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#42525 Weird redirect trying to run kickstart

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Environment Information

PHP version
8.1.44
CMS Type
Other
CMS Version
n/a
Backup Tool Version
9.0.6
Kickstart version
9.0.0

Latest post by nicholas on Thursday, 11 December 2025 08:06 CST

Wednesday, 10 December 2025 12:22 CST

d2o

Hi,

I have a strange issue trying to restore a PHP site that was backed up using Akeeba Solo Core.

In the root directory of the domain I placed the extracted kickstart 9 package as well as the JPA file of the backed up site (which is a Prestashop installation). 

When I try to call the URL kickstart.php I automatically get redirected to "kickstart.php/src/kickstart_web.php". It's a 301 redirect, which seems to not end.

I have removed the .htaccess file, but it shows the same behaviour.

I put a phpinfo file for testers in that directory, which worked fine, so it seems not a hoster issue (perhaps?). But I had issues with IONOS before.

Any advice on how to progress would be great. 

Thanks and all the best,
Stefan

Wednesday, 10 December 2025 17:12 CST

nicholas

This is an issue with the default PHAR stub created by PHP. Please wait for the release of Kickstart 9.0.1 tomorrow. If you are in a rush, you can use the previous version instead.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
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Thursday, 11 December 2025 04:05 CST

d2o

Thanks for the quick response. Does not hurt to wait a while. Otherwise, I unpacked the archive on another server successfully, so I have an alternative at hand.

Best,
Stefan

Thursday, 11 December 2025 05:07 CST

nicholas

The new version is published already. It does not do the redirection. It uses its own mini-router and a custom PHAR stub to avoid PHP's default behaviour. This wasn't really documented anywhere and I couldn't find anyone else doing that… but it works, even on my own servers (local and live) where I had experienced the same issue as you did.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Thursday, 11 December 2025 05:08 CST

d2o

Using 9.0.1 now and it works fine.

Thanks and all the best,
Stefan

Thursday, 11 December 2025 08:06 CST

nicholas

You're welcome and thank you for verifying this. It's much appreciated :)

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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