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STK Database Cleaner: unexpected "new" in captcha_qa_plugin

by Zebix » Mon Dec 30, 2019 2:00 am

Greetings,

I am experiencing a problem with STK Database Cleaner.

I am running a board in 3.0.12 and would like to upgrade it to 3.2.8. I'm not sure I have modded the database in the past (been a while!), so as they advise on the official page, I'd rather use the Database Cleaner to be sure.

I downloaded the 1.0.7-PL3 version of the STK here : https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/official_tool/stk/ which is said to be compatible with 3.0.12.
I unpacked in my forum directory successfully.

I browse to the STK index and it's ok, I am logged with my admin account.
I browse to Support Tools -> Database Cleaner and I get a blank page with only 1 text error line:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'new' (T_NEW) in /home/zebix/public_html/forum/includes/captcha/plugins/phpbb_captcha_qa_plugin.php on line 104

I went to that file and checked the mentioned line, here is the code:

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function &get_instance()
	{
		$instance =& new phpbb_captcha_qa();  // my comment: this is line 104
		return $instance;
	}
What am I doing wrong?
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Re: STK Database Cleaner: unexpected "new" in captcha_qa_plu

by 3Di » Mon Dec 30, 2019 3:17 am

Use max PHP 5.6.xx with this tool.
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Re: STK Database Cleaner: unexpected "new" in captcha_qa_plu

by Zebix » Tue Dec 31, 2019 4:25 pm

Ouch, my server's PHP version is 7.0.33-0+deb9u6, I guess I'll have to do without the STK then :'(
thanks for your answer.
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Re: STK Database Cleaner: unexpected "new" in captcha_qa_plu

by 3Di » Tue Dec 31, 2019 4:35 pm

Do it locally first, which is a good habit IMHO.
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