[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #34976: Plug ins fail to update after WP 4.4 installed

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#34976: Plug ins fail to update after WP 4.4 installed
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 Reporter:  patdundee     |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  4.4.1
Component:  Plugins       |     Version:  4.4
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Comment (by S1L1K0N):

 Similar issue as everyone else, FTP within WordPress 4.4 is not working.
 Some details below.

 FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE (OS)
 apache24-2.4.16_1
 php56-5.6.14 (and associated supporting libraries/modules, all 5.6.14)
 mysql55-client-5.5.44_1
 mysql55-server-5.5.44

 WordPress error upon attempted theme installation (theme below is an
 example):
 Could not copy file. /data/www/mmfa/wp-content/themes/sweetheat/404.php

 Whenever I try to install a theme, plugin or even re-install 4.4 from the
 Wordpress dashboard I get the 'Could not copy file.' error; this was
 working fine under WordPress 4.3.1; same supporting applications as above,
 filesystem permissions have not been modified from when they were working
 (they are 775).

 Apache24 keeps recording the following in my error log
 (/var/log/mmfa/error.log) everytime Wordpress tries to call it's FTP
 function:

  PHP Warning:  Illegal string offset 'name' in /data/www/mmfa/wp-
 admin/includes/class-ftp.php on line 730, referer: http://www.mmfa.lan/wp-
 admin/update.php?action=install-theme&theme=sweetheat&_wpnonce=b60d7920e4

 Looks like something is borked in ../wp-admin/includes/class-ftp.php after
 the 4.4 upgrade, but I'm not a PHP wizard so I can't say what.

 Earlier today I was trying to get support through the main wordpress
 support site, https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ftp-not-working-
 wordpress-44?replies=10#post-7769293

 Thanks.

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