Moved Joomla from subdirectory to root and suddenly get “Strict Standards” error…?

Question

I upgraded from Joomla 1.5 to 2.3 and after moving it from a sub-directory to root, I could not access the administrator page (which previously worked fine). After logging in, I was presented with a blank page. I modified configuration.php, changing $error_reporting to maximum to try and track down the problem. Now, after logging in, I am presented with:

Strict Standards: Non-static method LoginController::login() should not be called statically in /home/diamonde/public_html/administrator/components/com_login/admin.login.php on line 21 Fatal error: Call to a member function login() on a non-object in /home/diamonde/public_html/administrator/components/com_login/admin.login.php on line 64

I am baffled. Where do I even begin to resolve this problem?

Thank you in advance for any assistance!

Answer 1

SOLUTION!!!!!!

I had simply copied over my old Joomla 1.5 with my new 2.5 thinking it would over-write all files (and, well, it did). HOWEVER, there were also old 1.5 files still hanging around which were causing problems. I have no idea how or why—it doesn't make sense that the mere presence of unused files could cause issue—but nonetheless, that is the case. Deleting the ENTIRE public_html directory FIRST, THEN copying in the new 2.5 fixed all my problems.

Hope this is helpful to someone who makes the same mistake!