Linux Web Server Installation On Debian 12 Bookworm

BrownDeveloper said:

Hello friends of OTland, I need your extensive expertise regarding a problem I've been experiencing for the past two days regarding the installation of my server's website.

I'm using Debian version 12 bookworm. I installed Apache2, PHP8.4, and MySQL following various tutorials, and I'm getting the same error when accessing the website, The tfs client work fine, and has been online right now and (turned on 30/06/25) is accessible from anywhere, the problem I have is accessing the OT website.

My Dear OTserver proyect files are as follows:
TFS 0.4 (8.60) working fine
Gesior Acc TFS-0.4_rev_3703+

Note: I used these same files a few years ago in Debian 7 or 10 not remember exactly and didn't encounter this issue.

The direct connection through Myipmachine.com/phpmyadmin works fine, but when I try to access the main page, it throws up this error.
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Checking ERROR in error.log (apache2) = PHP Fatal error: php:error] [pid 68455:tid 68455] [client xxx.xxx.43.xxx:23045] PHP Fatal error: Cannot make static method PDO::connect() non-static in class Database in /var/www/html/classes/database.php on line 24

I'm not an advanced Linux user, but I'm pretty sure it's due to compatibility issues with the calls (pdo), which probably work differently in this version of Gesior Acc and idk how fix

Jerzy Skalski (Gesior) Gesior.pl,​

I hope you see this post because I really need your help.​

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$db = new Database();
$db->connect();

chucky91 said:

To use new versions of libraries, you must follow some rules, clean code!
For old codes, you must review them or use libraries from the version that was created, see the documentation of the website you are using and see which PHP version was created.

the method is not static, you must instantiate it as something:

PHP:

$db = new Database();
$db->connect();

or make it static.

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BrownDeveloper said:

Gesior Acc TFS-0.4_rev_3703+?

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GitHub - slawkens/myaac: Automatic Account Creator (AAC) for Open Tibia Servers written in PHP

Automatic Account Creator (AAC) for Open Tibia Servers written in PHP - slawkens/myaac

github.com

BrownDeveloper said:

Checking ERROR in error.log (apache2) = PHP Fatal error: php:error] [pid 68455:tid 68455] [client xxx.xxx.43.xxx:23045] PHP Fatal error: Cannot make static method PDO::connect() non-static in class Database in /var/www/html/classes/database.php on line 24

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Gesior2012/classes/database.php at TFS-0.4_rev_3703+ · gesior/Gesior2012

Gesior 2012 - Account Maker [website] for OTSes, account maker you can find in BRANCHES. Select 'branch'. - gesior/Gesior2012

github.com

Gesior.pl said:

I do not update old TFS versions acc. makers to new version of PHP.
https://github.com/gesior/Gesior2012/commits/TFS-0.4_rev_3703%2B/
branch was last time updated 4 years ago to be compatible with PHP 8.0.
PHP version on Debian 12 is PHP 8.2+, it may not be compatible with Gesior2012.

You should try MyAAC:

GitHub - slawkens/myaac: Automatic Account Creator (AAC) for Open Tibia Servers written in PHP

Automatic Account Creator (AAC) for Open Tibia Servers written in PHP - slawkens/myaac

github.com

It's updated to latest PHP version, but works with old TFSes and even servers older than TFS.

This error looks like you do not use current acc. maker for PHP 8.0 classes. Current code looks like this:

Gesior2012/classes/database.php at TFS-0.4_rev_3703+ · gesior/Gesior2012

Gesior 2012 - Account Maker [website] for OTSes, account maker you can find in BRANCHES. Select 'branch'. - gesior/Gesior2012

github.com

If you really want to run old acc. maker, you should try PHP 7.x or even 5.6.
Error may be also related to using SQLite database, not MySQL/MariaDB. Updated version of Gesior2012 for TFS 0.4 does not work with SQLite databases.

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