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Same is true for cron.php, which also fails the version check.

* nextcloud 20.0.6-1

Well, cron.php has no reference to which interpreter is to be used, you should just run it with php7.

I have noticed though that the scripts in aur/nextcloud-systemd-timers are not using php7 either. (Checked again, they are using php7 now.)

Yes, sorry, I just realized that I manually installed my cron service file, so my above comment is invalid - thanks!

I tried upgrading it with php7 but get an exception and I also get error in the browser that its running with php8:

sudo /usr/bin/runuser -u http -- /usr/bin/php7 -d memory_limit=1024M /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/occ upgrade
An unhandled exception has been thrown:
Doctrine\DBAL\DBALException: Failed to connect to the database: An exception occurred in driver: could not find driver in /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/lib/private/DB/Connection.php:72
Stack trace:
#0 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/3rdparty/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Connection.php(1449): OC\DB\Connection->connect()
#1 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/3rdparty/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Connection.php(892): Doctrine\DBAL\Connection->getWrappedConnection()
#2 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/lib/private/DB/Connection.php(202): Doctrine\DBAL\Connection->executeQuery()
#3 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/3rdparty/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Query/QueryBuilder.php(206): OC\DB\Connection->executeQuery()
#4 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/lib/private/DB/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilder.php(217): Doctrine\DBAL\Query\QueryBuilder->execute()
#5 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/lib/private/AppConfig.php(345): OC\DB\QueryBuilder\QueryBuilder->execute()
#6 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/lib/private/AppConfig.php(110): OC\AppConfig->loadConfigValues()
#7 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/lib/private/AppConfig.php(301): OC\AppConfig->getApps()
#8 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/lib/private/legacy/OC_App.php(949): OC\AppConfig->getValues()
#9 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/lib/private/Server.php(668): OC_App::getAppVersions()
#10 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/lib/private/AppFramework/Utility/SimpleContainer.php(155): OC\Server->OC\{closure}()
#11 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/3rdparty/pimple/pimple/src/Pimple/Container.php(118): OC\AppFramework\Utility\SimpleContainer->OC\AppFramework\Utility\{closure}()
#12 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/lib/private/AppFramework/Utility/SimpleContainer.php(122): Pimple\Container->offsetGet()
#13 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/lib/private/ServerContainer.php(156): OC\AppFramework\Utility\SimpleContainer->query()
#14 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/lib/private/Server.php(1677): OC\ServerContainer->query()
#15 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/lib/private/Server.php(1017): OC\Server->getMemCacheFactory()
#16 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/lib/private/AppFramework/Utility/SimpleContainer.php(155): OC\Server->OC\{closure}()
#17 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/3rdparty/pimple/pimple/src/Pimple/Container.php(118): OC\AppFramework\Utility\SimpleContainer->OC\AppFramework\Utility\{closure}()
#18 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/lib/private/AppFramework/Utility/SimpleContainer.php(122): Pimple\Container->offsetGet()
#19 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/lib/private/ServerContainer.php(156): OC\AppFramework\Utility\SimpleContainer->query()
#20 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/lib/private/Server.php(1977): OC\ServerContainer->query()
#21 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/lib/private/Files/View.php(118): OC\Server->getLockingProvider()
#22 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/lib/private/Server.php(395): OC\Files\View->__construct()
#23 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/lib/private/AppFramework/Utility/SimpleContainer.php(155): OC\Server->OC\{closure}()
#24 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/3rdparty/pimple/pimple/src/Pimple/Container.php(118): OC\AppFramework\Utility\SimpleContainer->OC\AppFramework\Utility\{closure}()
#25 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/lib/private/AppFramework/Utility/SimpleContainer.php(122): Pimple\Container->offsetGet()
#26 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/lib/private/ServerContainer.php(156): OC\AppFramework\Utility\SimpleContainer->query()
#27 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/lib/private/Server.php(1324): OC\ServerContainer->query()
#28 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/lib/base.php(595): OC\Server->boot()
#29 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/lib/base.php(1091): OC::init()
#30 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/console.php(49): require_once('/usr/share/weba...')
#31 /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/occ(11): require_once('/usr/share/weba...')
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Alko89, make sure to install the necessary php7-* packages and have the extensions enabled in /etc/php7/php.ini. (You might just copy your "old" config files from /etc/php and change the extension_dir to "/usr/lib/php7/modules/")

Ahhh, yes...derp...obviously there is a new config folder now for php7 :D Thanks rio.

Got it working after setting the configs and updating nginx conf to use php-fpm7 and updating cron.

Aleš Ferlan (Alko89) -: how did you get it working? I get the same error `could not find driver in /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/lib/private/DB/Connection.php:72` even though I copied my /etc/php/php.ini to /etc/php7/php.ini which should have all extensions in use. Im an using mariaDb

anon anon (pwdsax6n1) if you copied the /etc/php/php.ini, then you should also fix the extension_dir = "/usr/lib/php/modules/" line to extension_dir = "/usr/lib/php7/modules/"

I have added a convenience wrapper script around the occ command in /usr/bin/occ.
It allows overriding of php.ini, php command and user and thus should be able to allow us to get around patches of the occ command in the future.