Blank pages and fatal errors after PHP upgrades
Backups and the plugin show fatal errors or blank pages after the site moves to a newer or older PHP version.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 11 January 2016 · last reported 30 November 2023
What's going wrong
After updating PHP or WordPress, some site owners find the backup plugin shows a blank page or a compile error, and others report that backups and cleanup silently fail on PHP 8.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
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