PHP & PERL Upgrading

[serverextreme]

Hello new member hello to everyone, I have a question about perl and php upgrading, I am not a PHP writer but I do play around from time to time viewing other scripts and changing a few things here and there. I will not call myself a perl or php coder.. Ok here's my question I have a filemanager I use I have been using it for sometime now on a server that has cpanel. Well they decided to upgrade there perl and php to a higher version now my filemanager stop working.

I am assuming it's the upgrade that stop my FM from working because I did not change anything in my fm scripts....To keep my scripts up to date what are some of the things I need to change in my script. Any help would me very much needed..Thank you

[Falesh]

It depends on what was upgraded, for instance was it a change from PHP 4 to PHP 5? The first thing to do would be to check your error log in cPanel to see what the PHP errors are.

[serverextreme]

Originally Posted by Falesh

It depends on what was upgraded, for instance was it a change from PHP 4 to PHP 5? The first thing to do would be to check your error log in cPanel to see what the PHP errors are.

Hello My friend yes it was from 4 to 5 I think thats why it won't work any more....I will check the error log to see what I can find out..thank you

[serverextreme]

Well it seems when you try using some of the features with this FM i have I don't get any error messages so I am not sure were to look for problems...

It's makes it seem likes everything is working but it not..

[kev woodman]

What's the name of the file manager?

[Falesh]

If you can find "error_reporting" in your PHP it might be worth checking. If it is set not to report errors they will not apear in your error log

[serverextreme]

Originally Posted by kev woodman

What's the name of the file manager?

Its just a open source FM I have been using.....

[Falesh]

Your best bet is to look if there is a version of the FM that supports PHP 5. Failing that check if there is a forum talking about the FM software, they will probably be able to help you more.

[serverextreme]

OK well I would only like to thank you guys for at least trying to help...Thank you

[ouahabix]

usually FM scripts aren't that complicated , so you can just check the differences between PHP4 and PHP5 and try to simulate it with new functions and instructions , I mean the modified or removed instructions after the upgrade, or just rewrite a new one , take your time , it won't waste your effort but it will strengthens your skills to the best.

If you can't do that , just ask your host to put you back on PHP4 again if they keep using it somewhere else ,

when it doesn't help , you may seek help at the official FM forum or put his name so that people can help.

Good luck