Re: MediaWiki cannot access database after upgrade

Also I would have upgraded in steps. I never recommend doing more than one
LTS worth of jumps at a time. When you Start jumping too many versions
weird things can start happening.

On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 4:38 PM Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 4:30 PM Bart Everson <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Happy to report that I fixed the problem described in my previous query.
> I did it by making a fresh install in a new database, which generated a
> proper LocalSettings.php file. Edited this to point to the old database
> and  voila -- everything fixed.
> >
> > So, it would seem the upgrade process may have some issue with old
> LocalSettings.php files. Hope this helps somebody.
>
> Yeah, that seems to happen on occasion with old LocalSettings.php from
> previous installations. We have experienced it several times because
> we started our wiki in 2005 or so.
>
> One other thing you should be sure to do... run 'php
> maintenance/update.php' after each upgrade. If the database changes,
> then update.php is what handles the changes for you.
>
> Jeff
>
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