My efm directory got zapped

[ljvideo]

Everything but the index.php file in /big/dom/xljvideo/www/efm has disappeared. I've done nothing to cause this.

Yesterday, I could access efm as usual, today, it's a blank web page.

Any ideas..?

[ljvideo]

Nevermind... Remembered that the filter files are located somewhere else, but that still doesn't explain why I'm getting a blank page when accessing EFM.

[Melissa]

Hi,

See if this helps:
http://www.aota.net/forums/showthread.php?t=23258

(PHP was upgraded last night on most servers.)

[ljvideo]

Thanks, Melissa. I see that I've been "upgraded" to PHP5.

[frankc]

Originally Posted by Melissa

Hi,

See if this helps:
http://www.aota.net/forums/showthread.php?t=23258

(PHP was upgraded last night on most servers.)

Oooo, thanks, Melissa! I didn't even THINK of EFM.

[sheila]

I've found a simple fix for EFM.

Thanks to hints in Matt's post here (as I am NOT a PHP programmer) but it turns out the problem is the $this variable.

Here is the fix:

Go to your file
/big/dom/xdomain/www/efm/

find the file
index.php

In that file change all occurences of
$this

to

$this2
(or some other value that starts with a dollar sign and is not the same as $this)

There were 10 such occurences in my index.php file.

I changed them all, saved the index.php file, and now it works again.

[ljvideo]

Yep, I did it based on Melissa's earlier post, and now I can access the EFM manager again.

[Buck]

Huh. My index.php file doesn't contain "$this" anywhere.

[frankc]

Originally Posted by Buck

Huh. My index.php file doesn't contain "$this" anywhere.

Maybe it's an earlier version (v1.15 is the last)?

All three of my EFM installs had that in it. Replacing it did the trick!

[songdog]

This thread just rescued me -- thanks Melissa and Sheila!!!