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We have set the event to allow 'pay later' option, but when we check 'pay later' in the event registration and continue, the error

Please correct the following errors in the form fields below:

    * Card Number is a required field.
    * Security Code is a required field.
    * Expiration Date is a required field.
    * Card Type is a required field.


is returned. This seems like either a huge oversight, or some silly thing we've forgotten. My error log only shows on warning:

PHP Warning:  Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated in DIR/civicrm/packages/Services/mpgClasses.php on line 163, referer: WEBSITE/index.php?option=com_civicrm&task=civicrm/event/register&id=7&reset=1

any ideas? I have this occurring on two installations, but can't duplicate it on the civi demo site, so it must be something I've missed.

currently using 3.1.alpha, which may be the cause of several problems, but that brings up the biggest problem yet. the upgrade functionality of civicrm is, well.... non-existent. the only references I have yet seen is to data-dump your civi database, uninstall civi, and then install the updated one. I've been avoiding this in the hopes that an upgrade function will be available so that I only have to do this once, and not each time there is a new version.

ross

Hi Donald,

thanks so much for all the assistance and suggestions so far, they've got us into a zone that we think we can narrow down what I've done wrong.

Basically, we have two instances of joomla/civi 3.1alpha running. The live one and a test one. There is a planned upgrade soon, so no fear there. But here is the issue: the test civi3.1alpha is working fine.

Not being all that abnormal, I'm now trying to explain why the live one isn't working. We made a few changes to the code to not require certain fields be required (billing address, for example), but have duplicated these changes on the test server and the pay later still works.

Basically, I have done a batch file-compare on every file under administrator/componants/com_civicrm/civicrm and there are 0 differences. This now leads me to believe I've messed up some data in the DB, perhaps?

Would you (or anyone) be able to tell me if civi events use any other database table than 'civicrm_event' to work out the pay later option? Perhaps payments? I'm having another look through the code now, but I was just seeing if anyone knew this one off the top and save me a bit of searching for it.

Thanks,

ross