<![CDATA[ Upgrade to 2.6.1 - My Forums]]> https://forums.modx.com/thread/?thread=103462 <![CDATA[Upgrade to 2.6.1]]> https://forums.modx.com/thread/103462/upgrade-to-2-6-1#dis-post-556652
I can't remember from what Revo version I'm upgrading, and I can no longer access the /manager.

PHP 5.6 / MySQL 5.5

The installation fails with this message:

Fatal error: Call to a member function parseProperties() on null in /... path-to .../core/model/modx/modelement.class.php on line 524

This is on the third click. First Click is language, Second - just continue, Third Choose New, Upgrade or Advanced. I choose upgrade, click Next and crash.

I have deleted the 'old' site in its entirety - there was some evidence of tampering with file and folder permissions as part of the hack - so the only things coming from the 'old' site are the config.inc.php file and the database.

I haven't yet gone the route of overwriting the 'old' dbase - trying to avoid re-writing the entire site.

Anyone seen anything like this?



Nic Boyde]]> nicboyde Feb 01, 2018, 09:51 PM https://forums.modx.com/thread/103462/upgrade-to-2-6-1#dis-post-556652 <![CDATA[Re: Upgrade to 2.6.1]]> https://forums.modx.com/thread/103462/upgrade-to-2-6-1#dis-post-556690
]]> BobRay Feb 03, 2018, 06:46 AM https://forums.modx.com/thread/103462/upgrade-to-2-6-1#dis-post-556690 <![CDATA[Re: Upgrade to 2.6.1]]> https://forums.modx.com/thread/103462/upgrade-to-2-6-1#dis-post-556682 Quote from: BobRay at Feb 01, 2018, 10:30 PM
Is it possible that it was an Evolution site?

Oops! Thought I'd converted them all. You are right: total database misrecognition will produce that error.

I hope this silly question saves someone else from asking it.


Many thanks BobRay.]]> nicboyde Feb 02, 2018, 09:17 PM https://forums.modx.com/thread/103462/upgrade-to-2-6-1#dis-post-556682 <![CDATA[Re: Upgrade to 2.6.1 (Best Answer)]]> https://forums.modx.com/thread/103462/upgrade-to-2-6-1#dis-post-556654
Is it possible that it was an Evolution site? There's no direct upgrade path to Revolution.

Did you upload the new files individually with FTP? That often results in missing or corrupted files.

Another possibility is that some of the new files failed to overwrite the old ones (especially if you used FTP), so you're running a new setup on old core files.

FYI, upgrading MODX by itself will help protect MODX from future hacks, but usually won't do anything to help with a site that's already been hacked since it's not the MODX core files that have been altered. For example, the user could have placed a file on your site (say under the assets or cache directory) with any name and still execute that file by entering it's URL in a browser no matter how many upgrades you perform.

It's important to find the entry points the hacker is using (sometimes there's more than one). For starters, look for any users that don't belong and any plugins or snippets you didn't install. A plugin called something like core services is a common hacker entry point. Also look inside the index.php or any index.html files on the site for suspicious code.]]> BobRay Feb 01, 2018, 10:30 PM https://forums.modx.com/thread/103462/upgrade-to-2-6-1#dis-post-556654