Magento died after compilation: how to disable using compiled files without admin panel access?

Question

Tried to compile Magento 1.6 here:

Magento admin panel, System, Tools, Compilation

It compiled and then I enabled it. After that, site died. Here\'s the sta

Answer 1

comment out the two define function calls in includes/config.php path

#define('COMPILER_INCLUDE_PATH', dirname(__FILE__).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'src');
#define('COMPILER_COLLECT_PATH', dirname(__FILE__).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'stat');

Answer 2

If you've got shell access, running

$ php shell/compiler.php disable

from the root of your site will disable compilation mode.

If that doesn't work it means someone's diddled with the compiler configuration file in such a way that it won't work with the compiler.php script. If that's the case look in

includes/config.php

and comment out the two define function calls

##define('COMPILER_INCLUDE_PATH', dirname(__FILE__).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'src');
#define('COMPILER_COLLECT_PATH', dirname(__FILE__).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'stat');