Critial fail if lib not installed.
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<p>After applying the patch you left for the Mediafield module (<a href="http://drupal.org/node/144674">http://drupal.org/node/144674</a>), i would get a critical fail when trying to edit any node with a mediafield on it.</p>
<p><code>Fatal error: Class 'getID3' not found in .../sites/all/modules/getid3/getid3.module on line 59</code></p>
<p>The problem is 2 fold, first </p>
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<pre><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/**<br> * Loads the getID3 library once and returns whether it was successfully loaded.<br> * <br> * @return<br> * Boolean indicating if the library was loaded <br> */<br></span><span style="color: #007700">function </span><span style="color: #0000BB">getid3_load</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$display_warning </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">TRUE</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br> @(include_once(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">getid3_get_path</span><span style="color: #007700">() .</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'/getid3/getid3.php'</span><span style="color: #007700">)) or </span><span style="color: #0000BB">_getid3_library_not_found</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$display_warning</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$version </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">GETID3_VERSION</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br> return !empty(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$version</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br>}<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span></span></pre></div>
<p>The line "return !empty($version);" will never return false (on my install of php at least) as even if GETID3_VERSION was not set by getid3.php it will be "GETID3_VERSION" and so never empty, a better check is "return ($version != 'GETID3_VERSION');"</p>
<p>Part 2 is that this variable returned from getid3_load() is never used by getid3_instance()</p>
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<pre><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br> <br></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/**<br> * Create and initialize an instance of getID3 class.<br> */<br></span><span style="color: #007700">function &</span><span style="color: #0000BB">getid3_instance</span><span style="color: #007700">() {<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">getid3_load</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$id3 </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">getID3</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$id3</span><span style="color: #007700">-> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">option_md5_data </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">true</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$id3</span><span style="color: #007700">-> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">option_md5_data_source </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">true</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$id3</span><span style="color: #007700">-> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">encoding </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'UTF-8'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br> return </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$id3</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br>}<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span></span></pre></div>
<p>this should instead be </p>
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<pre><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br> <br></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/**<br> * Create and initialize an instance of getID3 class.<br> */<br></span><span style="color: #007700">function &</span><span style="color: #0000BB">getid3_instance</span><span style="color: #007700">() {<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$id3 </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">null</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br> if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">getid3_load</span><span style="color: #007700">()) {<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$id3 </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">getID3</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$id3</span><span style="color: #007700">-> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">option_md5_data </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">true</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$id3</span><span style="color: #007700">-> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">option_md5_data_source </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">true</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$id3</span><span style="color: #007700">-> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">encoding </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'UTF-8'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br> }<br> return </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$id3</span><span style="color: #007700">; <br>}<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span></span></pre></div>
<p>I've attached a patch to this effect.</p>
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