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Comments Perch App error

Hi I am getting the following message after upgrading perch to 2.8.8 when I go to moderate comments.

Fatal error: Call to a member function return_instance() on a non-object in /var/www/vhosts/horse/httpdocs/perch/core/lib/api/PerchAPI_Form.class.php on line 423

Comments post fine but if I go to edit them in control panel I get the above error.

Having looked at other posts I've checked my comments app was up to date and have deleted, redownloaded app again and updated accordingly. I am also using original comment.html and comment_form.html templates.

Perch: 2.8.8, PHP: 5.3.3, MySQL: 5.1.69, with PDO
Server OS: Linux, apache2handler
Installed apps: content (2.8.8), assets (2.8.8), categories (2.8.8), perch_events (1.9.2), perch_forms (1.8.3), perch_comments (1.1)
App runtimes: <?php $apps_list = array( 'content', 'categories', 'perch_events', 'perch_forms', 'perch_comments', );

Any ideas what to do?
Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley 0 points

  • 6 years ago
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

6 years ago

Can you clarify what steps you're following when you "go to edit them"?
Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley 0 points

6 years ago

I've also deleted all existing comments (emptied table).
Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley 0 points

6 years ago

Go to APPS > Comments > Select Comment

Try to alter anything in the Editing a comment section or even changing Status from Live to Rejected.

Then it fails with that error.

However if I moderate (IE change a listing to rejected) it works, so it appears to be only in the form itself.
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

6 years ago

Ok - but I need to know what steps produce that error because I don't see it here.
Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley 0 points

6 years ago

Under Moderate - Listing Comments (by default it goes to Pending)

I then choose tab ALL

The first comment listed - I can click on the Date which then takes me to URL/addons/apps/perch_comments/edit/?id=1

Anything I try to change in there (Name / Email / URL / Message (HTML) / Date or Status) fails with the message if I click Save. Basically when I post anything in the Editing a Comment form.

Debug message looks fine

Debug Message
SELECT u.*, r.* FROM perch2_users u, perch2_user_roles r WHERE u.roleID=r.roleID AND u.userEnabled=1 AND u.userID=1 AND u.userHash='2b7bafd685016a506fe267c8d718f9b3' LIMIT 1
UPDATE perch2_users SET userHash='6bdb74c11f2cdb63c6ac6cb5da33e022' WHERE userID='1'
SELECT p.privKey FROM perch2_user_privileges p
SELECT * FROM (SELECT DISTINCT settingID, settingValue FROM perch2_settings WHERE userID=1 OR userID=0 ORDER BY userID DESC) AS settings GROUP BY settingID
SELECT * FROM perch2_comments WHERE commentID=1 LIMIT 1
Using template: /addons/apps/perch_comments/templates/comments/comment.html
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM perch2_comments WHERE commentStatus='PENDING'
Queries: 7
Memory: 5.7617

Does that make sense?
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

6 years ago

I think the reason I'm not seeing the problem is because it's already been fixed.

Can you try with the 1.1.1 release?
Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley 0 points

6 years ago

Cheers Drew that worked. Strange thing was I downoaded 1.1-1 before so I have renamed it somehow.....!!! Thanks a lot much appreciated.
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

6 years ago

1.1.1 isn't the same as 1.1-1. The latter looks like a second download of 1.1.
Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley 0 points

6 years ago

:)

I'll buy you several beers if you ever venture up north! Have a good evening.