Cannot login Backlight

qbosa · 2019-03-06 22:13:26

Hi team,
I can't login to Backlight.

on www.bobvansanten.com/backlight I get error:

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I am using Backlight version 1. My site is working normal, it is just the login that fails.

I recently moved to PHP 7.1.

I found an older post with the same issue, but could not find a solution given.

Thanks for your Help!

Bob

Daniel Leu · 2019-03-06 22:27:09

Hi Bob, can you downgrade to a PHP version such as 5.6, upgrade to the latest Backlight version, and then again switch to PHP 7.1?

qbosa · 2019-03-06 22:34:22

Daniel, is downgrading PHP essential when upgrading Backlight? I have some other non-backlight parts on my site that requires 7.1....

rod barbee · 2019-03-06 23:13:10

You might need to.
For some updates, including the final update to Backlight 1.2.3, after uploading the files you need to log in and visit the various sections to update databases.
http://backlight.theturninggate.net/doc … _changelog

Do you know what version of Backlight that you’re using

qbosa · 2019-03-07 00:24:45

Rod, it is 1.0.5 Release 2. I will make the update next monday, I'll let you know if it will solve the issue. Thanks for now.

I will make the step to Backlight 2 shortly after.

Ben · 2019-03-07 05:00:12

This is a PHP code incompatibility. There is no need to change to PHP 5.6 to upgrade Backlight.

Daniel Leu · 2019-03-07 06:36:58

Ben wrote:

This is a PHP code incompatibility. There is no need to change to PHP 5.6 to upgrade Backlight.

Oh, I forgot that with Backlight 1 there is no need to login in order to upgrade..... Installing the latest version should fix this issue.

Ben · 2019-03-07 08:33:15

Daniel Leu wrote:

Oh, I forgot that with Backlight 1 there is no need to login in order to upgrade..... Installing the latest version should fix this issue.

Another trick, in Backlight 2, is to visit backlight/installer/ again. Doing so will fetch the latest core modules (e.g. admin, framework, designer, publisher, pangolin-* modules) and install them over the versions of the modules that are already there. That should help recover from any code issues within the Backlight admin that prevent logging into the Backlight admin in order to update modules. That of course assumes that the installer code doesn't have issues on that server.

Daniel Leu · 2019-03-08 08:50:05

Ben wrote:

Daniel Leu wrote:
Oh, I forgot that with Backlight 1 there is no need to login in order to upgrade..... Installing the latest version should fix this issue.
Another trick, in Backlight 2, is to visit backlight/installer/ again. Doing so will fetch the latest core modules (e.g. admin, framework, designer, publisher, pangolin-* modules) and install them over the versions of the modules that are already there. That should help recover from any code issues within the Backlight admin that prevent logging into the Backlight admin in order to update modules. That of course assumes that the installer code doesn't have issues on that server.

Oh, that's a nifty trick! I like it!

qbosa · 2019-03-13 15:22:54

All, I upgraded to latest Backlight version and the login issue has been solved. Thank you all for supporting me.
Bob

Daniel Leu · 2019-03-13 23:29:59

Thank you for letting us know.

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