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Contao Manager error

The Contao Manager cannot be accessed

You have downloaded the Contao Manager, consisting of a single file, from contao.org and transferred the file contao-manager.phar.php to the public directory on your web server.

The download file contao-manager.phar.php is a PHP script that downloads the required file in the background and then overwrites itself.

However, when you call up the URL www.example.com/contao-manager.phar.php, the welcome page of the Contao Manager does not appear.

In this case, you can try uploading the .phar file directly.

Note

.phar files are not executed by all hosting providers. For best compatibility, add the file extension .php(final file name: contao-manager.phar.php).

Warning

.php files are transferred by most FTP programs in text mode instead of binary mode, which destroys the manager file. Therefore, add the file extension .php only after the upload.