Warning: Attempt to assign property of non-object

[mercomarine]

I was trying to disable an editor I was trying to use the other day. Not sure if that caused my problem, but ever since then I get an error message that says "Warning: Attempt to assign property of non-object in /home/mysite/public_html/libraries/joomla/html/editor.php on line 309" And I am not able to make edits to at least two fields of my products (name or description)

I have since re-enabled "Editor - TinyMCE" under plugins and also checked to make sure it is set as the default Default WYSIWYG Editor under global config. Still not working.

This is a live site. >>>>>Major problem here as I will need to edit about 600 products here in about a month. <<<<<

I have looked for an answer in the forum, but every time i see something related to my problem, its 4 people saying they have the problem, and no one answering with a solution.

Im using Joomla Version 1.5.23
VirtueMart 1.1.9 stable 
Apache:
1.3.42
Curl:
7.15.5
MySQL
5.0.91
PostgreSQL
8.4.7
Python:
2.4.3
ImageMagic:
6.4.3
Program
Version
Perl:
5.8.8
PHP:
5.2.5
ionCube Loader:
3.1.31
Zend Optimizer:
3.3.3
phpMyAdmin
3.3.10.2
OpenSSL:
0.9.8e-fips-rhel5

[PRO]

DID you disable the tinymyce plugin?

YOu could try JCE editor

[mercomarine]

Thank you so much for your reply...

I have tried it several ways... I have disabled everything except for Editor - JCE. Also disabled everything except for Editor - TinyMCE. Both end with the same results. (get the "Warning: Attempt to assign property of non-object in..." error and not able to save changes to products) Then I tried - after enabling only one or the other - going into global config and making sure it is set as the default editor. Always when I go into global config, the only editor I have enabled under plugins is displayed as a choice, so i re-select it and even though it is already shown and hit save.

Also, I do have a sef component in use. I have tried to disable it and clear the catch. still no positive results.

[PRO]

do you have a backup?

[mercomarine]

Long answer... My host can restore from up to 5 days. But this has been going on longer than 5 days... Other than that, i have old copies of all the site files that I downloaded thru filezilla... Which, doesn't include the database.

Short answer... not a really solid one.

[PRO]

akeebah backup is a MUST , download it.


what happens when you choose no editor?

[mercomarine]

I know, tell me about it. I use to use akeebah but I tried to update it a while back and now when i try to use it i get an error that says "PHP 4.x, 5.0 and 5.1 is no longer supported by Akeebah Backup" Which, I believe is false because my php version is 5.2.5. Then... I never tried to fix it.

I have tried three more things. If i enable every editor, then go thru all the different ones one by one in global config. nothing changes, (by nothing changes i mean I'm still not able to make changes to the products) however, the error message does go away all together in both locations.

The second thing I tried is to do is have all the editors disabled including "Editor - No Editor" still... no changes... and the error message comes back.

The last thing I tried is to enable only the "Editor - No Editor" plug in. The error message goes away from the top of the page, but it still displays between the "Product Description:" box heading and the show/hide button for the description text box. But- Im still not able to save changes to product name, or description

[PRO]

you dont disable the plugins, you choose a default editor

JCE editor USES, and is built on tnymyce

[mercomarine]

Editor - No Editor
Editor - TinyMCE
Editor - XStandard Lite 2.0
Editor - JCE
Editor Button - Image
Editor Button - Pagebreak
Editor Button - Readmore
Editor Button - RokDownloads Link

I have all these enabled under plugins, and when I try to use any of them under global config, nothing works. I did notice if I try to change the product description and hit "apply" the product description box changes to "undefined" (using the Editor - XStandard Lite 2.0) But when I hit save and try to view the changes, it reverts back to what it said before the change.   

[PRO]

is mootools upgrade enabled?

[mercomarine]

It was not enabled, however, I just enabled it and tried to see if it fixed my problem and it did not.

[PRO]

make sure you turn mootools upgrade back off.

ALSO, does this happen in all browsers?

[mercomarine]

Well, Firefox and internet explorer do the same thing. (I use firefox most of the time) In google chrome, when i hit apply then save then go back in to edit the same product, the box i tried to edit is completely empty. However, when I close out chrome and open it back up, everything comes back up. but with no change.

[PRO]

can you edit joomla articles?

[mercomarine]

Yes. I can edit articles, and even category pages inside virtue mart but I can't edit the product name, sku, short description, or long description. These are the only things I can not change as far as i know.

Let me ask you this. I've seen an error in a couple different components (simplelists and Akeeba Backup.)  saying "PHP 5.2.0 or older is not supported" However, I have php 5.2.5. I'm not sure why its doing that but, could this have something to do with the problem I'm having editing products?