Can't view any invoice in client portal - Livewire is not defined console error

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I’ve had the same 404 issue in the client portal viewing invoices which drove me mad. I believe this occurs when there is a server or setup config error and too many redirects/loops resulting in a 404. For me it was hinging around Laravel/redirect.cgi I had many attempts to sort this and I’ve finally got it working great with no errors now.

Here’s my work around which may help if you’re on a shared server and no Shell access.

First take a backup of EVERYTHING if you need to restore existing data - that is a full MySql Database dump and a JSON backup via Invoice Ninja admin panel.

Do a fresh install. On shared hosting make sure you have the following enabled:

  • All required modules for Invoice Ninja. Chances are you won’t have the ‘PROC_OPEN’ module enabled as most providers will disable this on shared hosting. This should only be needed for Manual Installation. Install via Softaculous as this is the only method I found that will allow installation without proc_open. There should be a fairly recent version of v5.

  • PHP 8.1 (increase memory_limit in php.ini to 1028mb if you want to update via app)

  • MySql Database

  • SSL

  1. Install via Softaculous into a subfolder of your choice off root but no subdomain (Eg. https | yourdomain.com | subfolder)
    This should complete without any errors.

  2. Then create a new subdomain (eg. invoices . yourdomain . com)

  3. Via control panel point the root path for your new subdomain to your installation folder using the absolute path with /public appended (eg. /home/username/public_html/subfolder/public)

  4. Open your .env file via FTP and change ‘APP_URL’ to your new subdomain (eg. https://subdomain.domain.com) With no /PUBLIC appended.

  5. Renew/update all SSL certificates for your subdomain.

  6. Now login to Invoice Ninja via: subdomain . yourdomain . com - not the Softaculous admin URL

  7. That’s it. If everything has gone well you shouldn’t see any errors. But be sure to check the client portal also for errors.

I then updated via the Invoice Ninja admin panel to the latest and all was good… but this may change your .env URL so keep eye on that.

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