I overwrote the whole core folder with all smarty files, and no, no change ..

what could it be? please help.

Thank you so much.

are the files in template_c supposed to have such strange names ...

templates_c/%%22^222^222153D0%%db%3Asystem_block_user.html.php?

sorry ... did you receive my last 'quick reply?'.

I overwrote the whole folder, as no change.

What could it be ...?

Thank you so much for your help.
Lilian

What version of XOOPS are you using?

I just found this online .. could this be the problem?

Notice: Only variable references should be returned by reference in ", what's wrong?

Most probably you are running PHP 4.4.0+ and use the PHP Zend Optimizer (see phpinfo). This is a Zend Optimizer bug. See http://gallery.menalto.com/node/36605#comment-133101 for some explanations.

Solution: Use a newer Zend Optimizer version, e.g. ZendOptimizer-2.6.2 or later versions.

If you run PHP 4.4.0 but don't use the Zend Optimizer, then most probably you're using a G2 version which is older than G2 Beta 4. You should upgrade to the latest stable release of G 2.0.

If you or your host is unwilling to disable or upgrade the Zend Optimizer to a fixed version or change the PHP version, there's a workaround (solution discovered by Mark Scott, 13/10/2005, "I've found that removing optimization pass 1 removes the notices caused by optimizing away the variable that should be referenced and returned.") In php.ini replace:

zend_optimizer.optimization_level=15
with:
zend_optimizer.optimization_level=14

what do you think, is this fixable?

Please provide your version of Xoops, PHP, MySQL and server information if you have it.

I sent you a PM

Dana