Details
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Type:
Bug
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Status: Done/Fixed
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Priority:
Major
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Resolution: Fixed/Completed
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Affects Version/s: 4.4.4, 4.4.5
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Fix Version/s: 4.5
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Component/s: None
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Labels:None
Description
After upgrading to Joomla 3.3, I now receive the following error from PHP when attempting to run cron jobs via the CLI:
"PHP Fatal error: Class 'JRegistry' not found in <site root>/libraries/joomla/factory.php"
This same error occurs when running it using <mysite>/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/bin/cron.php?name=someuser&pass=somepass&key=somekey .
The issue has been resolved by adding a few lines to /administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/CRM/Utils/System/Joomla.php .
Towards the bottom of this file is a function called 'loadJoomlaBootstrap' where you will find this block of code:
// Get the framework.
if (file_exists($joomlaBase . '/libraries/import.legacy.php'))
Add another block underneath that to include <root>/libraries/cms.php from the Joomla framework:
if (file_exists($joomlaBase . '/libraries/cms.php'))
{ require $joomlaBase . '/libraries/cms.php'; }This is the file that contains pointers from the old legacy classes that Civi uses, to the new classes used by J3.3. This is a hack, and Civi really needs to be updated to use the new classes, but this works for now - in the medium term. Those legacy pointers will likely get removed at some point.
I should also note that I have personally tested this fix only on 4.4.5, though it would likely solve it on 4.4.4 as well.
There's a discussion on this at http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/topic,32620.msg139188.html .
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what's a PR?
Casper: A PR (Pull Request), is the process that you use to request that changes to your local git repository of CiviCRM be merged with the project repository.
You can check out all the instructions for setting up that environment here: http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC44/Github+for+CiviCRM
If that's something you're not comfortable getting up to speed with right now, you can attach a text version of the Joomla.php file to this issue and I'll do the PR.
Good to know for next time. For now, I have already implemented this change in our production environment, and we're not using Git on CiviCRM just yet. Bit hard to do with code residing in both /administrator and /components in Joomla. I imagine this would be more straightforward in Drupal, where all code would be within a single module directory. For now I will attach a text version, once I figure out how to attach a file..
this is for /administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/CRM/Utils/System/Joomla.php - CiviCRM version 4.4.5.
p.s. my attachment includes my own personal "plethora mod" comment... you can of course take that out! I forgot to.
Casper: No worries. I actually added that the require at a slightly different place in the file, which is already checking for JVersion > 3.0. Thanks for getting it figured out.
casper:
can you please create a PR aginst our git repository with the above changes. Would be good to test and ensure it does work with J3.2 and J2.5
thnax