Fatal error while using "Bulk associate categories" from admin side on vm2

[rizecorp]

Hi All,

When i use "Bulk associate categories" by selecting multiple products from admin side, below FATAL error is displaying.
Fatal error: Call to a member function check() on a non-object in /public_html/administrator/components/com_virtuemart/views/category/tmpl/default.php on line 71.

the code on line no 71 is <?php if(Vmconfig::get('multix','none')!=='none' and $this->perms->check('admin') ){ ?> and i have found the problem is with $this->perms->check('admin').

It is working fine when i repleace the $this->perms->check('admin') code with Permissions::getInstance()->check('admin').

But i dont want to do core hack. Please let me know an alternate solution.

Version Details:
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MySQL Version: 5.5.30
PHP Version: 5.3.23
Joomla Version: Joomla! 2.5.14 Stable
Virtuemart version: 2.0.22b


Thanks in advance
Rizecorp

[jenkinhill]

We know that 2.0.22b still had some bugs some of which were fixed together with a critical security hole for the next version., which was 2.0.22c   http://virtuemart.net/news/latest-news/446-important-security-release-vm-team-at-joomladay-germany

Even more bugfixes for the current version, VM2.0.24  http://virtuemart.net/news/latest-news/449-virtuemart-2-0-24-is-available-includes-sofort-banking

I don't know if that one was identified and fixed as your is the only report of a problem.

[rizecorp]

HI Jenkin,

Thanks for the reply, I have upgraded the virtuemart version to 2.0.24 and checked "Bulk associate categories", still the same fatal error is displaying. Any alternate solution without any core hack please.

Thanks
Rizecorp

[jenkinhill]

I have now tested this and crashed out. The solution for the moment is to use your edit in the category default.php in a template override. So make a copy of the file with your edit in place and ftp it to administrator/templates/bluestork/html/com_virtuemart/category/ where it will act as an override. This assumes you use bluestork in the BE. This is not a core hack.

[Milbo]

fixed for both vm2.0 and vm2.1

[rizecorp]

Hi Jenkin,

Thanks for your reply.

I have done the template override as you suggest at "administrator/templates/MY_TEMPLATE/html/com_virtuemart/category/default.php" with my custom edits. But template override is not working for admin template. Still it is showing the same fatal error.

Thanks
Rizecorp

[jenkinhill]

Just edit the original template then. Fix is already in SVN for next minor 2.0.24a update.