# DigitalOcean Upgrade PHP Errors

**URL:** <https://community.passbolt.com/t/digitalocean-upgrade-php-errors/3789>\
**Category:** Installation Issues\
**Created:** [April 14, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/digitalocean-upgrade-php-errors/3789 "2021-04-14T16:54:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![npuglisi](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.passbolt.com/npuglisi/32/885_2.png) [@npuglisi](https://community.passbolt.com/u/npuglisi)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/digitalocean-upgrade-php-errors/3789/1 "2021-04-14T16:54:10Z")

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Hey there trying to update to the latest community edition on DigitalOcean droplet. Am getting this error:

2021/04/14 16:36:28 [error] 4926#4926: \*23 FastCGI sent in stderr: “PHP message: PHP Warning: require(/var/www/passbolt/vendor/composer/…/symfony/polyfill-ctype/bootstrap.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /var/www/passbolt/vendor/composer/autoload\_real.php on line 69  
PHP message: PHP Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required ‘/var/www/passbolt/vendor/composer/…/symfony/polyfill-ctype/bootstrap.php’ (include\_path=’.:/usr/share/php’) in /var/www/passbolt/vendor/composer/autoload\_real.php on line 69” while reading response header from upstream, client: 97.104.124.193, server: [passbolt.company.com](http://passbolt.company.com), request: “GET / HTTP/1.1”, upstream: “fastcgi://127.0.0.1:9000”, host: “domain”  
2021/04/14 16:36:30 [error] 4926#4926: \*23 FastCGI sent in stderr: “PHP message: PHP Warning: require(/var/www/passbolt/vendor/composer/…/symfony/polyfill-ctype/bootstrap.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /var/www/passbolt/vendor/composer/autoload\_real.php on line 69  
PHP message: PHP Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required ‘/var/www/passbolt/vendor/composer/…/symfony/polyfill-ctype/bootstrap.php’ (include\_path=’.:/usr/share/php’) in /var/www/passbolt/vendor/composer/autoload\_real.php on line 69” while reading response header from upstream, client: 97.104.124.193, server: domain, request: “GET / HTTP/1.1”, upstream: “fastcgi://127.0.0.1:9000”, host: “domain”

So appears to be an odd permission issue? Any help is appreciated.

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**Author:** ![garrett](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.passbolt.com/garrett/32/545_2.png) [@garrett](https://community.passbolt.com/u/garrett)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 11:35am UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/digitalocean-upgrade-php-errors/3789/2 "2021-04-17T11:35:17Z")

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Hi @npuglisi Can you share the version you had, what method was used to install the old version previously, and what steps you are following to update your installation? Also include results from the healthcheck.