Joomla error caused by PHP upgrade? Topic is solved

[GCOchairman]

Help please! ;-) A Google search brought me here. I am not even a programmer but am trying to fix an old Joomla site I have inherited (it's for a skint amateur orchestra with no programmers!). The hosting company just upgraded a very old version of PHP and caused the web site to break. The error message matches this solution exactly:

viewtopic.php?t=967125

I figured out how to switch on Debug and the output was:

"Using $this when not in object context
/home/gcoaber/public_html/zoomla/libraries/src/Application/CMSApplication.php:418

Call stack
# Function Location
1 () JROOT/libraries/src/Application/CMSApplication.php:418
2 Joomla\CMS\Application\CMSApplication::getMenu() JROOT/libraries/src/Application/SiteApplication.php:275
3 Joomla\CMS\Application\SiteApplication::getMenu() JROOT/modules/mod_icemegamenu/helper.php:46
4 modIceMegamenuHelper::buildXML()
5 call_user_func_array() JROOT/libraries/src/Cache/Controller/CallbackController.php:173
6 Joomla\CMS\Cache\Controller\CallbackController->get() JROOT/libraries/src/Cache/Controller/CallbackController.php:45
7 Joomla\CMS\Cache\Controller\CallbackController->call() JROOT/modules/mod_icemegamenu/helper.php:110
8 modIceMegamenuHelper->getXML() JROOT/modules/mod_icemegamenu/helper.php:148
9 modIceMegamenuHelper->render() JROOT/modules/mod_icemegamenu/tmpl/default.php:15
10 require() JROOT/modules/mod_icemegamenu/mod_icemegamenu.php:61
11 include() JROOT/libraries/src/Helper/ModuleHelper.php:200
12 Joomla\CMS\Helper\ModuleHelper::renderModule() JROOT/libraries/src/Document/Renderer/Html/ModuleRenderer.php:98
13 Joomla\CMS\Document\Renderer\Html\ModuleRenderer->render() JROOT/libraries/src/Document/Renderer/Html/ModulesRenderer.php:47
14 Joomla\CMS\Document\Renderer\Html\ModulesRenderer->render() JROOT/libraries/src/Document/HtmlDocument.php:501
15 Joomla\CMS\Document\HtmlDocument->getBuffer() JROOT/libraries/src/Document/HtmlDocument.php:793
16 Joomla\CMS\Document\HtmlDocument->_renderTemplate() JROOT/libraries/src/Document/HtmlDocument.php:567
17 Joomla\CMS\Document\HtmlDocument->render() JROOT/libraries/src/Application/CMSApplication.php:1118
18 Joomla\CMS\Application\CMSApplication->render() JROOT/libraries/src/Application/SiteApplication.php:778
19 Joomla\CMS\Application\SiteApplication->render() JROOT/libraries/src/Application/CMSApplication.php:209
20 Joomla\CMS\Application\CMSApplication->execute() JROOT/index.php:49"

But with zero Joomla knowledge, I wasn't able to figure out the equivalent code change for my site, just by looking at the previous solution. I am hoping however it will be an equally simple code change as that one was. Can anyone help me please?

[Per Yngve Berg]

What version of Joomla? Is it updated to the latest version 3.9.28?

There is an extension Ice Mega Menu causing the problem. Is it updated?

Please use the Forum Post Assistant so we can review your site's configuration.

[GCOchairman]

Yes, it's on 3.9.28.

[GCOchairman]

I'm have the fpa-en.PHP file to upload but I'm reading through the documentation trying to figure out how to upload it! If I don't succeed, is there anything I else I can try in the meantime? Do you think the fix might involve changing more than just one line of code?

[GCOchairman]

The Microsoft "Quick Assist" tool - would that work? It's already built-in to every Windows 10 and I'm used to using it. Ah, except you are going to tell me you don't use Win10...! ;-)

[Webdongle]

Use the Host's cp panel file manager to up load fpa-en.PHP

btw
You can use the .htaccess or a local php file to force a lower php version while you update Joomla.

[Per Yngve Berg]

Is it only the front-end that are failing?

In module Manager, unpublish the ice mega menu module.

Create a new module to show the Menu using the Core menu module.

I found 3 or more extension in the JED name Mega Menu. None of the is Ice.

[SharkyKZ]

viewtopic.php?t=967125#p3547555 but in modules/mod_icemegamenu/helper.php.

[GCOchairman]

I apologise, but I don't understand much of what you are saying and asking. In the older problem that I referenced at the start of this thread, the fix was a small change to one instruction in an index.php file which I hoped would also apply here.

The original programmer (long gone) left me step by step instructions to follow, to update the information on a page. I have always been able to update Joomla when prompted. But when PHP was updated this week, the web site broke and now shows the error messages I listed above. I gather it is because syntax changed between versions and the old syntax doesn't work with the new PHP version? I will continue to try to figure out how to use the Host's cPanel file manager to up load fpa-en.PHP, but it isn't immediately obvious (to me) at the moment how to do this. Thank you for your patience.

Yes, I might ask try asking the hosting company to downgrade PHP again for me, as they upgraded it. But then it won't be obvious when the syntax problem is fixed?

[SharkyKZ]

The same fix applies here, only in different file.

[GCOchairman]

The same fix applies here, only in different file.

Thank you. So the trick is to find the file helper.php and edit that the same way, as in the 2018 posting?

[Per Yngve Berg]

It's path is in the debug with the line number

Code: Select all

JROOT/modules/mod_icemegamenu/helper.php:148

JROOT is where your configuration.php is located.

Did you try to unpublish the module to see if the error went away?

[GCOchairman]

Did you try to unpublish the module to see if the error went away?

OK, I have just tried that and the error went away, but so did the menus on the home page.

Thank you, that's a really good start!

I think I have found the Helper.php file by using cPanel. Scrolling down to line 148, it says:

$xml = modIceMegamenuHelper::getXML($params->get('menutype'), $params, $callback);

Is this the culprit?

[SharkyKZ]

No, it should be line 46:

JROOT/modules/mod_icemegamenu/helper.php:46

https://github.com/dakuzen/mod_icemegam ... er.php#L46

[GCOchairman]

Made the change and republished. But now getting a different error.

The error message is now:

Using $this when not in object context
/home/gcoaber/public_html/zoomla/libraries/src/Application/CMSApplication.php:418

Call stack
# Function Location
1 () JROOT/libraries/src/Application/CMSApplication.php:418
2 Joomla\CMS\Application\CMSApplication::getMenu() JROOT/libraries/src/Application/SiteApplication.php:275
3 Joomla\CMS\Application\SiteApplication::getMenu() JROOT/modules/mod_icemegamenu/helper.php:118
4 modIceMegamenuHelper->getXML() JROOT/modules/mod_icemegamenu/helper.php:148
5 modIceMegamenuHelper->render() JROOT/modules/mod_icemegamenu/tmpl/default.php:15
6 require() JROOT/modules/mod_icemegamenu/mod_icemegamenu.php:61
7 include() JROOT/libraries/src/Helper/ModuleHelper.php:200
8 Joomla\CMS\Helper\ModuleHelper::renderModule() JROOT/libraries/src/Document/Renderer/Html/ModuleRenderer.php:98
9 Joomla\CMS\Document\Renderer\Html\ModuleRenderer->render() JROOT/libraries/src/Document/Renderer/Html/ModulesRenderer.php:47
10 Joomla\CMS\Document\Renderer\Html\ModulesRenderer->render() JROOT/libraries/src/Document/HtmlDocument.php:501
11 Joomla\CMS\Document\HtmlDocument->getBuffer() JROOT/libraries/src/Document/HtmlDocument.php:793
12 Joomla\CMS\Document\HtmlDocument->_renderTemplate() JROOT/libraries/src/Document/HtmlDocument.php:567
13 Joomla\CMS\Document\HtmlDocument->render() JROOT/libraries/src/Application/CMSApplication.php:1118
14 Joomla\CMS\Application\CMSApplication->render() JROOT/libraries/src/Application/SiteApplication.php:778
15 Joomla\CMS\Application\SiteApplication->render() JROOT/libraries/src/Application/CMSApplication.php:209
16 Joomla\CMS\Application\CMSApplication->execute() JROOT/index.php:49

[GCOchairman]

Line 418 of cmsapplication.php is:

$options['app'] = $this;

[GCOchairman]

[01-Aug-2021 17:18:23 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method Joomla\CMS\Application\CMSApplication::getMenu() should not be called statically in /home/gcoaber/public_html/zoomla/libraries/src/Application/SiteApplication.php on line 275

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[SharkyKZ]

Try modules/mod_icemegamenu/helper.php:118.

[JAVesey]

There is an extension Ice Mega Menu causing the problem. Is it updated?

Ice Mega Menu is no longer developed and is no longer available for download from the developer's website.

It will not be compatible with PHP7.4.x for sure.

HTH

[GCOchairman]

There is an extension Ice Mega Menu causing the problem. Is it updated?

Ice Mega Menu is no longer developed and is no longer available for download from the developer's website.

It will not be compatible with PHP7.4.x for sure.

HTH

OK, understood, so it sounds like a downgrade of PHP, for now, and then a redevelopment of the site is the only long term solution.

I truly appreciate everyone's patience and assistance on this. I was well out of my comfort zone and you were extremely tolerant. :)

[Per Yngve Berg]

Can't you use the core Joomla Menu Module?

[GCOchairman]

Can't you use the core Joomla Menu Module?

Thanks Per Yngve, yes I'm sure I could, if I had a clue about what I was doing! :)

[Per Yngve Berg]

https://docs.joomla.org/Help39:Extensio ... nager_Menu