Can't Access Joomla 3.10.12 Administrator Panel after Site Restore

Question

I restored my site from an Akeeba backup and now I cannot access the site's backend administration panel. Mysite.org/administrator opens the login screen, but I get a 500 error when I try attempt to log in.

Hosting provider: Hostmonster.com Joomla 3.10.12 MySQL Version: 5.7.23-23 PHP Version: 7.4 CiviCRM Verson: 5.49.1

I created a new database and user for the Joomla restore. I had a similar issue once before in a restore so I checked both civicrm.settings.php files. Both files had the old db name, username, and password. I've updated those files with the new db name, username, and password, but I still cannot enter the backend administration. I believe there was another step I took to get the backend working, but I don't remember what it was.

The restored site error log reports:

[02-Aug-2023 14:25:11 America/Boise] PHP Fatal error:  Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is no longer supported in /home2/name/public_html/domain/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/packages/DB/common.php on line 265

The civicrm.config.php file located in public_html/domain/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/ contains the following:

<?php
define('CIVICRM_SETTINGS_PATH', '/home2/name/public_html/domain/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm.settings.php');
$error = @include_once( '/home2/name/public_html/domain/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm.settings.php' );
if ( $error == false ) {
    echo "Could not load the settings file at: /home2/name/public_html/domain/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm.settings.php
";
    exit( );
}

// Load class loader
require_once $civicrm_root . '/CRM/Core/ClassLoader.php';
CRM_Core_ClassLoader::singleton()->register()

Having fixed this once before, but not remembering exactly how, I believe I'm not too far from getting this fixed.

How do I get CiviCRM to point to the new db name, username, and password?

Mike

Answer 1

When I tried loging into the backend of my restored site this morning it worked. I didn't change anything in any CiviCRM files after my previous post.

I'm not sure if a cache was cleared or what, but I have access to the backend again.

Mike