General Questions/New to Joomla! 4.x • Gigantic deprecated.php file in /administrator/logs

I know this topic was posted way back in 2017 before J4 and Ive trawled through the discussion but its raised its ugly head again for me in J4 - admin/logs/deprecated.php has been blowing out to 30gb in an hour or so after deleting and bringing the site down.
Ive been through all the error/warning/deprecated logging settings and stopped everything I could find that could possibly add to the ridiculous log file blowout to buy some time to find a fix
Hope that works cos Im having to check the site and delete deprecated.php every hour
When I run fpa-en.php the one thing sticking out is this
PHP Error Reporting for Joomla 4
J4.xx and older versions does not work with error reporting set to maximum on PHP v8.2 and above.
So Im guessing that an installed extension is the problem - so I will edit configuration.php to enable logging and see if it tells me where the problem is

But given the fpa-en script says

PHP Version for Joomla 5
Your current hosting environment WILL SUPPORT Joomla 5. You may also need to check your database version for comptibility.
MySQL Version for Joomla 5
Your current hosting environment WILL SUPPORT Joomla 5
Or should I bite the bullet and go straight to J5?
Here is the fpa-en output without plugins

Joomla! Instance :: Joomla! 4.4.6-Stable (Pamoja) 9-July-2024
Joomla! Configured :: Yes | Read-Only (444) |
Configuration Options :: Offline: false | SEF: true | SEF Suffix: false | SEF ReWrite: false | .htaccess/web.config: Yes | GZip: false | Cache: true | CacheTime: 20 | CacheHandler: file | CachePlatformPrefix: false | FTP Layer: false | Proxy: false | LiveSite: | Session lifetime: 45 | Session handler: database | Shared sessions: false | SSL: 0 | Error Reporting: none | Site Debug: false | Language Debug: false | Default Access: Public | Unicode Slugs: false | dbConnection Type: mysqli | PHP Supports J! 4.4.6: Yes | Database Supports J! 4.4.6: Yes | Database Credentials Present: Yes |

Host Configuration :: OS: Linux | OS Version: 5.4.0-187-generic | Technology: x86_64 | Web Server: Apache/2.4.62 (Ubuntu) | Encoding: gzip, deflate, br, zstd | System TMP Writable: No | Free Disk Space : 16.33 GiB |

PHP Configuration :: Version: 8.2.22 | PHP API: apache2handler | Session Path Writable: Yes | Display Errors: 0 | Error Reporting: 22527 | Log Errors To: | Last Known Error: | Register Globals: | Magic Quotes: | Safe Mode: | Allow url fopen: 1 | Open Base: | Uploads: 1 | Max. Upload Size: 64M | Max. POST Size: 128M | Max. Input Time: 60 | Max. Execution Time: 30 | Memory Limit: 128M

Database Configuration :: Version: 8.0.39-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 (Client:mysqlnd 8.2.22) | Database Size: 283.33 MiB | #of Tables with config prefix:  233 | #of other Tables:  0 | User Privileges : GRANT PROXY

PHP Extensions :: Core (8.2.22) | date (8.2.22) | libxml (8.2.22) | openssl (8.2.22) | pcre (8.2.22) | zlib (8.2.22) | filter (8.2.22) | hash (8.2.22) | json (8.2.22) | random (8.2.22) | Reflection (8.2.22) | SPL (8.2.22) | session (8.2.22) | standard (8.2.22) | sodium (8.2.22) | apache2handler (8.2.22) | mysqlnd (mysqlnd 8.2.22) | PDO (8.2.22) | xml (8.2.22) | bcmath (8.2.22) | bz2 (8.2.22) | calendar (8.2.22) | ctype (8.2.22) | curl (8.2.22) | dom (20031129) | mbstring (8.2.22) | FFI (8.2.22) | fileinfo (8.2.22) | ftp (8.2.22) | gd (8.2.22) | gettext (8.2.22) | iconv (8.2.22) | exif (8.2.22) | mysqli (8.2.22) | pdo_mysql (8.2.22) | Phar (8.2.22) | posix (8.2.22) | readline (8.2.22) | shmop (8.2.22) | SimpleXML (8.2.22) | sockets (8.2.22) | sysvmsg (8.2.22) | sysvsem (8.2.22) | sysvshm (8.2.22) | tokenizer (8.2.22) | xmlreader (8.2.22) | xmlwriter (8.2.22) | xsl (8.2.22) | zip (1.21.1) | Zend OPcache (8.2.22) | Zend Engine (4.2.22) |
Potential Missing Extensions ::

Switch User Environment :: PHP CGI: No | Server SU: No | PHP SU: No | Potential Ownership Issues: Maybe

Apache Modules :: core | mod_so | mod_watchdog | http_core | mod_log_config | mod_logio | mod_version | mod_unixd | mod_access_compat | mod_alias | mod_auth_basic | mod_authn_core | mod_authn_file | mod_authz_core | mod_authz_host | mod_authz_user | mod_autoindex | mod_deflate | mod_dir | mod_env | mod_filter | mod_mime | prefork | mod_negotiation | mod_php | mod_reqtimeout | mod_rewrite | mod_setenvif | mod_socache_shmcb | mod_ssl | mod_status | Apache/2.4.62 (Ubuntu) |
Potential Missing Modules :: mod_expires |

Core Folders :: images/ (755) | components/ (755) | modules/ (755) | plugins/ (755) | language/ (755) | templates/ (755) | cache/ (755) | logs/ (755) | tmp/ (755) | administrator/components/ (755) | administrator/modules/ (755) | administrator/language/ (755) | administrator/templates/ (755) | administrator/logs/ (755) | api/ (755) |

Elevated Permissions (First 10) :: phpMyAdmin/tmp/ (775) |

Database statistics :: Uptime: 10465 | Threads: 2 | Questions: 1119163 | Slow queries: 0 | Opens: 2158 | Flush tables: 3 | Open tables: 2059 | Queries per second avg: 106.943 |

Components :: Site ::
Core ::
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Components :: Admin ::
Core :: com_plugins (4.0.0) 1 | com_config (4.0.0) 1 | com_fields (4.0.0) 1 | com_media (3.0.0) 1 | com_search (3.0.0) 1 | com_postinstall (4.0.0) 1 | com_newsfeeds (4.0.0) 1 | com_cpanel (4.0.0) 1 | com_users (4.0.0) 1 | com_messages (4.0.0) 1 | com_joomlaupdate (4.0.3) 1 | com_menus (4.0.0) 1 | com_checkin (4.0.0) 1 | com_contenthistory (4.0.0) 1 | com_categories (4.0.0) 1 | com_workflow (4.0.0) 1 | com_cache (4.0.0) 1 | com_tags (4.0.0) 1 | com_admin (4.0.0) 1 | com_mails (4.0.0) 1 | com_associations (4.0.0) 1 | com_installer (4.0.0) 1 | com_login (4.0.0) 1 | com_languages (4.0.0) 1 | com_actionlogs (3.9.0) 1 | com_banners (4.0.0) 1 | com_templates (4.0.0) 1 | com_weblinks (3.9.0) 1 | com_privacy (3.9.0) 1 | com_redirect (4.0.0) 1 | com_content (4.0.0) 1 | com_guidedtours (4.3.0) ? | com_finder (4.0.0) 1 | com_scheduler (4.1.0) ? | com_ajax (4.0.0) 1 | com_modules (4.0.0) 1 | com_wrapper (4.0.0) 1 |
3rd Party:: com_akeebabackup (9.9.5) 1 | RSTester! (1.0.0) 1 | JS Support Ticket (1.2.6) ? | RSMediaGallery! (2.1.3) 1 | COM_JCE (2.9.79) 1 | com_admintools (7.5.4) 1 | com_rsform (3.3.9) 1 | com_admintools (7.4.4) 1 | CBJUICE2 (V2-3.3.2) 1 | comprofiler (2.9.2+build.2) 1 | RSFirewall! (3.1.2) 1 | com_rseventspro (1.14.7) 1 |

Modules :: Site ::
Core :: mod_articles_category (3.0.0) 1 | mod_related_items (3.0.0) 1 | mod_custom (3.0.0) 1 | mod_users_latest (3.0.0) 1 | mod_login (3.0.0) 1 | mod_finder (3.0.0) 1 | mod_articles_latest (3.0.0) 1 | mod_languages (3.5.0) 1 | mod_stats (3.0.0) 1 | mod_articles_archive (3.0.0) 1 | mod_breadcrumbs (3.0.0) 1 | mod_footer (3.0.0) 1 | mod_articles_news (3.0.0) 1 | mod_banners (3.0.0) 1 | mod_random_image (3.0.0) 1 | mod_wrapper (3.0.0) 1 | mod_syndicate (3.0.0) 1 | mod_search (3.0.0) 1 | mod_menu (3.0.0) 1 | mod_tags_similar (3.1.0) 1 | mod_articles_categories (3.0.0) 1 | mod_articles_popular (3.0.0) 1 | mod_feed (3.0.0) 1 | mod_tags_popular (3.1.0) 1 | mod_weblinks (3.9.0) 1 | mod_whosonline (3.0.0) 1 |
3rd Party:: Community Builder Online module (2.9.2+build.2) 1 | RSForm! Pro Feedback Module (1.4.0) 1 | RSMediaGallery! Responsive Slidesho (2.1.0) ? | MOD_RSEVENTSPRO_ARCHIVED (1.7) 1 | MOD_RSMEDIAGALLERY_SHOWCASE (1.0.3) 1 | MOD_RSEVENTSPRO_ATTENDEES (1.5) 1 | MOD_RSEVENTSPRO_LOCATION (1. 1 | MOD_RSEVENTSPRO_CALENDAR (1.13) 1 | RSMediaGallery! Slideshow Module (1.0.0 R5) 1 | MOD_RSEVENTSPRO_POPULAR (1.10) 1 | MOD_RSEVENTSPRO_FEATURED (1.10) 1 | CB Subscriptions (4.7.0+build.2) 1 | MOD_RSEVENTSPRO_MAP (1.14) 1 | RSForm! Pro Module (1.4.0) 1 | MOD_RSEVENTSPRO_SLIDER (1.11) 1 | Community Builder Login module (2.9.2+build.2) 1 | Easy Facebook Embedded Posts (1.0) 1 | RSMediaGallery! Advanced Slideshow (2.1.0) ? | MOD_RSEVENTSPRO_UPCOMING (1.10) 1 | MOD_RSEVENTSPRO_CATEGORIES (1.7) 1 | MOD_RSEVENTSPRO_TICKETS (1.4) 1 | RSForm! Pro Module Frontend List (1.5.0) 1 | MOD_RSEVENTSPRO_SEARCH (1.9) 1 | MOD_RSEVENTSPRO_LOCATIONS (1.5) 1 | Community Builder Workflows module (2.9.2+build.2) 1 |

Modules :: Admin ::
Core :: mod_quickicon (3.0.0) 1 | mod_user (4.0.0) 1 | mod_custom (3.0.0) 1 | mod_latest (3.0.0) 1 | atum (1.0) 1 | hathor (3.0.0) ? | isis (1.0) ? | files_joomla (4.4.0) ? | lib_joomla (13.1) 1 | pkg_weblinks (3.4.1) ? | pkg_search (4.0.0) ? | English (en-GB) Language Pack (4.4.0.1) ? | mod_quickicon (3.0.0) 1 | mod_user (4.0.0) 1 | mod_custom (3.0.0) 1 | mod_latest (3.0.0) 1 | mod_login (3.0.0) 1 | mod_privacy_dashboard (3.9.0) 1 | mod_sampledata (3.8.0) 1 | mod_version (3.0.0) 1 | mod_logged (3.0.0) 1 | mod_latestactions (3.9.0) 1 | mod_stats_admin (3.0.0) 1 | mod_privacy_status (4.0.0) 1 | mod_submenu (3.0.0) 1 | mod_post_installation_messages (4.0.0) 1 | mod_menu (3.0.0) 1 | mod_loginsupport (4.0.0) 1 | mod_status (3.0.0) ? | mod_guidedtours (4.3.0) ? | mod_frontend (4.0.0) 1 | mod_feed (3.0.0) 1 | mod_popular (3.0.0) 1 | mod_multilangstatus (3.0.0) 1 | mod_messages (4.0.0) 1 | mod_title (3.0.0) 1 | mod_toolbar (3.0.0) 1 | com_plugins (4.0.0) 1 | com_config (4.0.0) 1 | com_fields (4.0.0) 1 | com_media (3.0.0) 1 | com_postinstall (4.0.0) 1 | com_newsfeeds (4.0.0) 1 | com_users (4.0.0) 1 | com_messages (4.0.0) 1 | com_associations (4.0.0) 1 | com_joomlaupdate (4.0.3) 1 | com_menus (4.0.0) 1 | com_checkin (4.0.0) 1 | com_guidedtours (4.3.0) ? | com_contenthistory (4.0.0) 1 | com_categories (4.0.0) 1 | com_workflow (4.0.0) 1 | com_cache (4.0.0) 1 | com_tags (4.0.0) 1 | com_admin (4.0.0) 1 | com_mails (4.0.0) 1 | com_installer (4.0.0) 1 | com_login (4.0.0) 1 | com_languages (4.0.0) 1 | com_actionlogs (3.9.0) 1 | com_weblinks (3.9.0) 1 | com_banners (4.0.0) 1 | com_finder (4.0.0) 1 | com_templates (4.0.0) 1 | com_privacy (3.9.0) 1 | com_search (3.0.0) 1 | com_redirect (4.0.0) 1 | com_content (4.0.0) 1 | com_scheduler (4.1.0) ? | com_ajax (4.0.0) 1 | com_cpanel (4.0.0) 1 | com_modules (4.0.0) 1 | com_wrapper (4.0.0) 1 | English (en-GB) (4.4.0) ? | mod_login (3.0.0) 1 | mod_privacy_dashboard (3.9.0) 1 | mod_sampledata (3.8.0) 1 | mod_version (3.0.0) 1 | mod_logged (3.0.0) 1 | mod_latestactions (3.9.0) 1 | mod_stats_admin (3.0.0) 1 | mod_privacy_status (4.0.0) 1 | mod_submenu (3.0.0) 1 | mod_post_installation_messages (4.0.0) 1 | mod_menu (3.0.0) 1 | mod_loginsupport (4.0.0) 1 | mod_guidedtours (4.3.0) ? | mod_frontend (4.0.0) 1 | mod_feed (3.0.0) 1 | mod_popular (3.0.0) 1 | mod_multilangstatus (3.0.0) 1 | mod_messages (4.0.0) 1 | mod_title (3.0.0) 1 | mod_toolbar (3.0.0) 1 |
3rd Party:: RSFirewall! Control Panel Module (1.4.0) 1 | file_fef (2.1.1) ? | file_fof30 (3.8.1) ? | CLI_J2XML (3.3.12.29) ? | file_fof40 (4.1.4) ? | F0F (NEW) DO NOT REMOVE (2.5.4) 1 | LIB_PHPUTF8 (0.5) ? | LIB_IDNA (0.8.0) ? | lib_phpass (0.3) 1 | eshiol (16.5.21.119) 1 | TCPDF (2.5.0) 1 | Community Builder Library (2.9.0) 1 | FOF (2.4.3) 1 | RSForm! Pro Payment Plugins (3.1.3) ? | Community Builder Package (2.9.0) ? | RSMalta! (1.0.23) ? | Admin Tools package (6.1.11) ? | PKG_JCE (2.9.28) ? | RSKala! (1.0.11) ? | RSBaraka! (1.0.16) ? | RSFirewall! Control Panel Module (1.4.0) 1 | Community Builder Admin menu (1.0) 1 | Community Builder Admin module (2.9.0) 1 | RSTester! (1.0.0) 1 | comprofiler (2.9.0) 1 | com_rsform (3.2.2) 1 | COM_JCE (2.9.28) 1 | com_rseventspro (1.14.5) 1 | RSMediaGallery! (2.0.15) 1 | RSFirewall! (3.0.14) 1 | com_form2content (5.5.0) 0 | Admintools (6.1.11) ? | JS Support Ticket (1.2.6) ? | CBJUICE2 (V2-3.3.2) 1 | Akeeba (8.3.3) 0 | Community Builder Admin menu (1.0) 1 | Community Builder Admin module (2.9.2+build.2) 1 |

Libraries ::
Core ::
3rd Party:: file_fof40 (4.1.0) ? | Community Builder Library (2.9.2+build.2) 1 | file_fof30 (3.6.2) ? |

Templates :: Site :: cassiopeia (1.0) 1 | Unknown (templates/rsreina/classes/parser/sampledata/data-spa/categories.xml) (-) ? | Spa Reception (-) ? | RSReina! (1.1.1) 1 | Unknown (templates/rsedimo/classes/parser/sampledata/data-doctor/categories.xml) (-) ? | Unknown (templates/rsedimo/classes/parser/sampledata/data-coaching/categories.xml) (-) ? | Unknown (templates/rsedimo/classes/parser/sampledata/data-construction/categories.xml) (-) ? | Unknown (templates/rsedimo/classes/parser/sampledata/data-gym/categories.xml) (-) ? | RSEdimo! (1.2.3) 1 |
Templates :: Admin :: atum (1.0) 1 |

Statistics: Posted by greencomputing — Tue Aug 20, 2024 11:31 am

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