PHP ver. 5.3 -PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare date_diff() in

[jami1955]

I'm using v. 1.3.8a with all security patches. I can't afford to upgrade to 1.3.9 right now. I just changed servers, within the same host, so they migrated everything, and all other websites are working. But the PHP version is diff. now, and all pages within the zen cart are giving a blank page, and the error reads:

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare date_diff() in ...(file path) /store/includes/functions/functions_general.php on line 1476

In post http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=141937 it is recommended to install the patches available from zen cart to take care of this error message. I have replaced the file with the file in the php 5.3 patch. I'm still getting the blank page, and the same error.

This is the code in the (new) file in question, lines 1472-1479:

 $date1_set = mktime(0,0,0, $m1, $d1, $y1);
    $date2_set = mktime(0,0,0, $m2, $d2, $y2);

    return(round(($date2_set-$date1_set)/(60*60*24)));
  }

/** 

Does anyone see the problem???
thanks
JSC

[jami1955]

Have had the whole PHP 5.3 answer come as the reason why the zen cart is giving blank pages, had the reply from Dr. Byte to use the patch found here
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=140960

-- thank you Dr. Byte.

I uploaded that patch, in total, double checked all files to be sure they are the right files, and uploaded to the right directories, and the problem still exists. In the original thread I mentioned the file and line # being:
/includes/functions/functions_general.php on line 1476

I have since checked on the original file (from a backup 7 days before I replaced the files from the patch recommended by Dr. Byte) - and lines 1465 - 1480 are exactly the same. There is no difference in this file where the error log is locating a fatal error.

Could it be, there is something more needed here in this file? Or are we absolutely sure that file is fixed? I'm happy if you close this thread also Dr. Byte, but I've been using zen cart since 2006, and despite what is listed under my user name, I'm not a beginner.

thanks
JSC

[DrByte]

You REALLY need to upgrade to the latest version.

[jami1955]

That's exactly what I'm going to do.

One of those improvements (php 5.3) which comes with a pretty high price tag.

[Vger]

One of those improvements (php 5.3) which comes with a pretty high price tag.

Well, look at it this way, 1.3.8a is not secure and 1.3.9h is secure. It just so happens that 1.3.9h works with PHP 5.3.


As for PHP 5.2, 5.3 and 6, well that's just a mess up by the PHP Project:

Normally "deprecated" means "you can use it, but it's not recommended and we will remove it in a later version" but with the step-change from 5.2 to 5.3 certain functions are deprecated but means "it's not recommended and so you can't use it".

They should have upgraded the 5.2 series, with backward compatibility, and left the major changes to the 6 series.

They certainly weren't thinking of the people who actually use PHP (hosting companies) when they made the changes the way they did. I mean by this that with cPanel it's quite easy to offer customers the choice of two major versions (4 or 5), but there's no mechanism for offering variants of the same version (5.2 and 5.3). So hosting companies have to put in place their own side-by-side solution if they want to offer the choice of 5.2 or 5.3

Vger

[cibertienda]

But Now I am having the problem with the PHP 5.3.6, and I have the 1.3.9h version of zencart Installed, Do you have any idea, how to fix it, Does someome knows about a patch? Please reply ASAP, I really need my admin back to work.