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Posted: 10 November 2020 at 2:45am | IP Logged
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[Edit: Just tried to roll back to the prior version of WebMail Lite but see there is only the current version available in the repository. It would be helpful to keep at least one prior version we could roll back to if needed.]
Just updated from the prior version of WebMail Lite and received this error:
Composer detected issues in your platform: Your Composer dependencies require a PHP version ">= 7.1.0". You are running 5.6.40-38+0~20201103.42+debian9~1.gbpb211e0.
The default PHP version for this machine is PHP 7.3.
Any assistance with how to proceed would be most appreciated.
update-alternatives --config php
There are 6 choices for the alternative php (providing /usr/bin/php).
Selection Path Priority Status
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0 /usr/bin/php.default 100 auto mode
1 /usr/bin/php.default 100 manual mode
2 /usr/bin/php5 50 manual mode
3 /usr/bin/php5.6 56 manual mode
4 /usr/bin/php7.0 70 manual mode
* 5 /usr/bin/php7.3 73 manual mode
6 /usr/bin/php7.4 74 manual mode
Here's the info on WebMail Lite on the server:
Package: afterlogic-lite
Version: 8.5.2
Priority: extra
Section: web
Maintainer: AfterLogic Support <support@afterlogic.com>
Installed-Size: 64.6 MB
Depends: apache2, php, libapache2-mod-php, php-xml, php-mysqlnd, php-curl, php-mbstring, mysql-server | default-mysql-server, sudo
Conflicts: afterlogic-lite-7
Download-Size: 12.6 MB
APT-Manual-Installed: yes
APT-Sources: http://apt.afterlogic.com/stable Packages
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Igor AfterLogic Support
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Posted: 10 November 2020 at 2:49am | IP Logged
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Is my understanding correct that you were upgrading with "apt-get update" & "apt-get upgrade"?
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gppixelworks Newbie
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Posted: 10 November 2020 at 3:00am | IP Logged
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Igor wrote:
Is my understanding correct that you were upgrading with "apt-get update" & "apt-get upgrade"?
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That is correct. Actually using 'apt upgrade' to be 100% accurate.
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Posted: 10 November 2020 at 3:15am | IP Logged
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Igor,
I'd edited my initial post with a WebMail repository suggestion and copied it below in case you missed it ... simply because you were so incredibly quick in reading the post.
[Edit: Just tried to roll back to the prior version of WebMail Lite but see there is only the current version available in the repository. It would be helpful to keep at least one prior version we could roll back to if needed.]
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Igor AfterLogic Support
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Posted: 10 November 2020 at 3:31am | IP Logged
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OK that makes sense, have just updated the repository so v8.5.1 of the products is included as well.
I'm checking with the developers regarding the composer-related issue, will post back once there's a response.
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Posted: 10 November 2020 at 3:41am | IP Logged
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Igor wrote:
OK that makes sense, have just updated the repository so v8.5.1 of the products is included as well.
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Thanks so very much! I'm extremely impressed with you and Afterlogic!
Just noted the prior version in the repository seconds before your post.
To be honest I've looked into a paid version of WebMail, but the limits on the number of accounts just doesn't work in my case as it's a personal, extended family server. Is there a way to show my support or make a donation?
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Igor AfterLogic Support
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Posted: 10 November 2020 at 4:21am | IP Logged
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I just spoke to the developers. As of 8.5.2, we're using v2 of Composer and it now performs platform-check, which can be disabled in Composer configuration:
Composer 2: Platform Check
Still it doesn't explain why your system reports running PHP 5.6 rather than 7. If you run php -v, or better yet, run the following PHP script from command line:
- which version is reported there?
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Well, we offer 5 users license as a personal-level offer. And each of those users can add any number of email accounts under their primary account, and that would still count as one user.
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Sure, you can send a donation to paypal@afterlogic.com, or just make a post about our product in Facebook/Twitter, we'll gladly share one.
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Posted: 10 November 2020 at 5:27am | IP Logged
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Igor wrote:
Still it doesn't explain why your system reports running PHP 5.6 rather than 7. If you run php -v, or better yet, run the following PHP script from command line:
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Here's what php -v returns:
php -v
PHP 7.3.24-3+0~20201103.72+debian9~1.gbp945915 (cli) (built: Nov 3 2020 14:33:23) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.3.24, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v7.3.24-3+0~20201103.72+debian9~1.gbp945915, Copyright (c) 1999-2018, by Zend Technologies
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Igor AfterLogic Support
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Posted: 10 November 2020 at 5:57am | IP Logged
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Alright, let's try to follow the same approach the package installer uses. Somewhere under /usr/share/afterlogic directory, create a file, say, version.php with the following content:
then run it as follows:
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sudo -u www-data php /usr/share/afterlogic/version.php |
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What's the output in that case?
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Posted: 10 November 2020 at 7:33am | IP Logged
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Igor,
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but here's the output:
sudo -u www-data php /usr/share/afterlogic/version.php
7.3.24-3+0~20201103.72+debian9~1.gbp945915
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Igor AfterLogic Support
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Posted: 10 November 2020 at 8:34am | IP Logged
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Composer detected issues in your platform: Your Composer dependencies require a PHP version ">= 7.1.0". You are running 5.6.40-38+0~20201103.42+debian9~1.gbpb211e0. |
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Did you get that error in console upon the upgrade, or in web browser when opening WebMail? If that's the latter, create /usr/share/afterlogic/info.php file with:
and open it in the browser, by appending /info.php to WebMail Lite URL. What version does it show there?
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Posted: 11 November 2020 at 3:47am | IP Logged
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Igor wrote:
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Composer detected issues in your platform: Your Composer dependencies require a PHP version ">= 7.1.0". You are running 5.6.40-38+0~20201103.42+debian9~1.gbpb211e0. |
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Did you get that error in console upon the upgrade, or in web browser when opening WebMail? If that's the latter, create /usr/share/afterlogic/info.php file with:
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The error message was returned from the command line/console and was the result of running:
apt update -f
I've done some investigation into this.
From the CLI (Command Line Interface) I entered:
sudo -u www-data php -v
PHP 7.3.24-3+0~20201103.72+debian9~1.gbp945915 (cli)
Apache's default PHP version the version above as indicated by the '*' upon running update-'alternatives --config php' :
Selection Path Priority Status
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0 /usr/bin/php.default 100 auto mode
1 /usr/bin/php.default 100 manual mode
2 /usr/bin/php5 50 manual mode
3 /usr/bin/php5.6 56 manual mode
4 /usr/bin/php7.0 70 manual mode
* 5 /usr/bin/php7.3 73 manual mode
6 /usr/bin/php7.4 74 manual mode
To verify the version of PHP being used I created the version.php as you suggested earlier to return the PHP version.
Keeping in mind WebMail was installed via apt and, thus, resides in the /usr/share/afterlogic directory.
Here is what I discovered:
1) When loading the version.php from any web/http directory, using a web browser, it returns:
7.3.24-3+0~20201103.72+debian9~1.gbp945915
2) However, when loaded from /usr/share/afterlogic/version.php with a URL such as this: https://domain.com/afterlogic/version.php we discover this:
5.6.40-38+0~20201103.42+debian9~1.gbpb211e0
So it appears the MailWeb install is doing it's job verifying the proper version of PHP is running.
Now I need to figure out how to get the default Apache version of PHP (v7.3) to run when using the /usr/share/afterlogic directory.
If you know off hand how to accomplish this, I'd love to know. I've taken a quick read and didn't find out how to do so just yet ... but I will.
Thanks so much for your assistance.
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Igor AfterLogic Support
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Posted: 11 November 2020 at 4:27am | IP Logged
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Interesting find indeed! As for webserver setup, WebMail Lite places Apache config file /etc/afterlogic/apache.conf, and I imagine that's where you'd need to set the correct PHP handler.
Also, since WebMail Lite can actually work just fine with PHP 5.6 (Dropbox integration aside), you can disable the check by commenting out or removing the following part of /usr/share/afterlogic/vendor/composer/platform_check.php file:
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if (!(PHP_VERSION_ID >= 70100)) {
$issues[] = 'Your Composer dependencies require a PHP version ">= 7.1.0". You are running ' . PHP_VERSION . '.';
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Hope this helps. And I've asked the developers to research a more long-term solution, but for now this should do.
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Igor, Afterlogic Support
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