[Forum] vB 4 Upgrade stuck for several days

[FortressGamers]

By upgrade process has been displaying the following for days now..

Upgrading to 4.1.0
Status: Processing XML, Step 6 of 6


How can I fail this process to startiti again, or possibly just go to the next bundle?


Thanks!

[Steve Machol]

This may be a server time and/or memory limit. To increase your limits edit your includes/config.php file and add these lines right under the <?php line:

ini_set('memory_limit', -1);
ini_set("max_execution_time", "2880");

Then reload that page.

[FortressGamers]

hmm.. still just hanging...

When I reload, it gives me the option to begin the upgrade:

Press the button below to run the Final Upgrade step

after I click begin, it goes right to step 6/6, and just hangs.

Edit: Looks like it's working.. went back to 4/6... at 50%

will keep thread updated.

Update: Completed!

Thanks!

[Steve Machol]

Glad to hear it.

[conradk]

FWIW, I too was stuck on processing during the upgrade from 4.0.8 to 4.1.2. The changes advised above did get me past step 3, but it got stuck again at step 4. I agree the lack of details during the upgrade is frustrating. If the upgrade gets stuck, I would think a message should indicate where the timeout occurred and the advised changes.

I was able to finish the [forum] upgrade via commandline.

I went back to the browser to see if I could finish the upgrade "normally" and this time the upgrade got stuck at Blog upgrade step 10.
Back to the commandline I went and re-ran the upgrade.
Then back to the browser again to see if I could get further along - and this time the upgrade stopped at Step 4 of 6 processing XML.

So I guess the bottom line is that the commandline upgrade is about as far as I'm gonna get - but it doesn't give me a whole lot of confidence not being able to use the same upgrade process I have used for many versions (browser) no longer works.

[Vcize]

I had this same issue, was stuck on Processing XML, step 3 of 6.

I made the ini_set changes recommended in post 2 up above and then reloaded, which got me to step 4 of 6, but now it's stuck again.

The last thing it did was "Template Group: Poll"

[Vcize]

Refreshing a few times eventually got me through, but left me with a world of errors and a non-functioning board (good thing this was just a test run).

Here's the error at the end:

Warning: fetch_template() calls should be replaced by the vB_Template class. Template name: forumhome_loggedinuser in [path]/includes/functions.php on line 4097

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/moyer921/reddeadredemptionmovie.net/forum.php(653) : eval()'d code(11) : eval()'d code on line 1

[Zachery]

Please don't hijack others threads. Those are caused by your third party addons still being enabled. Try adding define("DISABLE_HOOKS", true); to your config.php file.

[chloe]

Is there an answer to this problem? The solution in post 2 doesn't work for me. After not finding an answer here, I googled but there are still no answers out there about how to get past the XML portion of the installation. I've tried the installation over 40 times with 2 different customer numbers and fresh, virginal software- no add ons or mods ever installed. They both do the same thing. Does anyone here have any advice?

[Steve Machol]

Please start your own thread with all the relevant details. Thank you.