Fatal error: Using $this when not in object context (one-page-checkout)

they say they have fixed everything, but when someone tries to go through the checkout process they get this error:

Fatal error: Using $this when not in object context in /public_html/includes/modules/ALLK9/create_account.php on line 413

Please help... :frusty:

if i should post this somewhere else please let me know. my site has been down all day and i really need to get it working asap. it was working yesterday, they did something overnight and that's when the problems started (security errors, create account errors, etc.) Here is what i have been told by my host so far...

I added the following directives to the .htaccess file i your public_html folder:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php5 .php4 .php .php3 .php2 .phtml .htm .html
AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .php5 .php4 .php .php3 .php2 .phtml .htm .html

and

We updated PHP on your server with SUEXEC support by secure reason. It caused the problem.

but someone still cannot purchase an item due to the fatal error noted above...

Thanks.

What version Zen Cart are you running?

this is my live site and it is running 1.3.7.

*i am working on a 1.8.8a test site to make sure everything works before i upgrade.

do you need to log in?

sorry i meant to say that my live site (the one that is down) is 1.3.7 and that my test site is 1.3.8a (not 1.8.8).... :oops:

so the site that is popping the fatal error is 1.3.7.

What happens if you rename this file:
l/includes/modules/ALLK9/create_account.php

to be:
l/includes/modules/ALLK9/create_account.php_HIDE

Does it start working for you?

whoa... weird.:huh:

yep it works now.
first i want to give you a big thank you. :clap:

but what did that do???

what happened?

You appear to not have an upgraded file to match the version that you are running or some other error is in it ...

You might try running something like Beyond Comare from scootersoftware.com on a clean copy of the file and compare it to your file that you renamed to _HIDE ...

hmmmm...

what does that do to my cart? will it still function as normal if i leave that file as _HIDE?

can i overwrite that file with a 1.3.8a file???

here is the code that is differnt from the clean file:

//The following bypasses the Create Account Success page if items are in the cart.
if (is_array($this->contents)) { // if items in cart, then by pass create account success
zen_redirect(zen_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING, '', 'SSL')); // Redirects the user to the "Shipping Information" part of the checkout (more streamlined).
} else { // no items in cart to show create account success page
zen_redirect(zen_href_link(FILENAME_CREATE_ACCOUNT_SUCCESS, '', 'SSL')); // Original line of code that redirects the user to the "create account success" page. Adds another step to the checkout process, and is not needed for a mroe streamlined approach.
}
// *******************************************************************************

It was working just fine... what do you think is the problem in the code?

gsdcypher:

they say they have fixed everything, but when someone tries to go through the checkout process they get this error:

Fatal error: Using $this when not in object context in /home/allk9/public_html/includes/modules/ALLK9/create_account.php on line 413

Please help... :frusty:

gsdcypher:

here is the code that is differnt from the clean file:

//The following bypasses the Create Account Success page if items are in the cart.
if (is_array($this->contents)) { // if items in cart, then by pass create account success
zen_redirect(zen_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING, '', 'SSL')); // Redirects the user to the "Shipping Information" part of the checkout (more streamlined).
} else { // no items in cart to show create account success page
zen_redirect(zen_href_link(FILENAME_CREATE_ACCOUNT_SUCCESS, '', 'SSL')); // Original line of code that redirects the user to the "create account success" page. Adds another step to the checkout process, and is not needed for a mroe streamlined approach.
}
// *******************************************************************************

It was working just fine... what do you think is the problem in the code?

According to the error message you first reported, the $this->content is the problem referenced.

One of your addons/contributions has likely added some extra code to the file, but you're missing a dependency from elsewhere for one reason or another.

any ideas on how to find and fix?

would it be something in the CHECKOUT_SHIPPING or CREATE_ACCOUNT _SUCCESS files???

the crazy thing is that all of this was working just fine until the host made some changes (as noted).

I would imagine that you're dealing with a similar problem to this thread where the same create-account error was mentioned:
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=89428

Seems they're using a one-page-checkout addon that was causing them similar grief.

NOTE: Moved relevant posts to new thread in Contributions area