Blank frontend pages with MODX 3.0.3 an PHP8

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I recently upgraded to Revo 3.0.3 and have the following Extras installed.

  • getCache
  • getResourceField
  • If
  • MIGX
  • pdoTools
  • pThumb
  • Resizer
  • sitemapFriend
  • translit

Everything works well with PHP 7.4. But after switching to PHP 8.0 I get empty pages in the frontend. I tried it with the blank template and just a little text in the ressource - no luck. The error log is empty. Turning off all plugins didn’t help.

The problem is that the hoster will turn of PHP 7.4 so I must find a solution. Has anyone any idea?

2

It could be that Resizer creates the problem. Maybe try setting the system setting phpthumbof.use_resizer to no to see if that fixes things.

3

Thank you. I will try it as soon as the website is running again.

4

Did you just check the MODX error log or also the server error log?

5

The MODx error log. There is no log on the server. phpthumbof.use_resizer is set to off

6

The system setting extension_packages is another way that code of extras can run on a request to MODX.

And in MODX 3, a bootstrap.php file in the package folder core/components/{package-name}/ can also be used to initialize an extra.

7

Thank you so much for your help. Nevertheless I will try it the other was round: Setting up a clean MODx3 and installing/importing extras, chunks, content step by step to see, when the trouble is starting. (Hopefully never.)

8

Okay, seems to be an outdated markdown-plugin that’s causing the problems.