Clone Reboot Game Me Critical Error

[Patrice WilliamsParticipant]

I changed the php version from 7.0 to 8.0 on my cloned site, then hit the reboot button. The only thing that happened was taking my site offline with the message: “There has been a critical error on this website. Please check your site admin email inbox for instructions.”

Do I need to wait for the reboot to work? Or is this an error you need to address? Site no longer available.

[Patrice WilliamsParticipant]

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[udadminKeymaster]

Hi Patricia,

There is no need to reboot after changing PHP version; the PHP engine restarts itself and there’s no benefit to restarting everything else via rebooting.

If you are seeing that message, then WordPress is telling you that there was a PHP error. So very likely one of your components is not PHP 8 compatible, and you’ll need to switch back to PHP 7.X and upgrade it.

David

[Patrice WilliamsParticipant]

Thanks. I did downgrade and did not hit reboot and that did the trick.

[Bryle CroduaModerator]

Hi,

Great! Glad it is resolved now.

If you need anything else, feel free to message us here.

Thanks,
Bryle

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