Guest Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Hi All, I have absolutely no idea what happened, but when I log into the admin area I receive a completely blank white screen?!? No error message, no text, just a totally blank screen! What could have happened? A corrupted file perhaps? I'm considering re-uploading the admin area files, but I'm concerned about messing any settings up on the cart. The store has been running fine since 2005 (until now) and I would hate to "break" it. Can anyone offer some guidance on this issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComicWisdom Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Hi All, I have absolutely no idea what happened, but when I log into the admin area I receive a completely blank white screen?!? No error message, no text, just a totally blank screen! What could have happened? A corrupted file perhaps? I'm considering re-uploading the admin area files, but I'm concerned about messing any settings up on the cart. The store has been running fine since 2005 (until now) and I would hate to "break" it. Can anyone offer some guidance on this issue? If you have a backup from when it was working, just re-upload from your backup. Just between us, remember there are only 10 kinds of people in the world; those who understand binary and those who don't!! Remember, learning is a "do-it-yourself" experience; although, not necessarily a "do-it-BY-yourself" experience. The quickest way to learn is to forget to BACKUP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 If you have a backup from when it was working, just re-upload from your backup. ComicWisdom, By backup do you mean the database or the site files? I don't believe this is a database issue since the entire shop works properly (from the user's perspective) it is only the admin area that is not functioning properly. To answer your question - yes I have a database backup, but do not have the site files backed-up. The reason I am also hesitant to reload the DB is that most likely customers have signed up since this problem occurred and I would like to avoid losing those accounts if possible. Do you have any other suggestions? Is this an issue you have heard of before? I searched the forums but could not find this particular problem listed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Here's the solution to this problem: 1. Turn ON error reporting in your admin .htaccess file by adding the following: php_flag display_errors on php_value error_reporting 7 2. If you receive the message referring to '$this on line 31 in includes/classes/upload.php' then you need to do the following: Open up the aforementioned file, and replace $this==null; WITH unset($this); 3. Re-upload the file and voila! the admin area is back!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user99999999 Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 This problem comes from your host upgrading to php 5. You should delete the line $this = null; from upload.php Don't add the line unset($this); it is also incorrect. It is not possible to self destruct a class instance in php 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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