How to disable compilation in Magento

It can be done by two:

1. From Magento admin

Navigate to System > Tools > Compilation page and click on Disable button
Navigate to System > Cache Management screen and use Flush Cache button.

2. Via SFTP/FTP, by editing the includes/config.php file

To disable compilation in Magento, edit includes/config.php.

#define(‘COMPILER_INCLUDE_PATH’, dirname(__FILE__).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.’src’);
define(‘COMPILER_COLLECT_PATH’, dirname(__FILE__).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.’stat’);