C:\laragon\www\ao\installation\framework\database\driver.php::L260
#0 C:\laragon\www\ao\installation\platform\models\wordpresssetup.php(54): ADatabaseDriver::getInstance(Array)
#1 C:\laragon\www\ao\installation\angie\models\base\setup.php(46): AngieModelWordpressSetup->getSiteParamsVars()
#2 C:\laragon\www\ao\installation\platform\views\setup\view.html.php(34): AngieModelBaseSetup->getStateVariables()
#3 C:\laragon\www\ao\installation\framework\view\view.php(530): AngieViewSetup->onBeforeMain()
#4 C:\laragon\www\ao\installation\framework\controller\controller.php(548): AView->display()
#5 C:\laragon\www\ao\installation\framework\controller\controller.php(553): AController->display()
#6 C:\laragon\www\ao\installation\framework\controller\controller.php(510): AController->main()
#7 C:\laragon\www\ao\installation\framework\dispatcher\dispatcher.php(263): AController->execute('default')
#8 C:\laragon\www\ao\installation\framework\application\application.php(176): ADispatcher->dispatch()
#9 C:\laragon\www\ao\installation\index.php(115): AApplication->dispatch()
#10 C:\laragon\www\ao\installation\index.php(230): mainLoop()
#11 {main}
Tuesday, 17 October 2023 12:19 CDT
nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
RuntimeException — Unable to connect to the Database: Could not connect to MySQL.
This means that the database connection information is wrong. It's not something that has to do with your version of PHP.
Remember, you need to create the database and the database user before restoration. Moreover, you have to make sure that the database user has full access to the database, including the ability to create tables.
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!