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I'm trying to recover the membership records from a site that was created using Joomla 1.5.26. The membership extension used to create the records was CiviCRM. I've set up the old site locally using Joomla 1.5.26, MAMP & Akeeba Backup to restore the myoldsite.jpa file. Everything is working fine except for CiviCRM. When I click on it from the Components menu there is a message in the Console for a split second that reads 'GET http://localhost:8888/mysite/administrator/index.php?option=com_civicrm 500 (Internal Server Error)' & it leads me to a blank screen.

In my MAMP logs php_error.log I get:
PHP Fatal error:  require_once(): Failed opening required 'CRM/Core/Config.php' (include_path='.:/home/savac/public_html/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm:/home/savac/public_html/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/packages:.:/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.2/lib/php') in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/Joomla_1.5.26-Savac/administrator/components/com_civicrm/admin.civicrm.php on line 40

What do you suggest for getting CiviCRM to work? Can I manually add/fix the Config.php? Or is there an alternative way to export my old membership database in CSV format?

Many thanks

You could try installing CiviCRM into a fresh, empty database and that way confirm that the code is correct and the settings file etc. Then edit the settings file to point to your real DB.

Or consider upgrading the DB on a different working install, if you have one.