[SOLVED] backend not working locally with xampp

[gabsale]

Hi, I'm working on a website created with prestashop 1.7.4.4 / PHP version: 7.1.24

The portal is currently hosted on an online hosting and works properly, the problem arises when I try to run the backup of the site locally, I have for convenience used 'akeeba solo' to pack all the files hosted on the ftp and create a dump of the mysql db, once reinstalled locally (xampp on win 10 with php version 7.1.21) the site seems to work, but in the backend there are areas that do not open and open completely white screens, for example I can enter the area Orders, Customers, Theme & logo etc. . But I get white screens for the Products or Modules areas and the configuration areas and others..

How can i solve this problem locally and in general what are the best practices for managing the site and its migration between local and hosting?

[El Patron]

enable ps debug mode locally to reveal the reason (php error) for white screen

[gabsale]

so I solved it by doing these operations on the remote hosted site:

- I put the site online deactivating maintenance;
- I deactivated the ssl from configuration (since I don't have a certificate locally)
- I cleared the cache.

now the local site works, even if is extremely slow