jReviews issues caused by JFBC plugin

Andrew,
Alejandro contacted me by email about this earlier. Below is my response, which includes information about our upcoming release which will fix this issue, a minor code change in JFBConnect which can fix it in the v5.2.2 release, and a suggestion for jReviews which should prevent this type of conflict in the future:

The issue is only in JFBConnect v5.2.2. We're releasing v6 next week which will fix the problem. The problem is a PHP error on our part when abstracting out some SQL queries. In the jfbcsystem.php file at line 190 and 198 there are 2 statements that call $db->loadResult(), but the query was never properly set beforehand. To fix, you need to add:
$db->setQuery($query);
Above both those statements.

This is an issue on every site, but JReviews is the only extension others have pointed the problem out on. It seems like in your AJAX requests you are hard-coding error reporting to enabled, which is showing the warning always, even if the Joomla Global Configuration setting is disabled. That seems like incorrect behavior as well as the Global setting would have 'masked' the error (even if that's not a great solution).

I hope that helps explain and that the 'fix' makes sense. If you need clearer instructions on what needs to be modified, let me know. Otherwise, if you can, wait until the v6.0 release in the next few days.

Thanks,
Alex

Glad to hear that helped get you going, and sorry for the issue in the first place. The upcoming v6.0 release (planned for Wednesday) will also have this fix, so you shouldn't run into it again.

As for PayToUpgrade and the plugin you linked to, no, that is no longer available. That extension was discontinued about 2 years ago and was never made compatible with Joomla 2.5+, so it wouldn't work for you at all. It was a great little product, but caused too much support and confusion for it's purpose. I'd recommend looking at PayPlans as I think they have add-ons for charging for groups, but I could be wrong.

I hope that helps, and best of luck,
Alex

Already sent a response. I think we worked out all the questions you had, but should you run into anything else, just let us know.

JFBConnect v6.0 is brand new. It's gone through a ton of testing and, so far so good. I'm sure there will be some bugs and minor things to clear up in a future 6.0.2 point release though.

Thanks,
Alex