500 internal server error after half-done upgrade

[rbl1971]

Hi,
Upgrading from v1.2.3 (i believe it was) to 1.4.1 didn't go very well and now my site seems to be stuck between a rock and a hard place.

I tried to follow the german instructions for installing/upgrading phpwcms from phpwcms-docu. After renaming folders, changing foldernames in conf.inc.php and setting permissions i tried to run the upgrade script.

This gave an error ("You cannot access this script directly, Have a nice day), which was fixed by adding the following entry in conf.inc.php:

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define('PHPWCMS_INCLUDE_CHECK', true);

Now i tried to run the script again, but something went very wrong and resulted in the upgrade giving this error:
"500 Internal server error".

The servers logfile shows these entries, when i try to run either /setup/upgrade.php or /setup/setup.php:

Premature end of script headers: php-script
Directory index forbidden by rule: /home/virtual/site216/fst/var/www/html/
File does not exist: /home/virtual/site216/fst/var/www/html/favicon.ico

I can get the phpwcms login interface and login to the site, but the errors in the interface gives the impression that the upgrade wasn't succesfull. And accessing my site gives me this error:

There is no pagelayout available. Please login to the admin section and create one here!

I hope someone can give some directions about how to fix these half-baked upgrade. And unfortunately my SQL database backup has an error, so restoring it is not an option

Best regards,
René

[Oliver Georgi]

Does setup folder exists?
Disable Bad behavior in conf.inc.php
Remove or rename .htaccess
Check Site URL in conf.inc.php
Use your backup to try again.

[rbl1971]

Hi Oliver,

Thank you for the suggestions - i really appreciate it.

Does setup folder exists?

Yes

Disable Bad behavior in conf.inc.php

Done.

Remove or rename .htaccess

Renamed to __.htaccess

Check Site URL in conf.inc.php

The site URL looks correct.

Use your backup to try again.

That's the problem - the backup file is corrupt, so i don't have the data from the SQL database

I've tried accessing the site after the above changes - this give the error: "You cannot access this script directly, Have a nice day"
Trying to call /setup/setup.php gives still the error: 500 internal server error

Any other suggestions on how to proceed from here.

[Oliver Georgi]

No I have not.

Seems files are missing.

Re-Upload new files again.
You cannot start setup.php - only use setup/upgrade.php

[rbl1971]

Hi Oliver,

Thanks for the advice - i'll try and re-upload the files and run the /setup/upgrade.php again.

I'll post the result here.

Best regards,
René

[rbl1971]

I re-uploaded the complete "upgrade-package" again, changed the permissions as per the guide and ran the upgrade again.

Same result - i get this message: "There is no pagelayout available. Please login to the admin section and create one here!"

I expected the upgrade to keep the old layout and settings, so before i start redoing the site (configuring the layout, adding articles etc.) and changing the current content of the DB i'd like to hear from anyone who has an idea how to fix this?

Best regards,
René

[Oliver Georgi]

I really don't know what you did.

Maybe you really missed some upgrade steps - first upgrade db then do the manul upgrade steps listed above SQL field! You cannot upgrade and the re-up the old db! This will also fail.

Oliver