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FATAL ERROR on enabling extensions in EE2

Brett DeWoody

Posted: 05 May 2010 08:00 PM

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Joined: 2006-11-20
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I’m trying to create an extension for EE2 and get a fatal error when I try to enable my new extension.

The error is:

Fatal error: Call to a member function insert_string() on a non-object in /path/to/expressionengine/third_party/[extension_name]/ext.[extension_name].php  on line 33 

That line corresponds to the activate_extension function:

function activate_extension() {
            global $DB;
            
            $DB->query($DB->insert_string('exp_extensions',
                                          array(
                                                'extension_id' => '',
                                                'class'        => $this->class_name,
                                                'method'       => "add_libraries",
                                                'hook'         => "publish_form_headers",
                                                'settings'     => "",
                                                'priority'     => 10,
                                                'version'      => $this->version,
                                                'enabled'      => "y"
                                              )
                                         )
                      );
        } 

Line 33 is the $DB->query($DB->insert_string(‘exp_extensions’... line.

Anyone had this happen?

Thanks in advance!

-Brett

Brett DeWoody

Posted: 05 May 2010 09:22 PM

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Ah, apparently the EE2 version of this is:


$this->EE->db->insert('exp_extensions',

Problem solved. Documentation for EE2 should probably be updated with this though.

Manuel (DevDemon)

Posted: 05 May 2010 09:38 PM

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The documentation is good
Maybe you where looking at the wrong one.
http://expressionengine.com/public_beta/docs/
http://expressionengine.com/public_beta/docs/development/usage/database.html#inserting

bdewoody - 06 May 2010 01:22 AM
Ah, apparently the EE2 version of this is:
$this->EE->db->insert('exp_extensions',

Problem solved. Documentation for EE2 should probably be updated with this though.

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Brett DeWoody

Posted: 05 May 2010 09:44 PM

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I was looking at the Extension Development docs (http://expressionengine.com/public_beta/docs/development/extensions.html) which gave an example as:

// --------------------------------
//  Activate Extension
// --------------------------------

function activate_extension()
{
    global $DB;
    
    $DB->query($DB->insert_string('exp_extensions',
                                  array(
                                        'extension_id' => '',
                                        'class'        => "Example_ext",
                                        'method'       => "rewrite_admin_home",
                                        'hook'         => "admin_home_page_start",
                                        'settings'     => "",
                                        'priority'     => 10,
                                        'version'      => $this->version,
                                        'enabled'      => "y"
                                      )
                                 )
              );
}
// END 