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Fatal Error on FTP Install

Posted: August 3, 2012 at 10:48 am


Julie Tate

August 3, 2012 at 10:48 am

Hello,

I am upgrading to the latest version of Event Espresso, and after uploading the ‘event-espresso’ directory via FTP, and ensuring that the older version of Event Espresso is deleted, I receive a “Fatal Error” when I try to activate the plugin.

Fatal error: Only variables can be passed by reference in /hermes/waloraweb045/b2449/moo.samwolcottcom/julietateministries-com/wp-content/plugins/event-espresso/includes/functions/database_install.php on line 191

Please guide me towards a solution, Julie

  • This topic was modified 11 years, 8 months ago by  Julie Tate.


Josh

  • Support Staff

August 3, 2012 at 10:56 am

Which version of PHP is installed on the server? The Event Espresso requirements check plugin should be able to report the version number if you do not know off hand: https://eventespresso.com/requirements/


Julie Tate

August 3, 2012 at 11:26 am

Running PHP version 5.3.13. The only warning I received was related to MySQL:


Your version
5.0.91-log
WARNING
The recommended version of MySQL is 5.5 or higher.


Josh

  • Support Staff

August 3, 2012 at 11:42 am

Please send WordPress admin level log in credentials via the contact form on this page: https://eventespresso.com/contact/

Select the “I am sending login info as requested” department form.


Julie Tate

August 3, 2012 at 11:59 am

Login info just sent.


Josh

  • Support Staff

August 3, 2012 at 12:05 pm

Can you send FTP credentials via the same form. Thanks!


Julie Tate

August 3, 2012 at 12:23 pm

FTP credentials have been sent.


Josh

  • Support Staff

August 3, 2012 at 12:54 pm

Can you try resending the FTP creds? We only received the WP creds.


Julie Tate

August 3, 2012 at 1:02 pm

It has been resent. If it’s not received please email me: samwolcott (at) gmail (dot) com


Josh

  • Support Staff

August 3, 2012 at 1:16 pm

We got it. Which version number are you updating from?


Julie Tate

August 3, 2012 at 1:23 pm

I deleted the old version but I believe it was somewhere in 3.0


Julie Tate

August 3, 2012 at 1:25 pm

It hasn’t been updated since September 2011


Josh

  • Support Staff

August 3, 2012 at 1:34 pm

It looked like it hadn’t been updated in about a year. Going from 3.0 to 3.1.25 is quite a jump. It might be better to clear out the event data tables from last year. Is that a viable option?


Josh

  • Support Staff

August 3, 2012 at 2:05 pm

The plugin is installed now. I removed the contents of the function that threw the error. It was trying to a write a registration cancelled shortcode to the cancellation page. This can be done manually.

The issue now is the options are not saving correctly. Did you make a backup of the database before updating?


Julie Tate

August 3, 2012 at 2:56 pm

Database is backed up… It’s definitely viable to clear out the event tables if needed. Let me know what I need to do.


Josh

  • Support Staff

August 3, 2012 at 3:14 pm

Since the options are not being saved, I think the trouble is in the wp_options table. You might try this first:
Deactivate Event Espresso, then restore the database to the point before updating. Then re-activate Event Espresso.

The event tables can be cleared out by deleting any of the tables that have the word ‘events’ in them via phpmyadmin.

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Julie Tate

August 3, 2012 at 3:33 pm

Clearing out the wp_options fields with “events” seemed to work. Thanks for the help.

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