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WordPress error: Creation of dynamic property ... is deprecated

I have a brand new installation of WP+CiviCRM on a virtual private server. Every page loads with these errors at the top of the page: Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property ...
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Package Implementation methdology

Basically, interested to learn on the suggested phased approach to have typic CiviCRM functionality adopted by an organization. Is there any recommendation available on deployment plans in terms of ...
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Install CiviCRM on Drupal 10 without Composer

I would like to install CiviCRM on Drupal 10. But I use a mutual hosting without Composer. How to do ? It's possible to install without Composer ? Thanks for your help.
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Unclear on install instructions - D10?

I've been using CiviCRM on Drupal 7 for many years, and it's time to upgrade my Drupal. Drupal 8 went EOL November 2, 2021. Drupal 9 goes EOL November 1, 2023, which is in 12 days. So it looks like ...
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How to obtain the ESR For Wordpress

I signed up for the CiviCRM ESR Program and paid the $20.00, and was given access to the Extended Security Release Group on lab.civicrm.org. I am showing the latest ESR version is 5.63-ESR. How do I ...
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Critical Error when installing Civicrm on Wordpress

I'm trying to install Civicrm 5.64.3, using steps outlined on Civicrm's installation guide. I tried ftp upload the zip file and extract and also trying to add the zip file through the Wordpress/plugin ...
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Matomo (Piwik) and CiviCRM not compatible? _PEAR_call_destructors()

I have found the following error after installing CiviCRM through uploading the ZipFile. I haven't found any thread with this specific incompatibility. Both Plugins, Matomo and CiviCRM work just fine ...
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WordPress - Sorry, you are not authorized to access this page

I installed a clean WordPress with Version 6.2.2. I installed the CiviCRM from https://download.civicrm.org/civicrm-5.62.1-wordpress.zip After I click on activate the plugin I get a short time the ...
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Installing latest version (5.62.1) wordpress edition failure

I am trying to install civiCRM for my wordpress website. I followed the instructions multiple times on how to install civicrm, but it ends in the same way. When I activate civicrm in the plugin menu ...
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Module Calendar can't be installed with Wordpress

we use WordPress 6.2.2 and CiviCRM 5.58.1. When I try to install the extension "Calendar" I get a white page with a "critical error in WordPress". I can return back to Civi, but ...
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I am trying to install CIVICRM on Drupal 9.4.1 using composer as per instruction found here https://docs.civicrm.org/installation/en/latest/drupal/

When i enter "composer require civicrm/civicrm-{core,packages,drupal-8}:'~5.61'" getting error like " Could not parse version constraint '~5.61': Invalid version string "'~5.61'&...
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Installation failure - doesn't to write to database (D7)

I'm unable to install CiviCRM under Drupal 7. This is something I've done dozens of times, to be clear. I install a clean D7 system (7.97 but also tried 7.95), the Civi install runs, I then get the ...
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CivicRM 5.60 installation on WordPress 6.2 in Local 6.7.0 fails

I am trying to install CivicRM for WordPress site in Local environment https://localwp.com/. I unzip the CivicRM (5.60), I place the folder into app/public/wp-content/plugins/ folder. I see the plugin ...
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Navigation menu empty

I installed Drupal 9 and CiviCRM 5.60 with Composer, and adapted docroot in cPanel including the web folder: http://domainname.ext points to public_html/web Navigating to the CiviCRM Navigation Menu ...
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How to specify database on D9 installation

This question was asked regarding wordpress but is also an issue for D9. When installing from the extend page in Drupal, there is no option to specify the schema for Civi, so all the tables end up ...
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How fix 'permission denied' on the default /civicrm url in a new install?

CiviCRM is generally working. The default myhost.com/civicrm url has a 'permission denied' error. The dashboard when using the full link works
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Error "Database does not support creation of triggers" when installing CiviCRM 5.33.0 on Wordpress 6.2

We are trying to install CiviCRM 5.33.0 (not the latest because of an SQL error that we previously got) on Wordpress 6.2 and keep getting the error "Database does not support creation of triggers&...
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PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class 'Civi\\Setup' not found on install

I'm trying to install the CiviCRM plugin in wordpress, but never get to see the install page. When I want to go to "Install CiviCRM" button beneath the wp-admin-Dashboard it aborts with &...
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civicrm wordpress installation fails with: You have requested a non-existent service "spec_gatherer"

I'm trying to install Civicrm on Wordpress within this docker setup: https://lab.3sd.io/tools/civicrm-docker/ I tried the michaelmcandrew/civicrm:5.59.2-wordpress-php8.1 and civicrm:5.56.0-wordpress-...
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CiviCRM installation on Backdrop; CiviCRM links produce 404. Any thoughts?

CMS: Backdrop 1.24 CiviCRM: 5.58 PHP: 7.42 MySQL: 5.7.36 etc I have a Backdrop/CiviCRM installation running without errors on MAMP. I then tried to install CiviCRM with Backdrop on a live site hosted ...
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CiviCRM video courses

CiviCRM is a great piece of software, but its reputation could be greatly improved giving video material to newcomers. Is there any project or team to involve on this?
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I can't reinstall civicrm "You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page"?

I installed civicrm on Wordpress without the test data so I just wanted to uninstall it by deactivating + deleting the folders .../wp-content/plugins/civicrm & wp-content/uploads/civicrm I also ...
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Civicrm on Wordpress installer table doesnt exist

Using Ampp version 4.3 with Apache v2.4.54, MySQL v8.0.31, php version 7.4.32, Windows Every time I run the CiviCrm installer I get an error "Table 'civicrm.civicrm_worldregion' doesn't exist in ....
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What's the best practice for creating a cronuser for WordPress CiviCRM installs?

I am working on setting up the cron job using cv on a fresh CiviCRM and WordPress install. The docs are unclear on where to set up the "cronuser" user (WordPress user? CiviCRM contact?) and ...
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"Failed to locate boot function (bootJoomla)" error when installing with cv

Learning to use cv, and when trying to upgrade CiviCRM with the following command, I get a "Failed to locate boot function (bootJoomla)" error. Any thoughts where I should start digging as ...
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Installation fault on Wordpress hosted site

Tried installing on a WP server. Versions: WordPress version 6.0.3 Active theme: Twenty Twenty-One (version 1.6) Current plugin: CiviCRM (version 4.6) PHP version 7.4.32 Zend Engine v3.4.0, Zend ...
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Permissions issue, 403 on CiviCRM install

I've installed CiviCRM for WordPress without issues in the past but I've encountered a problem on one particular host. CiviCRM installs OK but when I launch the Installer I get a 403 on https://my....
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Civisualize is not installing. Shows critical error message only. How to fix this issue in civicrm WordPress?

Civisualize is not installing. Shows critical error message only. How to fix this issue in civicrm WordPress? Tried to solve this a lot. But no proper solution is found till now. Please reply if any ...
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No CiviCRM pages on completely new install

New Server: Intel Xeon-E2388G 3.2, with 64GB RAM and 2 1TB nvme on soft raid running ubuntu server Database Server: 10.4.24-MariaDB-1:10.4.24+maria~focal PHP 7.4.30, Memory Limit 512MB Drupal 9.4.5, ...
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Installation failed: DB Error:connect failed

I'd appreciate any hint on how to fix this: wordpress installed, civicrm installation fails with Initialization Error code 24 DB Error: connect failed. Access denied for user 'user'@'localhost' ...
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Issues with installing CiviCRM onto a Drupal 9 instance

I am currently having issues trying to install CiviCRM onto a Drupal 9.3.14 instance for a NPO website which is currently utilising the LocalGov Drupal Install Profile (https://www.drupal.org/project/...
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new install on wordpress 6 fails

Have tried 5.49.2 and 5.46. If I manually upload and extract doesn't appear in plugins list. If I upload zip file via wp plugin upload then extraction fails with message "Unpacking the package… ...
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Download button doesn't drop down

The DOWNLOAD CIVICRM 5.49.1 button on the https://civicrm.org/download doesn't have any drop down options.
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"[message] => DB Error: no such table" error after installing civicrm

I drupal version 9.3.5 I have installed CiviCRM 5.47.3 plugin using composer in the centos 8 servers. After installing CiviCRM on the server CiviCRM plugin is enabled automatically in the admin ...
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Fresh Install WP & Civi - Undefined Array Key Warnings Everywhere

Latest Civi and WP - PHP 8 - Database is utf8mb4 and utf8mb4_unicode_ci I am getting these Undefined Array Key Warnings everywhere. Did I set up the database incorrectly or could it be something else? ...
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Attempt to re-install Civi 5.46 results in 'CiviCRM Installed'

I am attempting to re-install Civi 5.46 on Drupal 7.89. I have wiped out and re-created the database, deleted Civi files, caches etc. The civicrm.settings.php file has been wiped out. I can find no ...
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Error: You need to define CIVICRM_DSN in civicrm.settings.php civicrm 5.46.0 on Wordpress

I am quite new to civicrm, but managed to get a site up and running (the instance had records etc)- somehow I managed to delete the uploads folder. so I did a fresh install of Wordpress 5.9, created a ...
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Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page. WordPress version

So a long time ago we had played around with version 4.x on this site. I deleted it and I deleted the folder in the uploads folder. Then I unzipped the new zip file on my PC and uploaded it to the ...
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CiviCRM install "Too many open files" error

Is there a way to get the installer for Joomla to open fewer files at all at once? Or is there another way to manually install CiviCRM without using the install process? I've updated CiviCRM ...
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civicrm-5.45.0-joomla install fails

The site is currently at 5.41.1. I have tried both civicrm-5.45.0-joomla and civicrm-5.45.0-joomla-alt install packages. When I run the install multiple times, each one fails on writing a different ...
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CiviCRM 5.44 WordPress 5.8.2 Initialization Error

After install of CiviCRM 5.44 on WordPress 5.8.2 I receive the following message: Initialization Error Array ( [callback] => Array ( [0] => CRM_Core_Error [1] => simpleHandler ) [code] => -...
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Failed clean installation (WP and Cloudways)

I have read related topics but could not find any real help there, except that the same error message was issued on other occasions. I'm trying to install 5.43.2 on WP on a cloudways brand new site. ...
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Failed to open stream: No such file or directory during installation

Unable to complete a upload zip file installation of CiviCRM 5.42.1 on Wordpress 5.8.1, I used the File Explorer plugin to get the unzipped files into /wp-content/plugins/CiviCRM. However after ...
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How does drush:site-install recognize a previous civi installation?

While trying to set up an install script for a composer drupal/civi template, I try to rerun the install process several times. CiviCRM refuses to do that, saying civicrm appears to have already been ...
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Installing on Drupal 9 - compilation failures and resource url problems (may be related)

I got D9 installed, then set about installing Civi with composer.phar require -W civicrm/civicrm-{core,packages,drupal-8}:'=5.36' (I want to use 5.36, if possible) Things seemed to go OK except the ...
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Call to undefined function simplexml_load_string()

I have activated my civicrm 5.41.0 but while about to install it, the debug give a fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function simplexml_load_string() in /var/www/wordpress1/wp-content/...
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Drupal 9 - CiviCRM Compilation Error

I've installed Drupal 9.2.5 using Composer (version 2.1.8). I am trying to install CiviCRM 5.41.0. I followed the steps in the CiviCRM instructions for installation on Drupal 8/9 using Composer. The ...
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Install error on Wordpress with Smarty.class.php

I have installed CIVI-5.41.0 for WordPress version 5.8.1, updated all the permission as well as php version 8 but still keep getting this error. Warning: Smarty error: problem creating directory 'D:/...
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Civicrm separate database login syntax

I am installing Civi on localhhost. I want to set up a database separate to Wordpress. I am using these credentials: mysql://root:HIDDEN@localhost/cividata. The database username is root, without a ...
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"CiviCRM Installed" screen lies

CiviCRM 5.40.1 isn't really installed it seems. Or at least not fully. Or maybe I'm an idiot. I'm logged in as an Administrator. The 'review these permissions' link sends me to the Persons page which ...
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