I've been pushing back an upgrade for quite some time now, but running on php 7.4 for the old Tiki version as grown unsustainable.
Up to now, I've not seen any major problems after doing the default upgrade steps - theming is off, as always, and I'll probably have to find a new default theme.
Not sure if there's any problems hidden in features I haven't used for ages, but the blogs (and images) seem to be ok, at least for recent posts.
The only actual error was that I wasn't able to update the search index. Even after switching my search provider in Tiki's web interface, I got:
Turns out the
For some reason this didn't seem activate until I also cleaned up all the orphan preferences from the web admin menu, but now the search index has rebuilt.
Oh, and the editor's preview tab produces a 400 error (but using the Preview button still works).
Up to now, I've not seen any major problems after doing the default upgrade steps - theming is off, as always, and I'll probably have to find a new default theme.
Not sure if there's any problems hidden in features I haven't used for ages, but the blogs (and images) seem to be ok, at least for recent posts.
The only actual error was that I wasn't able to update the search index. Even after switching my search provider in Tiki's web interface, I got:
error: Unsupported index type "lucene". Needs to be one of "mysql", "elastic" or "manticore". Try resaving the Search Control Panel error: Contact the site administrator. The index needs rebuilding. Search index rebuild failed. Last messages shown above.
Turns out the
unified_engine in setting in the tiki_preferences table was not updated, so I did that manually in the DB shell with aupdate tiki_preferences set value='mysql' where name='unified_engine';For some reason this didn't seem activate until I also cleaned up all the orphan preferences from the web admin menu, but now the search index has rebuilt.
Oh, and the editor's preview tab produces a 400 error (but using the Preview button still works).