So upgraded mysql to new version and started seeing these warnings:
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught PDOException: SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1055 Expression #2 of SELECT list is not in GROUP BY clause and contains nonaggregated column ‘db.column_name’ which is not functionally dependent on columns in GROUP BY clause; this is incompatible
Method 1:
We can fix it by setting sql_mode via sshing:
mysql> SET GLOBAL sql_mode=(SELECT REPLACE(@@sql_mode,'ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY',''));
Steps:
1- Open root’s ssh session:

2- Then type mysql: and hit enter:

3- And then copy/paste above command and then again hit enter. you will see query ran successfully message:

Hope this helps somebody to save few minutes.
Method 2:
Open nano /etc/my.cnf file and add following line and save it:
sql_mode=NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION

And then restart mysql service.