Version 1.4 Error: [pdb_list] NOT displaying

I’m still trying to figure this one out. Can you tell me if you have any unusual characters in any of your field names?

No unusual characters, only lower case like “member_since”, “avatar”, “degree”, “rank”, “committee”, “office”. And I added a group: “membership”.

BTW, the admin side is working fine.

I got it working now, I deactivated the plugin and reactivated it again.

Now I just need to fix the styles to display the search and sort elements inline rather than vertically.

Thanks for the help.

I am afraid I am having a similar problem. After the update the list function in the admin is not working – I just get a blank screen in the content area. In the front end the error is:
Warning: current() [function.current]: Passed variable is not an array or object in /homepages/15/d346897192/htdocs/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/participants-database/classes/PDb_List.class.php on line 80

My site, which is just development is here: https://s346897203.onlinehome.us/wordpress/obituaries-listing/

Deactivating and reactivating did not work for me.

Is it ok to roll back to the previous version?

Melinda,

Are you using version 1.4.2? If not, you should update. That will solve that warning.

What have you got for your shortcode?

Don’t try to roll back. You can really only do that with a backup because the update affects the database.

Yes, I am using 1.4.2. The problem, whatever is, occurred when my client saw the link in the WP dashboard to update the plugin and happily clicked it without notifying me (until it broke, of course!), therefore no backup exists. The symptoms of the problem are also apparent in the admin because the List Records feature is not working there either.

The other admin features work fine, just not the list records part. I can view the field names, etc.

The shortcode in the page is [pdb_list orderby “surname, first_name” order=”asc” search=”true”]

One thing to note is that while the error is thrown in the front end, the plugin is still seeing records because it provides a count of them and provides pagination.

I made a custom template, now that I think about it, but that was just for single record display. Could this be the problem? I’m not at a place where I can test right now.

If the template’s not the issue, could I uninstall and reinstall without losing the 38,000 or so records in the database? I’m open to your suggestions for the easiest path to recovery.

Lastly, let me just say how much I love this plugin. We were hard pressed to find a tool that was going to work well for our needs and this one fits the bill exactly (even if it is a bit creepy that death records are in a “participants database” – LOL!). Thank you!

One thing I spotted in your code above was you have a missing field/operator/value parameters… Try changing:

[pdb_list orderby “surname, first_name” order=”asc” search=”true”]

To:

[pdb_list orderby=”surname” fields=”surname, first_name” order=”asc” search=”true”]

Hope this helps, Em

Well I’m afraid that didn’t help this problem, but thanks for the info. This is probably a good preemptive strike against a second issue once I get this sorted out.

I also have empty screen after updated to 1.4.2 (well not completely empty, header and page title are there but all page content, also text before shortcode, aren’t, so does the rest of page).

I tried to de/reactivate, un/check plugin CSS use, change shortcode, resave all settings and page, but nothing.
In administration all works fine, only when go to show list it doesn’t works and, of course, if I delete the shortcode, all the rest works fine.

But in my case I tried, before update, on a local copy of the same installation and it was working, so I did on production site.

The only thing (I think) that changes between the two installation is PHP that in local (working) have PHP 5.3.5 and in main site (not working) have PHP 5.4.42.
Could this help?
Thanks in advance

Mac

MacItaly,

You are correct, it’s a PHP 5.4 version issue. I have a fix coming out today, watch for it.

Thanks Xnau,
in my case partecipants Database version 1.4.3 solved the problem with shortcode and PHP 5.4.+ ??
Thanks a lot for quick fix and for this useful plugin.
As soon as I have a bit of time I’ll send you the complete italian translatione.
Cheers,

Mac

I’d Love to get a translation… I know it’s a lot of work!

Melinda,

Did you try the latest update? I believe it will fix your issue.

I tired the update, which fixed the front end error message, however in the admin I get a white content area when I click on “Particpants Database” in the menu and when I click on “list participants”

Can I uninstall and reinstall without losing all my settings?

Thanks!