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Written by Ken Task
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Monday, 26 October 2009 14:28 |
Run Joomla 1.5.x? Extension well worth the download and installation!
After installation and minimal configuration (choice of method of upgrade routine and version number), running the component on the admin side of your Joomla will check your version number of Joomla with Joomla.org. If it finds your version to be behind (say you have 1.5.7), it will download the appropriate files (both the patch and the full version. With example given, it downloads the patch update that would take the 1.5.7 to the highest version 1.5.X - the patch and the full version) and then prompt for your selection to update ... the patch or the full version.
Just one pre-configuration not mentioned that I could find ... how much memory a script can consume. First few tires at running the component failed ... got a blank screen. Checking the Apache error logs, if you see something like this:
"[Sat Aug 29 08:43:52 2009] [error] [client 74.x.x.x] PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 38797312 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 18257921 bytes) in /var/www/html/joomlaX/libraries/joomla/filesystem/file.php on line 297, referer: http://www.k12os-foss.net/j..."
It means the default resource limit that determines the amount of memory a script can consume is too low. In the php.ini file there is a section:
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; Resource Limits ;
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max_execution_time = 90 ; Maximum execution time of each script, in seconds
max_input_time = 180 ; Maximum amount of time each script may spend parsing request data
memory_limit = 32M ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume
Increase the "memory limit" to a size that totals over the amount you saw in the error. As in the example above, 38797312 is what your php was allowing.
The script tried to allocate 18257921 more. So, a ball park setting would be 60M.
After changing the memory limit to your roughly calculated value, restart your web service:
/sbin/service httpd restart
and try your script again.
WARNING ... it will be slow so just be patient.
Upon completion, it will notify of success:
"You have successfully upgraded your Joomla! install! Congratulations!"
Also note: you might have to login in again to the admin side after running.
Once logged on, note the version number.
Link to download:
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/core-enhancements/installers/9332
Rating is 4.5 (out of 5) stars.
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