Help! 0.9.6.2-rc2 has killed my install

I’ve been using rc2 since it was released, however I’ve just come across a major issue which I don’t know how to solve.

All was working OK until a few minutes ago, when I noticed that my file manager path was incorrect, so I went into the config and changed it. I then edited the same path in my user account - at which point I was told to log in again as my data had changed - fair enough.

Now begin the problems! I can no longer get into the manager - I get the message: "Install/update on this site was executed, please login again!"

I’m not running an install or upgrade, I was just using the site perfectly happily! So I tried to view the site - bad news, that fails too!

« MODx Parse Error »
MODx encountered the following error while attempting to parse the requested resource:
« PHP Parse Error »

PHP error debug
Error: Invalid argument supplied for foreach()
Error type/ Nr.: Warning - 2
File: /srv/www/htdocs/sanctree/manager/includes/document.parser.class.inc.php
Line: 877
Line 877 source: foreach ($this->aliasListing as $item) {

Parser timing
MySQL: 0.0066 s (1 Requests)
PHP: 0.0495 s
Total: 0.0560 s

I had a look at the code, and cannot see a property or method called "aliasListing" in that class - and as far as I can tell, the class isn’t inheriting another class.

This bit of code appears to only be used when friendly_urls is set to 1. I went into the database and changed that setting to 0, and the site works, but I still cannot login to the manager.

Any ideas? Can anyone else running 0.9.6.2-rc2 try repeating what I’ve done and see if it’s a global issue, or something strange that’s happened on my install?

Cheers,
Andy

Nope, just tried it, and nothing unusual at all happened.

Try clearing your browser cookies.

I tried restoring last night’s database, and it did exactly the same thing, so evidently nothing was wrong with the database.

I scrapped the install of modx and re-installed a blank site, then overwrote the database with my most recent backup and it all worked!

All I can figure is that something happened on the server to screw one of the modx files up, heaven knows what!

Cosmic rays... gremlins... there have been many times over the year when I’ve wondered why I didn’t go into some other line of work, like scrubbing toilets

Quote from: sottwell at Aug 13, 2008, 09:22 PM

Cosmic rays... gremlins... there have been many times over the year when I’ve wondered why I didn’t go into some other line of work, like scrubbing toilets

Haha me too most days, although I’m sure there are gremlins there too ...