Problems installing 1.7.6.1 Frontend Page not redirecting error

[jsherk]

So again, the installation went well as far as unpacking and creating database and connecting to the database (pretty standard for any php installation), and was able to login to the admin backend.

This was the second installation issue that I came across:

PROBLEM:
The next issue I had was that when I tried to access the frontend store, I got a PAGE NOT REDIRECTING error. This took some googling and figured out that it was because I was trying to access the frontend with HTTPS instead of HTTP. This would seem to me to be a bug as you should either be able to access one or the other, or https should at least rediect to http, or at a minimum show a page that says "please use http and not https to access front end". It seems that prestashop could handle this scenario better.

SOLUTION:
One solution is to obviously just use HTTP all the time, however this would not eliminate the error if somebody tries to access the frontend via HTTPS. So the only other solution is to force the site to always use HTTPS. Go to CONFIGURE > SHOP PARAMETER > GENERAL and then set ENABLE SSL ON ALL PAGES = YES. This will force all frontend http requests to redirect to https. As a side note, this option should probably be renamed to ENABLE SSL ON ALL FRONTEND PAGES because it does not force SSL on the back admin pages.

[jsherk]

Okay so I was advised that possibly the issue is related to me using PHP v7.3.8 since v1.7.6 of Prestashop is only compatible up to PHP v7.2.

v1.7.7 of Prestashop will be compatible with PHP 7.3