update Typo3 7.6 to 8.7, can't get frontend to work on a local test envirement with XAMPP - typo3

Question

I working on updating a Typo3 7.6 to 8.7. I do this on my local machine with XAMPP on windows with PHP 7.2.
I got the backend working. It needed some manual work in the DB, like changing the CType in tt_content for my own content elements as well as filling the colPos.
However when I call the page on the frontend all I get is a timeout:
Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 60 seconds exceeded in
C:\xampp\htdocs\typo3_src-8.7.19\vendor\doctrine\dbal\lib\Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Mysqli\MysqliStatement.php on line 92
(this does not change if I set max_execution_time to 300)
Edit: I added an echo just before line 92 in the above file, this is the function:
public function __construct(\mysqli $conn, $prepareString)
{
$this->_conn = $conn;
echo $prepareString."<br />";
$this->_stmt = $conn->prepare($prepareString);
if (false === $this->_stmt) {
throw new MysqliException($this->_conn->error, $this->_conn->sqlstate, $this->_conn->errno);
}
$paramCount = $this->_stmt->param_count;
if (0 < $paramCount) {
$this->types = str_repeat('s', $paramCount);
$this->_bindedValues = array_fill(1, $paramCount, null);
}
}
What I get is the following statement 1000 of times, always exactly the same:
`SELECT `tx_fed_page_controller_action_sub`, `t3ver_oid`, `pid`, `uid` FROM `pages` WHERE (uid = 0) AND ((`pages`.`deleted` = 0) AND (`pages`.`hidden` = 0) AND (`pages`.`starttime` <= 1540305000) AND ((`pages`.`endtime` = 0) OR (`pages`.`endtime` > 1540305000)))`
Note: I don't have any entry in pages with uid=0. So I am really not sure what this is good for. Does there need to be a page with uid=0?
I enabled logging slow query in mysql, but don't get anything logged with it. I don't get any aditional PHP error nor do I get a log entry in typo3.
So right now I am a bit stuck and don't know how to proceed.
I enabled general logging for mysql and when I call a page on frontent I get this SQL query executed over and over again:
SELECT `tx_fed_page_controller_action_sub`, `t3ver_oid`, `pid`, `uid` FROM `pages` WHERE (uid = 0) AND ((`pages`.`deleted` = 0) AND (`pages`.`hidden` = 0) AND (`pages`.`starttime` <= 1540302600) AND ((`pages`.`endtime` = 0) OR (`pages`.`endtime` > 1540302600)))
executing this query manually gives back an empty result (I don't have any entry in pages with uid=0). I don't know if that means anything..
What options do I have? How can I find whats missing / where the error is?

Answer 1

First: give your PHP more time to run.
in the php.ini configuration increase the max execution time to 240 seconds.
be aware that for TYPO3 in production mode 240 seconds are recommended. If you start the install-tool you can do a system check and get information about configuration which might need optimization.
Second: avoid development mode and use production mode.
the execution is faster, but you will loose the option to debug.
debugging always costs more time and more memory to prepare all that information. maybe 240 seconds are not enough and you even need more memory.

Answer 2

The field tx_fed_page_controller_action_sub comes from an extension it is not part of the core. Most likely you have flux and fluidpages installed in your system.
Try to deactivate those extensions and proceed without them. Reintegrate them later if you still need them. A timeout often means that there is some kind of recursion going on. From my experience with flux it is possible that a content element has itself set as its own flux_parent and therefore creates an infinite rendering loop that will cause a fatal after the max_execution_time.
So, in your case I'd try to find the record that is causing this (seems to be a page record) and/or the code that initiates the Query. You do not need to debug in Doctrine itself :)