with the error reporting set the login page returns the following on page load...
Deprecated functionality: iconv_set_encoding(): Use of iconv.internal_encoding is deprecated in /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/lib/Zend/Validate/Hostname.php on line 521
#0 [internal function]: mageCoreErrorHandler(8192, 'iconv_set_encod...', '/home2/{myusename}...', 521, Array)
#1 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/lib/Zend/Validate/Hostname.php(521): iconv_set_encoding('internal_encodi...', 'UTF-8')
#2 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/lib/Zend/Uri/Http.php(449): Zend_Validate_Hostname->isValid('www.{mywebsite}....')
#3 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/lib/Zend/Uri/Http.php(281): Zend_Uri_Http->validateHost()
#4 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/lib/Zend/Uri/Http.php(154): Zend_Uri_Http->valid()
#5 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/lib/Zend/Uri.php(143): Zend_Uri_Http->__construct('https', '//www.mywebsite...')
#6 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Store.php(726): Zend_Uri::factory('https://www.mywebsite...')
#7 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Store.php(553): Mage_Core_Model_Store->isCurrentlySecure()
#8 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/app/Mage.php(381): Mage_Core_Model_Store->getBaseUrl('skin', NULL)
#9 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Design/Package.php(326): Mage::getBaseUrl('skin', NULL)
#10 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Design/Package.php(481): Mage_Core_Model_Design_Package->getSkinBaseUrl(Array)
#11 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Abstract.php(979): Mage_Core_Model_Design_Package->getSkinUrl('reset.css', Array)
#12 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/app/design/adminhtml/default/default/template/login.phtml(32): Mage_Core_Block_Abstract->getSkinUrl('reset.css')
#13 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Template.php(241): include('/home2/{myusename}...')
#14 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Template.php(272): Mage_Core_Block_Template->fetchView('adminhtml/defau...')
#15 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Template.php(286): Mage_Core_Block_Template->renderView()
#16 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/Block/Template.php(81): Mage_Core_Block_Template->_toHtml()
#17 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Abstract.php(863): Mage_Adminhtml_Block_Template->_toHtml()
#18 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Text/List.php(43): Mage_Core_Block_Abstract->toHtml()
#19 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Abstract.php(863): Mage_Core_Block_Text_List->_toHtml()
#20 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Layout.php(555): Mage_Core_Block_Abstract->toHtml()
#21 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Action.php(390): Mage_Core_Model_Layout->getOutput()
#22 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/controllers/IndexController.php(82): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Action->renderLayout()
#23 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Action.php(419): Mage_Adminhtml_IndexController->loginAction()
#24 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Router/Standard.php(254): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Action->dispatch('login')
#25 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Front.php(176): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Router_Standard->match(Object(Mage_Core_Controller_Request_Http))
#26 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/App.php(354): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Front->dispatch()
#27 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/app/Mage.php(683): Mage_Core_Model_App->run(Array)
#28 /home2/{myusename}/public_html/{mywebsite}/index.php(103): Mage::run('', 'store')
#29 {main}
It's because of the php version as some functions were deprecated in PHP 5.6
you can either change PHP version or add some patches.
Here are some helpful fixes for this issue :
patched the site and i can now log in!
thank you!!