Failing to self host v5 on apache & php7.4

Self-Hosted | v5
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Howdy, I downloaded v5.0.25 from the github release page, uploaded the zip to my subdomain, unpacked it, checked my php v7.4, and I get a blank page at root.

Returning as a 500 error on some browsers, web host said this:

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[19-Nov-2020 00:15:35 UTC] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘class’ (T_CLASS), expecting identifier (T_STRING) or variable (T_VARIABLE) or ‘{’ or ‘$’ in /home/danjwill/ninja.skinnlab.com.au/public/index.php on line 54

Any ideas why I’m not currently able to experience the magic of v5?

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Hi,

Just to confirm… did you download the file called ‘invoiceninja.zip’?

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Ah, great catch. I think I downloaded the source code, not the zip from the release. Will try again.

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Yeah… it’s an easy mistake to make.

@dave any ideas to help clarify this?

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Installation screen is showing now, after testing all the details per section during installation, having success and clicking continue, I got a 404 error.

I then went back to the base domain and now see the login screen but get this error: 403: Error: {“message”:“Invalid secret”,“errors”:{}}

Reading other posts I tried setting a randomised key, no luck. Also tried setting 1234, no luck.

Added note: the URL pre-filled field has /api/v1 after it, is this correct or should it be base domain? I have tried logging in with and without but I still get the secret key error.

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The secret should be optional, is there a value set in the .env file.

Note: if you change the .env file you need to run php artisan optimize

The URL needs to include the full domain.

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Right. Well it doesn’t let me use the one in the env, or none. The error persists.

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To be clear… have you tried removing the API_SECRET value and then running php artisan optimize

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I’ll give it a go. I’m no pro so I’ll have to work out if I can run that command on shared hosting. Will report back.

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Any luck with this installation?

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Turns out it was an SQL version issue on the server.

Waiting for host to update before installing via softaculous.