Error after upgrade 2.5.0 -> 2.5.2

[reko]

hi jan,
i got the following errormessage (when trying to view the categories page) after the latest upgrade:

Catchable fatal error: Object of class stdClass could not be converted to string in /.../administrator/components/com_phocagallery/libraries/phocagallery/file/file.php on line 22

it's the same form the back-link within a category or from a menu-link.

regards,
rk

[tifre64]

I'm Also seeing this error, downgraded to 2.5.0 and all ok,
2.5.2 not working.

[wein]

Same problem, are there any solutions?

[Jan]

Hi, try to see this:

http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?t=131755

maybe it will help
Jan

[reko]

The issue has to do with PHP 5.2+ breaking certain backward-compatibility of converting a PHP 'object' to a text string. You either need to downgrade below 5.2, or the code where the error occurs needs to be 'properly fixed' to address the change (the fixes should then work on any version...).

I can confirm that our server uses php 5.2 (to be precise: 5.2.6-1+lenny3), downgrading the php is not an option. other than that I don't have the technical knowlegde to understand this error

in the meantime i'm using again pg 2.5.0 and wait for a fix.

thank you,
rk

[tifre64]

some of use 3rd party hosting solutions, so downgrading PHP is not an option

you need to fix this, not blame someone else

2.5.0 works fine

awaiting a fix

[Jan]

you need to fix this

Yes, I would like to fix it but I am testing it on my different servers: winxp(php5),suse(php5,php4),freebsd(php5) and get no such problem.

If you let me know what exactly needs to be fixed (without loosing the functionality and working on different environments) I will do the fix immediately.

not blame someone else

Sorry I don't understand? Do you mean that if I paste here some link which can include possible problem solving, then it is a blaming someone else? This forum should help people, I don't have any reason to blaming someone else

Jan

[reko]

...you need to fix this, not blame someone else
...
awaiting a fix

sorry, but i have to jump in here: i think jan is doing a great job developing and supporting phoca gallery, and he is doing this all for free!
so it you're not satisfied with the work he is doing, don't use it! otherwise be polite, report the bug as precise as possible and maybe (if you can) try help him finding a solution for the error. i'm sure he is already doing his best to fix this issue soon...

regards,
rk

[hartleyheaton]

Hi

I have just done a test upgrade to 2.5.3 on a local server, before I applied this to my site, and I am getting the same problem - Catchable fatal error: Object of class stdClass could not be converted to string in \administrator\components\com_phocagallery\libraries\phocagallery\file\file.php on line 22. I am running xampp on a windows system as my test machine.

I am using PHP5.2.5 and although I could downgrade this to an earlier version the site is running on 5.2.10 which I can't change. I am running Joomla 1.5.10, Apache/2.2.8.

From the postings it seems that version 2.5.0 would possibly work but when I tried to download this from the download page I get a 404 error and the alternate link only takes me to a download of 2.5.3. Any idea where I can obtain 2.5.0 from?

Thanks

[Jan]

Hi, see:
http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/phocag ... ge_id=3942

(but for now, there is some problem on joomlacode.org, so 404 is displayed while donwloading, I hope it will be fixed soon)

The problem with the error is, there were no changes in this area between 2.5.0 and 2.5.2

CODE 2.5.0 (line 22):
function getTitleFromFile(&$filename, $displayExt = 0) {
$filename = str_replace('//', '/', $filename);

CODE 2.5.2 (line 22):
function getTitleFromFile(&$filename, $displayExt = 0) {
$filename = str_replace('//', '/', $filename);

So I need more information. This code was not changed, please let me know if you have changed some other code, e.g. upgraded the Joomla!, or PHP, or etc.

Let me know by which action this error occurs (which view, after which action)

Thank you, Jan