Fatal error message in the forum

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Ron61

I wonder if they actually logged out instead of just hitting the red X in the upper corner if that would help any. I guess my computers are just not seeing what some are as I can't get any error on either with any browser no matter how I try it. I do see that Parse error across the top[ though.

Ron

Well, I could envision the bug being something like this: Upon getting a page request, the server script looks for evidence of being logged in (so it can dun you with ads or not). If that evidence is there, but it is not "timely," or it is malformed in some way, then it chokes on creating certain pages, but not all. So if you request a different page, the timeliness or malformation is then ignored, the page is displayed and you are noted as logged in, and the refresh of the previous tab goes through because the evidence is now timely, or un-malformed. Now, that's just a guess, mind you....

[Ron61]

Patrickt,

I think that you have gotten pretty close to the problem but it could be just floating around and really hard to pin down and get rid of.

Ron

Originally Posted by patrickt

Well, I could envision the bug being something like this: Upon getting a page request, the server script looks for evidence of being logged in (so it can dun you with ads or not). If that evidence is there, but it is not "timely," or it is malformed in some way, then it chokes on creating certain pages, but not all. So if you request a different page, the timeliness or malformation is then ignored, the page is displayed and you are noted as logged in, and the refresh of the previous tab goes through because the evidence is now timely, or un-malformed. Now, that's just a guess, mind you....

[Tom Wells]

Here's a note I sent Brent:

Brent,
Some more data for you about the difficulty of connecting with clubcobra.

If I try to connect using an Apple desktop with either Safari or Firefox, I get the "Fatal error..." message and no more.
If I use an iPad/Safari combo, it connects fine.

If I use Firefox on an IBM PC, same "Fatal error..."
If I use Microsoft Edge on the same IBM PC, it connects just fine.

If you're doing detective work, I thought possibly these data points might help.

Happy hunting,

Tom

BTW, this page I'm on (and most others) have a new banner at the top:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in F:\Inetpub\wwwroot\clubcobra\forums\includes\funct ions.php(5723) : eval()'d code(17) : eval()'d code on line 3

This thing needs to be put in the shop for an overall tuneup!

Tom