Good! Yep, there is definitely an issue with 1.21 and later versions of php. Your description was same one I experienced. Host upgraded to 5.4 and broke my MW install just like you described. I've seen it on 1.20 too.
Tom > On Jun 18, 2015, at 11:49 AM, Brett Langston <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I think that's probably what happened Tom. My ISP claimed it was a "bug "in > MediaWiki 1.21 and not their responsibility. I've just managed to install > 1.25 and move most of the content over (luckily export/import still works). > It's pretty scary to suddenly have the site crash for no reason, but it could > have been worse. > > Thanks to everyone who responded, > > B. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom > Sent: 18 June 2015 15:27 > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list > Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] MediaWiki installation suddenly failing > > Did they change your version of php? > > Tom > >> On Jun 18, 2015, at 10:04 AM, John Foster <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Sounds a bit like an issue I had a month ago when moving from one hardware >> setup to another. Database issue. Try resavin g the editing content of the >> main page, just as though you were making it for the first time. I.E. Cut >> the content then past it back into the page and save it. If thast rtestores >> the main page then try running the command;"php refreshLinks.php" from the >> maintenance directory of mediawiki. This will take a while & I suggest doing >> it in a root terminal using sudo. >> This is what worked for me, but just a suggestion. best of luck. >> >>> On 06/17/2015 12:37 AM, Brett Langston wrote: >>> Hi Everyone, >>> >>> My MediaWiki site at: >>> >>> http://wiki.tchaikovsky-research.net/wiki/Main_Page >>> >>> has suddenly started Io fail in a bizarre way, i.e. sections of some page >>> content are not displaying. Some pages are fine, others have words or >>> sections missing, and many more (like the homepage) have no visible >>> content. The content still exists and can be edited, but just isn't >>> displaying. >>> >>> No changes have been made to the MediaWiki set up for months, and this has >>> only happened during the last 2 days. My hosting ISP is being unhelpful, >>> although I suspect they may be at fault. Any suggestions? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Brett Langston >>> www.tchaikovsky-research.net >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MediaWiki-l mailing list >>> To unsubscribe, go to: >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >> >> -- >> John Foster >> JW Foster & Associates >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MediaWiki-l mailing list >> To unsubscribe, go to: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
