HTTP 500's prevent any sort of interaction w/the system

[zamoose]

I can't get past the front page. All pageloads result in

[Mon Mar 05 13:46:52 2012] [error] [client 10.128.44.192] PHP Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /var/www/html/cake/libs/cache/file.php on line 248 [Mon Mar 05 13:46:52 2012] [error] [client 10.128.44.192] PHP Fatal error: Call to a member function cd() on a non-object in /var/www/html/cake/libs/cache/file.php on line 248

Server is running RedHat Enterprise 6.2. PHP is 5.3.3. httpd is 2.2.15.

Any ideas?

[zamoose]

Looks like this is related to the fact that you HAVE to set your timezone in PHP 5.3+ for CakePHP:

http://cakephp.lighthouseapp.com/projects/42648/tickets/672-call-to-a-member-function-cd-on-a-non-object

Weird requirement.

[Datawalke]

Weird!

I will look into moving a date setting into the main config of the application to prevent this confusion in the future.

Did this fix the issue for you?

Thank you @zamoose

[zamoose]

Still erroring, just in a different way now. grin

That's what we call "progress".

[zamoose]

Now I'm just getting garbage:

css('install.css');?> image('coordino_logo.png');?> flash(); ?>

[zamoose]

As I suspected -- you HAVE to have

short_open_tag = On.

That seems... suboptimal. Is this the case for ALL CakePHP apps?