Fatal Error: index.php

[SRD001]

Hi,

 

Yesterday I had the error:

 

Error 1054 - Unknown column 'p.products_id' in 'on clause'.

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when loading the page /catalog/index.php. There was a fix here to replace the index.php file.

 

That cured that error, yet introduced another:

 

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/te/tes/test.doig.com.au/public/www/catalog/index.php on line 33

 

I gather "Call to a member function on a non-object" is a common error, yet finding a common solution has not been easy.

 

Line 33 of this new index.php file is:

 

$directory_array = $template->get_template_part($code_page_directory, '/^header_php/');

 

It's been suggested elsewhere that the script may be having trouble accessing the MySQL database.

 

The configuration file is fine. However, the /catalog/admin also displays:

 

Warning: mysql_connect(): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) in /home/te/tes/test.doig.com.au/public/www/catalog/admin/includes/functions/database.php on line 19

Unable to connect to database server!

 

Tips?

[Nullachtfuffzehn]

The first error is caused by a non defined object $template. Don't know if you have deleted any line while fixing the other bug. There should be a line $template = new $something; either in application_top.php or at the very top of your index.php.

 

What goes to the second error, you may check the /admin/includes/configure.php for the correct settings.