By mayrm on

I posted this even in General discussion, sorry for that. i think this is the right place.

Hi all,
I just upgraded my website from version 4.7.2 to 4.7.8. Now I've done that, i cannot access to my the website anymore.
When I want to access as user admin with the correct password and push the submit putton nothing happens. If I, for example,
enter a wrong password the entry mask says me, I've entered a wrong password.

I even checked the password in the database (MD5), it is still correct.

Does someone has suggestions?

Best regards,
Manuel

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mpapet commented

I had the exact same issue on an upgrade to 5.3

The only way out that worked for me is as follows:

1. Archive your entire site directory. 1a. Make a list of the modules you want to use in your new site.
2. Stop http server (Apache) This is probably an unnecessary precaution.
3. Delete everything in the directory apache is serving.
4. extract new version to the server directory.
5. alter update.php $access_check = FALSE;
6. Start apache, point your browser to www.yourdomain.com/update.php
7. Let Drupal update the DB.
8. alter update.php $access_check = TRUE;

From there, you'll have a bare-bones upgrade that will be serving content out of your DB.