I am seeking to upgrade a 2.4.8.1 OJS install to 3.1.1.2, currently off-site on a XAMPP server running PHP 5.6 (same as my web hosting).
I’m able to upgrade the database without fault, but I receive a 404 error when I try to access the site from my browser. I’ve seen a handful of such errors posted here, and even when using fresh DB, fresh files_dir, fresh install as recommended in those threads, I still get the error.
The PHP error log is clean besides the 404, but I notice it’s logged as ojs2 could it be the reason for the error? if so, what am I missing?
[Mon Aug 06 20:41:56.766835 2018] [:error] [pid 7952:tid 1576] [client ::1:1385] ojs2: 404 Not Found
Given you are running locally I would suggest you initially to check your local webserver path (if a folder , i.e.: http://localhost/foldername). And double check that you are attempting to load correct one.
In that case, given it is a local install I would suggest re-doing install/migration in a different folder and database to check if same error occurs. It would get a easier debugging (comparing)
@israel.cefrin, I am definitely willing to try that; I did try to upload the database to my webhost, and I had the same error - unfortunately I cannot access the error logs over there (which is why I am running the conversion locally) so it did not provide me any new clues.