Upgrade from 2.4.2 to 2.4.4

Just create a Backup and keep it.  And download a fresh copy of FA2.4.4 from either Github or SourceForge. You can download a new unstable version.

install the New FA separate, Than goto backup and Restore. Just restore with Exported Backup from 2.4.2.

There is not much changes in Database. And also the version of Database kept same. So its not showing the new version to update.

After importing that backup. it will be flushed with new your FA2.4.2 data's.

And than manually Login to your mysql database and run the below query.

INSERT INTO `0_sys_prefs` VALUES ('shortname_name_in_list','setup.company', 'tinyint', 1, '0');
INSERT INTO `0_sys_prefs` VALUES ('company_logo_report','setup.company', 'tinyint', 1, '0');
INSERT INTO `0_sys_prefs` VALUES ('barcodes_on_stock','setup.company', 'tinyint', 1, '0');

That's it. these three parameters are new.

hope it helps to upgrade it.

The change file list between the said versions and the changed files thereafter are all available in the Announcement thread.

FA_2.4.2_to_FA_2.4.4_changed_files.zip

FA24_post_release_fixes_2018-09-15.zip

@GJ You can backup from 2.4.2 and install a fresh FA 2.4.4 separately.
Than import the exported backup from 2.4.2.  The new database will be replaced with old one. After that you can make the changes i told above.  hope it will help you.

The function user_company() is in includes/current_user.inc and expects the default company to be defined in the config_db.php file for use on the login screen if no company is available / selected as yet.

The files that changed from FA v2.4.2 to FA 2.4.4 and those that changed thereafter to the current GitMaster are available in the announcements page from where you can sequentially overwrite the existing ones without having to install them (the install folder's files may be ignored).

The databases may have to be upgraded on first admin login into each company.

Along with the PHP 7.1/7.2 upgrade you also run the risk of getting your MySQL version upgraded too to 5.7.x which may need some strict setting to be switched off like zero date.

To clarify on MySQL version: You are running MariaDB not MySQL, MariaDB 10.0 is compatible with MySQL 5.6, and MariaDB 10.2 is compatible with MySQL 5.7.

So it depends on what your last digit is?

Read about it here

@emiangel - 2.4.1 is database version. Usually FA has two versions,

   * FA version  2.4.4
   * DB version 2.4.1

Hi,

Sorry to pick your brains again but, the problem I have in next few days is that my web services provider is going to stop supporting both php 5.6 and 7.0 completely, so I need to make sure that my existing installation 2.4.2 keeps working smoothly on php 7.1 or if possible php 7.2.

Right now when I change my php from 5.6 to 7.1, within my web services control panel, I encounter below error message, which I did try solving using this post but, it gave few more errors.

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function user_company() in /customers/4/6/2/portuk.com/httpd.www/fa/includes/errors.inc:85 Stack trace: #0 /customers/4/6/2/portuk.com/httpd.www/fa/includes/session.inc(376): error_handler(8192, 'Methods with th...', '/customers/4/6/...', 19, Array) #1 /customers/4/6/2/portuk.com/httpd.www/fa/includes/session.inc(376): include_once() #2 /customers/4/6/2/portuk.com/httpd.www/fa/index.php(18): include_once('/customers/4/6/...') #3 {main} thrown in /customers/4/6/2/portuk.com/httpd.www/fa/includes/errors.inc on line 85

For now I want to make sure that I can keep working on 2.4.2, and if possible update to 2.4.4 in order to avoid more complications when it comes to updating to new versions.

As for above, I don't mind strict settings switched off, but I really don't know where or how to switch them off.

Am I correct in understanding below ?

1. I can install 2.4.2 and 2.4.4 both on php7.1 and php7.2?

2. Once 2.4.x is installed on certain php version, the php version cannot be updated for same installation to work with higher php version ? (e.g. I have 2.4.2 installed on php5.6, but when I upgrade to php7.1, I start getting errors).

@gj6n68 - you need to keep the version of php also same.

Because upto FA 2.4.3 ,it throws error on php 7.0 and above. But from 2.4.4 it works fine there.

So if you want to use 2.4.2 on php 5.6 its fine. But if you upgraded the server php version. you need to swtich to FA2.4.4.

Otherwise you need to update the program manually by checking the changes log of FA.

anyway, you need to upgrade program of FA to 2.4.4.  and connect the 2.4.2 database. only few field differences are there. That i already stated above for your understanding purpose

@gj6n68 -  Read this and get new version of FA before you install it on your new PHP version.   

https://frontaccounting.com/punbb/viewtopic.php?pid=33023#p33023 Hoping to hear, it worked