Discovered the problem while chatting with host tech support. The corresponding PHP files where empty! I FTP’d the merge PHP file, cache empty; refresh; it worked.
The site log page was empty too so maybe I should just FTP the admin files again?
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Alter-Drukarsh connections |The Garelicks|Journal 3.3.12 - PHP Version 8.1.17 - mySQL 8.1
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