Strange Error

[aaronfrankel]

I saw this error posted in another thread, but the person cleared it up by running a backup. Since this is my first install I have no such luxury.

I have reinstalled the DB several times. I have set caching to "File", but I still get these errors from the Debugging Tool.

This is from one log file

[15-Oct-2009 12:52:14] PHP Fatal error: Call to a member function Execute() on a non-object in /home/content/a/a/r/aaronfrankel6/html/demo7/includes/counter.php on line 23

This is from another

[15-Oct-2009 14:57:53] PHP Warning: session_start() [<a href='function.session-start'>function.session-start</a>]: Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/a/a/r/aaronfrankel6/html/demo7/admin/includes/functions/extra_functions/product_music_functions.php.LCK:1) in /home/content/a/a/r/aaronfrankel6/html/demo7/includes/functions/sessions.php on line 108
[15-Oct-2009 14:57:53] PHP Warning: session_start() [<a href='function.session-start'>function.session-start</a>]: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at /home/content/a/a/r/aaronfrankel6/html/demo7/admin/includes/functions/extra_functions/product_music_functions.php.LCK:1) in /home/content/a/a/r/aaronfrankel6/html/demo7/includes/functions/sessions.php on line 108
[15-Oct-2009 14:57:54] PHP Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/a/a/r/aaronfrankel6/html/demo7/admin/includes/functions/extra_functions/product_music_functions.php.LCK:1) in /home/content/a/a/r/aaronfrankel6/html/demo7/admin/includes/init_includes/init_templates.php on line 36
[15-Oct-2009 14:57:54] PHP Warning: require(/home/content/a/a/r/aaronfrankel6/html/demo7/includes/functions/specials.php) [<a href='function.require'>function.require</a>]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/content/a/a/r/aaronfrankel6/html/demo7/admin/includes/init_includes/init_special_funcs.php on line 21
[15-Oct-2009 14:57:54] PHP Fatal error: require() [<a href='function.require'>function.require</a>]: Failed opening required '/home/content/a/a/r/aaronfrankel6/html/demo7/includes/functions/specials.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php') in /home/content/a/a/r/aaronfrankel6/html/demo7/admin/includes/init_includes/init_special_funcs.php on line 21

[DrByte]

[15-Oct-2009 12:52:14] PHP Fatal error: Call to a member function Execute() on a non-object in /home/content/a/a/r/aaronfrankel6/html/demo7/includes/counter.php on line 23

Sounds like something's not starting your database connection properly. In your situation, it's likely because you're missing required files from the server, possibly from a failed FTP upload.

[15-Oct-2009 14:57:53] PHP Warning: session_start() [<a href='function.session-start'>function.session-start</a>]: Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/a/a/r/aaronfrankel6/html/demo7/admin/includes/functions/extra_functions/product_music_functions.php.LCK:1) in ...

[15-Oct-2009 14:57:53] PHP Warning: session_start() [<a href='function.session-start'>function.session-start</a>]: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at /home/content/a/a/r/aaronfrankel6/html/demo7/admin/includes/functions/extra_functions/product_music_functions.php.LCK:1) in ...

[15-Oct-2009 14:57:54] PHP Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/a/a/r/aaronfrankel6/html/demo7/admin/includes/functions/extra_functions/product_music_functions.php.LCK:1) in ...

You get the .LCK files when you the check-in/check-out features in Dreamweaver, and maybe when you use their FTP program.
It's NEVER recommended to use that when working with PHP files.
You'll need to delete those .LCK files from your server, either manually, or by clearing your checkin/checkout status on them.

[15-Oct-2009 14:57:54] PHP Warning: require(/home/content/a/a/r/aaronfrankel6/html/demo7/includes/functions/specials.php) [<a href='function.require'>function.require</a>]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in ...

As the error message says, a file is apparently missing from the server.

[aaronfrankel]

I went back, turned off the check-in/check-out features in Dreamweaver, deleted all files in the site, deleted the DB, did a fresh upload of all the files, set the permissions, and finally reinstalled. Seems to have done the trick.

I am curious about this issue with the check-in/check-out features in Dreamweaver. I have used EcommerceTemplates PHP cart for several years now and always used the check-in/check-out features in Dreamweaver to colaborate with my clients and never had an issue because of it. I have never heard of this issue between check-in/check-out and PHP. What is the story?

[DrByte]

Some folders in Zen Cart are automatic-load folders, which load all files ending in ".php".
There's a small quirk in a couple spots where it just looks for the ".php" pattern and doesn't enforce that it must be the "end" of the filename. So some files such as ".php.LCK" get processed too. All of them are fixed in the next version currently in development.