Any PHP/MySQL people here who can help me with a Joomla problem?

**JJMcClure** · July 17th, 2012, 3:12 AM

I've been looking for a solution to this problem for a couple of days but I'm getting nowhere. I've just set up a Joomla site but when I try to save a new category I get the error below. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling Joomla 4 times, even tried a different version, and I've done it at root and in a sub folder. I'm now pretty sure this isn't either me making a stupid mistake or a corrupted Joomla file and multiple searches have not turned up a fix. I'm stuck.

If anyone can point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it.

Warning: CategoriesHelper::require_once(\nas37ent\Domains\n \nimbusantiques.co.uk\user\htdocs\new-site\administrator\components\com_content\helpers\ content.php) [categorieshelper.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in \\nas37ent\Domains\n\xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.co.uk\user\htd ocs\new-site\administrator\components\com_categories\helpe rs\categories.php on line 46

Fatal error: CategoriesHelper::require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '\nas37ent\Domains\n\nimbusantiques.co.uk\user\htd ocs\new-site\administrator\components\com_content\helpers\ content.php' (include_path='.;C:\php\pear') in \\nas37ent\Domains\n\xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.co.uk\user\htd ocs\new-site\administrator\components\com_categories\helpe rs\categories.php on line 46

categories.php

Code:

<?php
/**
 * @copyright    Copyright (C) 2005 - 2012 Open Source Matters, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * @license        GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt
 */

// No direct access
defined('_JEXEC') or die;

/**
 * Categories helper.
 *
 * @package        Joomla.Administrator
 * @subpackage    com_categories
 * @since        1.6
 */
class CategoriesHelper
{
    /**
     * Configure the Submenu links.
     *
     * @param    string    The extension being used for the categories.
     *
     * @return    void
     * @since    1.6
     */
    public static function addSubmenu($extension)
    {
        // Avoid nonsense situation.
        if ($extension == 'com_categories') {
            return;
        }

        $parts = explode('.', $extension);
        $component = $parts[0];

        if (count($parts) > 1) {
            $section = $parts[1];
        }

        // Try to find the component helper.
        $eName    = str_replace('com_', '', $component);
        $file    = JPath::clean(JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR.'/components/'.$component.'/helpers/'.$eName.'.php');

        if (file_exists($file)) {
            require_once $file;

            $prefix    = ucfirst(str_replace('com_', '', $component));
            $cName    = $prefix.'Helper';

            if (class_exists($cName)) {

                if (is_callable(array($cName, 'addSubmenu'))) {
                    $lang = JFactory::getLanguage();
                    // loading language file from the administrator/language directory then
                    // loading language file from the administrator/components/*extension*/language directory
                        $lang->load($component, JPATH_BASE, null, false, false)
                    ||    $lang->load($component, JPath::clean(JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR.'/components/'.$component), null, false, false)
                    ||    $lang->load($component, JPATH_BASE, $lang->getDefault(), false, false)
                    ||    $lang->load($component, JPath::clean(JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR.'/components/'.$component), $lang->getDefault(), false, false);
                     call_user_func(array($cName, 'addSubmenu'), 'categories'.(isset($section)?'.'.$section:''));
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Gets a list of the actions that can be performed.
     *
     * @param    string    $extension    The extension.
     * @param    int        $categoryId    The category ID.
     *
     * @return    JObject
     * @since    1.6
     */
    public static function getActions($extension, $categoryId = 0)
    {
        $user        = JFactory::getUser();
        $result        = new JObject;
        $parts        = explode('.', $extension);
        $component    = $parts[0];

        if (empty($categoryId)) {
            $assetName = $component;
            $level = 'component';
        }
        else {
            $assetName = $component.'.category.'.(int) $categoryId;
            $level = 'category';
        }

        $actions = JAccess::getActions($component, $level);

        foreach ($actions as $action) {
            $result->set($action->name, $user->authorise($action->name, $assetName));
        }

        return $result;
    }
}

**akirk** · July 17th, 2012, 3:26 AM

It is falling over on this:

if (file_exists($file)) { require_once $file;

however it should only enter the if statement (to get to the second line) if the file exists...
it is checking - so must be finding the file
gets to line 2 and gives an error saying the file is not there!

it is looking for:
new-site\administrator\components\com_content\helpers\ content.php

there shouldn't be a space in the URL - which might be an issue...
but if that is the problem you need to trace back - the URL is creted above in the $file = line...
and so you need to check what is feeding into $eName
that is above - so what is in $component
$component is from the array $parts
$parts is formed from an exploded version of $extension
$extension is what is being fed into the overall function at the top - no idea where it comes from...

to test whether the space is the issue you can put:

$file = JPath::clean(JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR.'/components/'.$component.'/helpers/content.php');
just after the current $file line (comment out the current file line if you like (// before it))
then re-run

see what happens - if it works, the issue is the space...

Alasdair

**JJMcClure** · July 17th, 2012, 3:54 AM

Thanks Alasdair. I'm looking at the error message in my browser and I don't see a space, it must be something to do with the code box formatting when I cut and pasted it. I've pasted it again below.

Warning: CategoriesHelper::require_once(\nas37ent\Domains\n \nimbusantiques.co.uk\user\htdocs\new-site\administrator\components\com_content\helpers\ content.php) [categorieshelper.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in \\nas37ent\Domains\n\xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.co.uk\user\ht docs\new-site\administrator\components\com_categories\helpe rs\categories.php on line 46

Fatal error: CategoriesHelper::require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '\nas37ent\Domains\n\nimbusantiques.co.uk\user\htd ocs\new-site\administrator\components\com_content\helpers\ content.php' (include_path='.;C:\php\pear') in \\nas37ent\Domains\n\xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.co.uk\user\h tdocs\new-site\administrator\components\com_categories\helpe rs\categories.php on line 46

I tried your suggestion anyway but it didn't fix it.

Is this something that could be caused by a server side issue?

**JJMcClure** · July 17th, 2012, 3:58 AM

eh? The space is there again but it's not when I go to edit the post or when I look at the actual error message in my browser - see screen shot:

Attachment 317

I think the space is a red herring.

**akirk** · July 17th, 2012, 4:44 AM

ah - yes, that is ared herring then...

my suspicions - and difficult to tell without seeing the stuff in real life is that this is probably a paths or permissions issue of some type...
I assume that you have checked the file eists
- check the permissions on it - that they are high enough / can be read - which might be why it sees it, but can't load it... put them for the moment at 777 -file / directory...
- if permissions are fine - then it is probably to do with paths - and that might include how the server is set up...

Alasdair

**JJMcClure** · July 17th, 2012, 4:55 AM

Ok mate, thanks for the help. I'm under pressure from the client so I've hired a programmer, I'll post the solution if you're interested to know what happened.

**akirk** · July 17th, 2012, 4:57 AM

do...

Alasdair

**JJMcClure** · July 17th, 2012, 5:53 AM

Ok, the problem turned out to be caused by the site being hosted on Windows. According to the programmer JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR is broken on the server (no idea if that's common to Windows servers or just this installation, the ISP is fasthosts) there should be two backward slashes in the categories.php file where it references the file path.

So you were right, it was a file path issue and me suggesting that to the programmer probably saved me a few dollars of his time so thanks again