[2.4.6] PHP Fatal Error - Categories

The error is:

Fatal error: Call to a member function get_permanent_url() on a non-object in /home/mydomain/public_html/inc/skins/_skin.funcs.php on line 139

The URL string that creates the error is:

http://www.mydomain.com/index.php?blog=1&cat=1

WHEN the category number is not valid. If the category ID is valid, you don't get the error.

I've tested it with Category URLs on "Use extra-path: category path" and also "Use param: cat ID" - the error occurs on both options.

I suspect that bots are trolling and setting off the error, but shouldn't it go to a 404 or similar, rather than creating a fatal error?

sam2kb wrote:

http://forums.b2evolution.net//viewtopic.php?t=20048 ;)

Thanks, but I tried that. It threw even more errors.

I'm on version 2.4.6 and that fix is for 3.3.2

Check the "Make canonical" option under "Category pages" on the SEO tab
Or uncheck "Meta description" in the same section

sam2kb wrote:

Check the "Make canonical" option under "Category pages" on the SEO tab
Or uncheck "Meta description" in the same section

Already done.

I believe the code is enough different between the two versions for the fix you linked to not work in 2.4.6.

I'm not a php coder or I'd try to figure it out myself.

Thank you very much! I found this thread extremely helpful!

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