Help! Help! plugin has smashed my vb!

[Shanj]

I just tried my first plugin and it's not only throwing up error messages I can't get in my forums at all!

I got the plugin here
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...67#post1102367

I'm on current version vb 3.6.2

What I did---------------

I put in the plugin manager as instructed ----
Product vbulletin
Hook cache_ordered_forums
Title Alpha sort subforums
Exec order 5 [I didn't change this, it says: Use this field to enter the order in which code at the same hook will be executed.]
Plugin PHP code [copied from RHSimard at URL above]

$forumcheck = end($vbulletin->forumcache);
if (!$forumcheck['sorted'])
{
function forumsort($forum1, $forum2)
{
if ($forum1['displayorder'] == $forum2['displayorder'])
{
return strnatcasecmp($forum1['title_clean'], $forum2['title_clean']);
}
return ($forum1['displayorder'] < $forum2['displayorder'])
? -1
: 1;
}
uasort($vbulletin->forumcache, 'forumsort');
$lastforum = end($vbulletin->forumcache);

Plugin is active Yes.

RESULT
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in
/includes/functions.php(2914) : eval()'d code on line 16
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So I made it Inactive.

I thought the earlier version of the code might work better so I tried that.
It seemed to work fine - the page I was on sorted alphabetically which is what it was supposed to do.
But when I tried to click to move page it all went skewiff!
[code I copied to use is on the URL above (by Andreas) but have not copied it here so as to keep post human sized. URL is
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=1102367#post1102367
]

Warning: array_keys() [function.array-keys]: The first argument should be an array in /includes/functions.php on line 3688

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /includes/functions.php on line 3688

Warning: end() [function.end]: Passed variable is not an array or object in /includes/functions.php(2914) : eval()'d code on line 1

Warning: uasort() [function.uasort]: The argument should be an array in /includes/functions.php(2914) : eval()'d code on line 8

Warning: end() [function.end]: Passed variable is not an array or object in /includes/functions.php(2914) : eval()'d code on line 9

Fatal error: Unsupported operand types in /includes/functions.php on line 2972
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Now I cant open my forums at all.
I can open vbportal
but above the header is error message saying

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /includes/functions.php on line 3688

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in public_html/includes/center/activetopics.php on line 51


PLEASE - WHAT DO I DO? Who can I ask to help?

[SCRIPT3R]

your first mistake is using an information written for an older versiuon of vB. second mistakes was not trying this on a test forum first. to fix, disable your plugins and then undo what you did.

[G0F0RBR0KE]

Go to your admin panel and disable the plugin and than unistall it.

[Shanj]

You're right. I didn't realise it was for an older version. The posts were dated this August so I thought it was up to date.

Please are you saying I should pay for a whole second vb install?
That's a bit expensive. It doesn't say anywhere to install two lots.

Anyway I had still got the admin panel open and I disabled each plugin immediately I saw it didn't work.
But I now can't even login to the admin panel to do anything else. So I can't delete them.
But surely if they are disabled they are not being called now?
So it's just whatever damage they did I have to fix?

If I try to login my admin CP I get

Centre page vbulletin dialogue
----------------------------------------------------
Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/xxx/public_html/VB/includes/class_core.php
Line: 3023
-----------------------------------------------------

Above the header (which is the graphic & bg of my vb forum page, not the admin panel)

----------------------------------------------------
Warning: array_keys() [function.array-keys]: The first argument should be an array in /includes/functions.php on line 3688

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /includes/functions.php on line 3688
----------------------------------------------------

[Paul M]

Are you sure your plugins are disabled ?

BTW, you are allowed to run a second (test) forum on your licence as long as it's not available to the public.

[Shanj]

Thanks Paul I didn't know that.

When I last saw the admin panel plugin manager, both plugins were crossed out.
I'd selected Inactive for each one after it didn't work.
I always keep a user page open as well as the CP so when the user page didn't work I weas able to disable in the CP

But ater I logged out I couldn't get back again.

[Paul M]

To be certain, add this line to your config.php

PHP Code:

define('DISABLE_HOOKS',true); 


[Shanj]

Paul thanks v much for helping
I did that thanks.

includes/config.php

now starts

<?php
define('DISABLE_HOOKS',true);

I still get

Warning: array_keys() [function.array-keys]: The first argument should be an array in /includes/functions.php on line 3688

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /includes/functions.php on line 3688

above my login dialogue
and logging in just returns me to the same page

I also ran deplug.php

from

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...=148082&page=2

seems a good script

but made no diff

Seems like it has to be analysed from the error messages it's throwing up.

[Paul M]

Looks like your forum cache may be broken, you will probably need to upload tool.php and use it to rebuild the cache. Alternatively you could log a support ticket on vb.com.

[Shanj]

Thank you I'd like to try tool.php first.
Except I didn't do my install so I don't know where to locate it.

It's not in the root vb folder
not in /includes
not in /admincp
not in /install

Could you tell me the usual filepath so I can get it and replace it in the right place? Thanks.