[TYPO3-dev] TYPO3 6.2, Powermail and PHP-Version

[Stefan Padberg]

Am 22.02.2016 um 11:04 schrieb Stefan Padberg:
> Hi,
> 
> TYPO3 6.2 has a minimum requirement of PHP 5.3.
> 
> Powermail has since at least since Powermail 2.20 a minimum requirement
> of 5.5.
> 
> It happened to me to work on a TYPO3 server with 6.2 and PHP 5.3. After
> updating to the current Powermail 2.23. During the updating process
> there was no hint that the PHP version is to low.
> 
> After successfully updating Powermail, the backend did not work anymore.
> 
> After I understood the reason I set Powermol to "inactive" in the
> PackagesState.php and emptied the typo3temp directory.
> 
> But still the system does not work. I dont see any error messages just a
> white screen, both in BE and FE.
> 
> How can I proceed in re-activating the system?

I had to debug directly the TYPO3 code and found out that the
PackageStates.php was corrupted. Honestly I could not see any wrong
syntax, but after eliminating the parts that I had changed the system
started again. Strange...

> 
> Why could I install Powermail 2.23 without being PHP the correct
> version? I think the extension manager should block this.
> 

This is still something that I am wondering of.

Regards
stefan

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