Database errors with PHP8 with bare WP

Do you have any way of pasting the errors specifically without adding the URL of the site? That would help. A screenshot maybe then blur out the domain name. Or use example.com in place if pasting.

Something on your site isn’t compatible with 8.0 If that 2020 theme isn’t the latest it may affect it too. Try using. 2024 them and make sure your core is at the latest which is 6.4.1

Thanks

Thanks for your interest. Problem exists with Twenty TwentyFour too.

Herewith error log

[30-Nov-2023 14:04:41 UTC] Cron reschedule event error for hook: emp_cron_emails_process_queue, Error code: invalid_schedule, Error message: Event schedule does not exist., Data: {“schedule”:”em_minute”,”args”:[],”interval”:60}
[30-Nov-2023 14:05:22 UTC] WordPress database error Malformed packet for query SELECT * FROM w96r_users WHERE user_login = ‘Tony’ LIMIT 1 made by require(‘wp-blog-header.php’), require_once(‘wp-load.php’), require_once(‘wp-config.php’), require_once(‘wp-settings.php’), WP->init, wp_get_current_user, _wp_get_current_user, apply_filters(‘determine_current_user’), WP_Hook->apply_filters, wp_validate_logged_in_cookie, wp_validate_auth_cookie, get_user_by, WP_User::get_data_by
[30-Nov-2023 14:05:22 UTC] WordPress database error Lost connection to MySQL server during query for query
SELECT t.term_id
FROM w96r_terms AS t INNER JOIN w96r_term_taxonomy AS tt ON t.term_id = tt.term_id
WHERE tt.taxonomy IN (‘wp_theme’) AND t.name IN (‘twentytwentyfour’)

        LIMIT 1
     made by require('wp-blog-header.php'), require_once('wp-load.php'), require_once('wp-config.php'), require_once('wp-settings.php'), do_action('init'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, register_block_core_template_part, build_template_part_block_variations, build_template_part_block_instance_variations, get_block_templates, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts, WP_Tax_Query->get_sql, WP_Tax_Query->get_sql_clauses, WP_Tax_Query->get_sql_for_query, WP_Tax_Query->get_sql_for_clause, WP_Tax_Query->clean_query, WP_Tax_Query->transform_query, WP_Term_Query->query, WP_Term_Query->get_terms

[30-Nov-2023 14:05:22 UTC] WordPress database error Malformed packet for query
SELECT w96r_posts.*
FROM w96r_posts
WHERE 1=1 AND (
0 = 1
) AND w96r_posts.post_type = ‘wp_template_part’ AND ((w96r_posts.post_status = ‘publish’))
GROUP BY w96r_posts.ID
ORDER BY w96r_posts.post_date DESC

     made by require('wp-blog-header.php'), require_once('wp-load.php'), require_once('wp-config.php'), require_once('wp-settings.php'), do_action('init'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, register_block_core_template_part, build_template_part_block_variations, build_template_part_block_instance_variations, get_block_templates, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts

[30-Nov-2023 14:05:22 UTC] WordPress database error Lost connection to MySQL server during query for query SELECT option_value FROM w96r_options WHERE option_name = ‘_transient_timeout_doing_cron’ LIMIT 1 made by require(‘wp-blog-header.php’), require_once(‘wp-load.php’), require_once(‘wp-config.php’), require_once(‘wp-settings.php’), do_action(‘wp_loaded’), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, _wp_cron, spawn_cron, get_transient, get_option
[30-Nov-2023 14:05:22 UTC] WordPress database error Malformed packet for query SELECT user_id, meta_key, meta_value FROM w96r_usermeta WHERE user_id IN (2) ORDER BY umeta_id ASC made by require(‘wp-blog-header.php’), require_once(‘wp-includes/template-loader.php’), include(‘wp-includes/template-canvas.php’), get_the_block_template_html, the_post, WP_Query->the_post, update_post_author_caches, cache_users, update_meta_cache
[30-Nov-2023 14:05:22 UTC] WordPress database error Lost connection to MySQL server during query for query SELECT * FROM w96r_users WHERE ID IN (2) made by require(‘wp-blog-header.php’), require_once(‘wp-includes/template-loader.php’), include(‘wp-includes/template-canvas.php’), get_the_block_template_html, the_post, WP_Query->the_post, update_post_author_caches, cache_users
[30-Nov-2023 14:05:22 UTC] WordPress database error Malformed packet for query
SELECT w96r_posts.ID
FROM w96r_posts
WHERE 1=1 AND (
0 = 1
) AND w96r_posts.post_type = ‘wp_global_styles’ AND ((w96r_posts.post_status = ‘publish’))
GROUP BY w96r_posts.ID
ORDER BY w96r_posts.post_date DESC
LIMIT 0, 1
made by require(‘wp-blog-header.php’), require_once(‘wp-includes/template-loader.php’), include(‘wp-includes/template-canvas.php’), get_the_block_template_html, do_blocks, render_block, WP_Block->render, render_block_core_template_part, do_blocks, render_block, WP_Block->render, WP_Block->render, WP_Block->render, WP_Block->render, apply_filters(‘render_block’), WP_Hook->apply_filters, WP_Duotone::render_duotone_support, WP_Duotone::get_all_global_style_block_names, WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver::get_merged_data, WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver::get_user_data, WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver::get_user_data_from_wp_global_styles, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[30-Nov-2023 14:05:22 UTC] WordPress database error Lost connection to MySQL server during query for query
SELECT w96r_posts.ID
FROM w96r_posts
WHERE 1=1 AND w96r_posts.post_type = ‘wp_navigation’ AND ((w96r_posts.post_status = ‘publish’))

                ORDER BY w96r_posts.post_date DESC
                LIMIT 0, 1
             made by require('wp-blog-header.php'), require_once('wp-includes/template-loader.php'), include('wp-includes/template-canvas.php'), get_the_block_template_html, do_blocks, render_block, WP_Block->render, render_block_core_template_part, do_blocks, render_block, WP_Block->render, WP_Block->render, WP_Block->render, render_block_core_navigation, block_core_navigation_get_fallback_blocks, WP_Navigation_Fallback::get_fallback, WP_Navigation_Fallback::get_most_recently_published_navigation, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts

[30-Nov-2023 14:05:22 UTC] WordPress database error Malformed packet for query
SELECT t.term_id
FROM w96r_terms AS t INNER JOIN w96r_term_taxonomy AS tt ON t.term_id = tt.term_id
WHERE tt.taxonomy IN (‘wp_theme’) AND t.name IN (‘twentytwentyfour’)

        LIMIT 1
     made by require_once('wp-load.php'), require_once('wp-config.php'), require_once('wp-settings.php'), do_action('init'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, register_block_core_template_part, build_template_part_block_variations, build_template_part_block_instance_variations, get_block_templates, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts, WP_Tax_Query->get_sql, WP_Tax_Query->get_sql_clauses, WP_Tax_Query->get_sql_for_query, WP_Tax_Query->get_sql_for_clause, WP_Tax_Query->clean_query, WP_Tax_Query->transform_query, WP_Term_Query->query, WP_Term_Query->get_terms

[30-Nov-2023 14:05:22 UTC] WordPress database error Lost connection to MySQL server during query for query
SELECT w96r_posts.*
FROM w96r_posts
WHERE 1=1 AND (
0 = 1
) AND w96r_posts.post_type = ‘wp_template_part’ AND ((w96r_posts.post_status = ‘publish’))
GROUP BY w96r_posts.ID
ORDER BY w96r_posts.post_date DESC

     made by require_once('wp-load.php'), require_once('wp-config.php'), require_once('wp-settings.php'), do_action('init'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, register_block_core_template_part, build_template_part_block_variations, build_template_part_block_instance_variations, get_block_templates, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts

[30-Nov-2023 14:05:22 UTC] Cron reschedule event error for hook: em_gateways_cron, Error code: invalid_schedule, Error message: Event schedule does not exist., Data: {“schedule”:”em_minute”,”args”:[],”interval”:60}
[30-Nov-2023 14:05:22 UTC] WordPress database error Malformed packet for query
SELECT t.term_id
FROM w96r_terms AS t INNER JOIN w96r_term_taxonomy AS tt ON t.term_id = tt.term_id
WHERE tt.taxonomy IN (‘wp_theme’) AND t.name IN (‘twentytwentyfour’)

        LIMIT 1
     made by require('wp-blog-header.php'), require_once('wp-includes/template-loader.php'), include('wp-includes/template-canvas.php'), get_the_block_template_html, do_blocks, render_block, WP_Block->render, render_block_core_template_part, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts, WP_Tax_Query->get_sql, WP_Tax_Query->get_sql_clauses, WP_Tax_Query->get_sql_for_query, WP_Tax_Query->get_sql_for_clause, WP_Tax_Query->clean_query, WP_Tax_Query->transform_query, WP_Term_Query->query, WP_Term_Query->get_terms

[30-Nov-2023 14:05:22 UTC] WordPress database error Lost connection to MySQL server during query for query
SELECT w96r_posts.ID
FROM w96r_posts
WHERE 1=1 AND w96r_posts.post_name IN (‘footer’) AND (
0 = 1
) AND w96r_posts.post_type = ‘wp_template_part’ AND ((w96r_posts.post_status = ‘publish’))
GROUP BY w96r_posts.ID
ORDER BY w96r_posts.post_date DESC
LIMIT 0, 1
made by require(‘wp-blog-header.php’), require_once(‘wp-includes/template-loader.php’), include(‘wp-includes/template-canvas.php’), get_the_block_template_html, do_blocks, render_block, WP_Block->render, render_block_core_template_part, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[30-Nov-2023 14:05:22 UTC] WordPress database error Malformed packet for query SELECT post_id, meta_key, meta_value FROM w96r_postmeta WHERE post_id IN (443) ORDER BY meta_id ASC made by require(‘wp-blog-header.php’), require_once(‘wp-includes/template-loader.php’), include(‘wp-includes/template-canvas.php’), wp_head, do_action(‘wp_head’), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, wp_site_icon, has_site_icon, get_site_icon_url, wp_get_attachment_image_url, wp_get_attachment_image_src, image_downsize, wp_attachment_is_image, wp_attachment_is, get_attached_file, get_post_meta, get_metadata, get_metadata_raw, update_meta_cache
[30-Nov-2023 14:05:22 UTC] WordPress database error Lost connection to MySQL server during query for query
SELECT w96r_posts.ID
FROM w96r_posts
WHERE 1=1 AND w96r_posts.post_parent = 369 AND w96r_posts.post_type = ‘page’ AND ((w96r_posts.post_status = ‘publish’))

                ORDER BY w96r_posts.post_title ASC
                LIMIT 0, 1
             made by require('wp-blog-header.php'), require_once('wp-includes/template-loader.php'), include('wp-includes/template-canvas.php'), body_class, get_body_class, get_pages, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts

[30-Nov-2023 14:05:49 UTC] WordPress database error Malformed packet for query SELECT * FROM w96r_users WHERE user_login = ‘Tony’ LIMIT 1 made by require(‘wp-blog-header.php’), require_once(‘wp-load.php’), require_once(‘wp-config.php’), require_once(‘wp-settings.php’), WP->init, wp_get_current_user, _wp_get_current_user, apply_filters(‘determine_current_user’), WP_Hook->apply_filters, wp_validate_logged_in_cookie, wp_validate_auth_cookie, get_user_by, WP_User::get_data_by
[30-Nov-2023 14:05:49 UTC] WordPress database error Lost connection to MySQL server during query for query
SELECT t.term_id
FROM w96r_terms AS t INNER JOIN w96r_term_taxonomy AS tt ON t.term_id = tt.term_id
WHERE tt.taxonomy IN (‘wp_theme’) AND t.name IN (‘twentytwentyfour’)

        LIMIT 1
     made by require('wp-blog-header.php'), require_once('wp-load.php'), require_once('wp-config.php'), require_once('wp-settings.php'), do_action('init'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, register_block_core_template_part, build_template_part_block_variations, build_template_part_block_instance_variations, get_block_templates, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts, WP_Tax_Query->get_sql, WP_Tax_Query->get_sql_clauses, WP_Tax_Query->get_sql_for_query, WP_Tax_Query->get_sql_for_clause, WP_Tax_Query->clean_query, WP_Tax_Query->transform_query, WP_Term_Query->query, WP_Term_Query->get_terms

[30-Nov-2023 14:05:49 UTC] WordPress database error Malformed packet for query SELECT user_id, meta_key, meta_value FROM w96r_usermeta WHERE user_id IN (2) ORDER BY umeta_id ASC made by require(‘wp-blog-header.php’), require_once(‘wp-includes/template-loader.php’), include(‘wp-includes/template-canvas.php’), get_the_block_template_html, the_post, WP_Query->the_post, update_post_author_caches, cache_users, update_meta_cache
[30-Nov-2023 14:05:49 UTC] WordPress database error Lost connection to MySQL server during query for query SELECT * FROM w96r_users WHERE ID IN (2) made by require(‘wp-blog-header.php’), require_once(‘wp-includes/template-loader.php’), include(‘wp-includes/template-canvas.php’), get_the_block_template_html, the_post, WP_Query->the_post, update_post_author_caches, cache_users
[30-Nov-2023 14:05:49 UTC] WordPress database error Malformed packet for query SELECT post_id, meta_key, meta_value FROM w96r_postmeta WHERE post_id IN (443) ORDER BY meta_id ASC made by require(‘wp-blog-header.php’), require_once(‘wp-includes/template-loader.php’), include(‘wp-includes/template-canvas.php’), wp_head, do_action(‘wp_head’), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, wp_site_icon, has_site_icon, get_site_icon_url, wp_get_attachment_image_url, wp_get_attachment_image_src, image_downsize, wp_attachment_is_image, wp_attachment_is, get_attached_file, get_post_meta, get_metadata, get_metadata_raw, update_meta_cache
[30-Nov-2023 14:05:49 UTC] WordPress database error Lost connection to MySQL server during query for query
SELECT w96r_posts.ID
FROM w96r_posts
WHERE 1=1 AND w96r_posts.post_parent = 407 AND w96r_posts.post_type = ‘page’ AND ((w96r_posts.post_status = ‘publish’))

                ORDER BY w96r_posts.post_title ASC
                LIMIT 0, 1
             made by require('wp-blog-header.php'), require_once('wp-includes/template-loader.php'), include('wp-includes/template-canvas.php'), body_class, get_body_class, get_pages, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts

[30-Nov-2023 14:06:15 UTC] WordPress database error Malformed packet for query SELECT * FROM w96r_users WHERE user_login = ‘Tony’ LIMIT 1 made by require(‘wp-blog-header.php’), require_once(‘wp-load.php’), require_once(‘wp-config.php’), require_once(‘wp-settings.php’), WP->init, wp_get_current_user, _wp_get_current_user, apply_filters(‘determine_current_user’), WP_Hook->apply_filters, wp_validate_logged_in_cookie, wp_validate_auth_cookie, get_user_by, WP_User::get_data_by
[30-Nov-2023 14:06:15 UTC] WordPress database error Lost connection to MySQL server during query for query
SELECT t.term_id
FROM w96r_terms AS t INNER JOIN w96r_term_taxonomy AS tt ON t.term_id = tt.term_id
WHERE tt.taxonomy IN (‘wp_theme’) AND t.name IN (‘twentytwentyfour’)

        LIMIT 1
     made by require('wp-blog-header.php'), require_once('wp-load.php'), require_once('wp-config.php'), require_once('wp-settings.php'), do_action('init'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, register_block_core_template_part, build_template_part_block_variations, build_template_part_block_instance_variations, get_block_templates, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts, WP_Tax_Query->get_sql, WP_Tax_Query->get_sql_clauses, WP_Tax_Query->get_sql_for_query, WP_Tax_Query->get_sql_for_clause, WP_Tax_Query->clean_query, WP_Tax_Query->transform_query, WP_Term_Query->query, WP_Term_Query->get_terms

[30-Nov-2023 14:06:15 UTC] WordPress database error Malformed packet for query SELECT user_id, meta_key, meta_value FROM w96r_usermeta WHERE user_id IN (2) ORDER BY umeta_id ASC made by require(‘wp-blog-header.php’), require_once(‘wp-includes/template-loader.php’), include(‘wp-includes/template-canvas.php’), get_the_block_template_html, the_post, WP_Query->the_post, update_post_author_caches, cache_users, update_meta_cache
[30-Nov-2023 14:06:15 UTC] WordPress database error Lost connection to MySQL server during query for query SELECT * FROM w96r_users WHERE ID IN (2) made by require(‘wp-blog-header.php’), require_once(‘wp-includes/template-loader.php’), include(‘wp-includes/template-canvas.php’), get_the_block_template_html, the_post, WP_Query->the_post, update_post_author_caches, cache_users
[30-Nov-2023 14:06:15 UTC] WordPress database error Malformed packet for query SELECT post_id, meta_key, meta_value FROM w96r_postmeta WHERE post_id IN (443) ORDER BY meta_id ASC made by require(‘wp-blog-header.php’), require_once(‘wp-includes/template-loader.php’), include(‘wp-includes/template-canvas.php’), wp_head, do_action(‘wp_head’), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, wp_site_icon, has_site_icon, get_site_icon_url, wp_get_attachment_image_url, wp_get_attachment_image_src, image_downsize, wp_attachment_is_image, wp_attachment_is, get_attached_file, get_post_meta, get_metadata, get_metadata_raw, update_meta_cache
[30-Nov-2023 14:06:15 UTC] WordPress database error Lost connection to MySQL server during query for query
SELECT w96r_posts.ID
FROM w96r_posts
WHERE 1=1 AND w96r_posts.post_parent = 369 AND w96r_posts.post_type = ‘page’ AND ((w96r_posts.post_status = ‘publish’))

                ORDER BY w96r_posts.post_title ASC
                LIMIT 0, 1
             made by require('wp-blog-header.php'), require_once('wp-includes/template-loader.php'), include('wp-includes/template-canvas.php'), body_class, get_body_class, get_pages, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts

[30-Nov-2023 14:06:35 UTC] WordPress database error Malformed packet for query SELECT * FROM w96r_users WHERE user_login = ‘Tony’ LIMIT 1 made by require(‘wp-blog-header.php’), require_once(‘wp-load.php’), require_once(‘wp-config.php’), require_once(‘wp-settings.php’), WP->init, wp_get_current_user, _wp_get_current_user, apply_filters(‘determine_current_user’), WP_Hook->apply_filters, wp_validate_logged_in_cookie, wp_validate_auth_cookie, get_user_by, WP_User::get_data_by
[30-Nov-2023 14:06:35 UTC] WordPress database error Lost connection to MySQL server during query for query
SELECT t.term_id
FROM w96r_terms AS t INNER JOIN w96r_term_taxonomy AS tt ON t.term_id = tt.term_id
WHERE tt.taxonomy IN (‘wp_theme’) AND t.name IN (‘twentytwentyfour’)

        LIMIT 1
     made by require('wp-blog-header.php'), require_once('wp-load.php'), require_once('wp-config.php'), require_once('wp-settings.php'), do_action('init'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, register_block_core_template_part, build_template_part_block_variations, build_template_part_block_instance_variations, get_block_templates, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts, WP_Tax_Query->get_sql, WP_Tax_Query->get_sql_clauses, WP_Tax_Query->get_sql_for_query, WP_Tax_Query->get_sql_for_clause, WP_Tax_Query->clean_query, WP_Tax_Query->transform_query, WP_Term_Query->query, WP_Term_Query->get_terms

[30-Nov-2023 14:06:35 UTC] WordPress database error Malformed packet for query SELECT user_id, meta_key, meta_value FROM w96r_usermeta WHERE user_id IN (2) ORDER BY umeta_id ASC made by require(‘wp-blog-header.php’), require_once(‘wp-includes/template-loader.php’), include(‘wp-includes/template-canvas.php’), get_the_block_template_html, the_post, WP_Query->the_post, update_post_author_caches, cache_users, update_meta_cache
[30-Nov-2023 14:06:35 UTC] WordPress database error Lost connection to MySQL server during query for query SELECT * FROM w96r_users WHERE ID IN (2) made by require(‘wp-blog-header.php’), require_once(‘wp-includes/template-loader.php’), include(‘wp-includes/template-canvas.php’), get_the_block_template_html, the_post, WP_Query->the_post, update_post_author_caches, cache_users
[30-Nov-2023 14:06:35 UTC] WordPress database error Malformed packet for query SELECT post_id, meta_key, meta_value FROM w96r_postmeta WHERE post_id IN (443) ORDER BY meta_id ASC made by require(‘wp-blog-header.php’), require_once(‘wp-includes/template-loader.php’), include(‘wp-includes/template-canvas.php’), wp_head, do_action(‘wp_head’), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, wp_site_icon, has_site_icon, get_site_icon_url, wp_get_attachment_image_url, wp_get_attachment_image_src, image_downsize, wp_attachment_is_image, wp_attachment_is, get_attached_file, get_post_meta, get_metadata, get_metadata_raw, update_meta_cache
[30-Nov-2023 14:06:35 UTC] WordPress database error Lost connection to MySQL server during query for query
SELECT w96r_posts.ID
FROM w96r_posts
WHERE 1=1 AND w96r_posts.post_parent = 369 AND w96r_posts.post_type = ‘page’ AND ((w96r_posts.post_status = ‘publish’))

                ORDER BY w96r_posts.post_title ASC
                LIMIT 0, 1
             made by require('wp-blog-header.php'), require_once('wp-includes/template-loader.php'), include('wp-includes/template-canvas.php'), body_class, get_body_class, get_pages, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts

[30-Nov-2023 14:07:51 UTC] PHP Warning: mysqli_query(): (HY000/2006): MySQL server has gone away in /home/e82in60imnwt/test-site/wp-includes/class-wpdb.php on line 2349

Have you reached out to your hosting company? This seems to be a on the Database server side. There’s a query issue to the sql and it would be best for them to restart the server on that side. That might clear out the issue. Not 100% sure though.

Who are you hosted with?

Yes – have already been in contact with tsoHost without resolution so far. I will refer them to this thread.

It states in there that there’s a Malformed connection packet. That’s usually on their end. What’s the cause, no idea, it’s not clear. They could check their version of mySQL.

Im getting the same errors and with TSO also. did you find a resolution?

@manfierp – very interesting. No, TSO have not addressed it in any meaningful way. That you are seeing the same issue helps enormously as evidence it is not something I am doing wrong. If you have not done so, please raise a support ticket with them. Either way, link to my ticket, which is TSR-546-37810, and this thread. Please let me have your ticket number so I can link my ticket to yours.

I have another account with them on an older server and have had no PHP 8 issues there.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by Antipole.

its TSE-612-56924

I have updated my ticket also to include yours. Very strange. The error im getting is only when i try and add a product to the cart (woo), it leads to 404 error. but in the error log getting most of the same errors. Running Php 8, all plugins and wordpress up to date. Happens on all themes.

Heard from TSO again.

I have had some help from a colleague to investigate this issue further. It seems this issue is content related and it cannot be fixed from our end. 

I highly suggest you get in contact with a web developer and have them check the content of the website you currently have uploaded.

@manfierp if you get any further, please update here.

Hi, mines now working! Didn’t do anything .. HAve you repaird database in woocommerce again? if you got to woocommerce, then status there are tools there to repair database and clear cache etc.. maybe try this?

Ran database checks but nothing reported.

I have made a completely fresh WP installation using the install feature in cPanel and not touched anything apart from turning on error logging. It works fine under PHP7.4 but gives the same errors under PHP8.

tsoHost insist it is an issue with my content and advise I engage a developer to sort it out.

(tsoHost did the transfer to this account from my previous one with them [where PHP8 works fine].)

I am stuck.

This error has gone away, apparently all by itself. I note it resolved itself for @manfierp too. Very mysterious.

I have no caching on my bare site but perhaps something deep in the system refreshed itself.

That’s what I said. I bet your host discovered an issue in the node and restarted the mySQL server voila! LOL Always demand a restart from them if you don’t have access to WHM to do yourself.

Happy to hear things worked out