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What is the difference between Expression Engine 2 and 3? Why should I upgrade all of my sites?
I'll attempt to keep this answer opinion free!
Your first stop should be the EE3 changelog, and also catching up on the EllisLab blog over the past 6 months. But you'll also need to look at the EE2 ...
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Upgrade a site from EE2 to EE5
Alright, let's do this. I got you, fam. I've done several 2 > 5 upgrades, both small sites and some real big ones.
First thing, so far no client has opted to go the rebuild route. Generally it ...
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White screen on multi site front end after upgrading Expressionengine
that might be all sorts of things. Generally it means there is a php error.
-turn on show errors in the php settings
-turn on show errors in EE
If the main site is showing but the multi sites are not ...
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PHP 7 Error with ChannelImages: Fatal error: 'continue' not in the 'loop' or 'switch' context in…
Replace the continue with return statement.
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PHP Error after upgrading from version 2.5.3 to 2.11.7
It does sound like some file either has whitespace inserted ahead of its opening <?php tag, or you have a file that is using closing PHP tags ?> and has whitespace after it. ExpressionEngine ...
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Table doesn't exist after upgrade
Seems related to this bug report. If you have a conditional checking for something like this:
{if grid_field:total_rows > 0}
try changing that to this:
{if '{grid_field:total_rows}' > 0}
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Where to download 3.5.17?
I believe this is the right file https://github.com/ExpressionEngine/ExpressionEngine/releases/tag/3.5.17
If you're upgrading a site from an earlier EE version, remember to follow the instruction ...
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EE2 upgrade to EE3, how to upgrade addons?
There are some thoughts on how to go about the upgrading process in the expressionengine documentation - and elsewhere in stackexchange. Start with these sources, and if you have problems beyond what ...
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Need help with error after upgrade to EE v6
So it looks like this is an error with some of the code in PHP 5.6 If possible to upgrade to PHP 7.x or higher, this should be resolved.
We'll also make a change to fix this in PHP 5.6 in the core.
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Upgrading from EE v2 - v6 - Module alternatives?
Looking at this add-on it looks like it would be a very quick one to update to version 6 (Might be worth asking in Slack https://expressionengine.com/blog/join-us-in-slack if someone is willing and ...
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Update process freezes from 2.11.8 to 2.11.9, what do I do now?
If you are getting a 'white screen of death' then most likely it is an add-on that is causing problems.
One solution is to un-install all the add-ons, do the upgrade and then add them back. (simply ...
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How to run EE3 Installer
When upgrading to v3, you have to download the specific release tag instead of just downloading the v3 master branch. This is the link:
https://github.com/ExpressionEngine/ExpressionEngine/releases/...
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How to run EE3 Installer
Try to visit the installer directly; it sounds like your admin.php file is trying to load the Control Panel system and not the installer. The plugins table is created in the EE 3.0.0 update script, ...
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How to run EE3 Installer
Seems to be an add-on problem.
So try to uninstall, or update it this add-on before to to the update. Check if this addon is EE3 compatible or not, if it still exists, and if it is useful or not.
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Upgrade EE2 to EE3 : Internal Server Error
It sounds like you have an incomplete member record issue. EE2 was not very strict about the member model being complete; however, EE3/4/5 is much more strict and will hit fatal errors if a member ...
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How to proceed after upgrade error ee2 to 3?
EE2 and EE3 have their config files in different directories. Did you do these two things?
Copy system/expressionengine/config/config.php to system/user/config/config.php
Copy system/expressionengine/...
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Expression engine 2.1 to 2.11.1 Upgrade never completes
Looks like the issue was because the config file was setup to grab a different config file for each environment. Even though I set it up the same way it causes the upgrade wizard to stall. Once I ...
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Notice on admin after upgrading from 2.9.0 to 2.10.2
If I remember correct it is because $config['app_version'] in config.php still has the old version number.
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updating from 2.5.5 to 2.10.1, ERROR 1048 Column ‘field_id_14’ cannot be null
Have you identified which field is id 14?
You can by looking at table exp_field-types or by looking at your field-groups inside the CP. Once you figure out the field in question, that may give you a ...
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File upload not working in expressionengine 2.10.0
I had a similar issue recently when PHP was reconfigured. It turned out PHP's fileinfo extension wasn't enabled. Fixing that fixed the upload problem I was having. Might at least be something to check ...
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