Magento – Magento system.log is filling up with errors

errormagento-1.7

I do not see any obvious signs on the front end of my store however when I enable the system.log and exception.log I'm seeing A LOT of entries.

First, from the system log, I'm seeing the following error (and corresponding code that is being referenced):

2013-06-04T22:55:31+00:00 ERR (3): Notice: Undefined variable: name in /home/XXXXXX/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Page/Block/Html/Head.php on line 55

line 55: $this->addItem('skin_css', $name, $params);

2013-06-04T22:55:31+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: Missing argument 1 for Mage_Page_Block_Html_Head::addCss() in /home/XXXXXX/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Page/Block/Html/Head.php on line 53

line 53: public function addCss($name, $params = "")

2013-06-04T22:55:35+00:00 ERR (3): Notice: Undefined variable: gravdept_filterClass in /home/XXXXXX/public_html/app/design/frontend/gravdept/acumen/template/catalog/layer/filter.phtml on line 38

echo '<li class="'.$gravdept_filterClass.'">
<a href="'.$_item->getUrl().'">'.$_item->getLabel().'</a>';

Then, in the exception.log, I'm seeing the following error over and over:

2013-06-04T23:01:14+00:00 ERR (3): 
exception 'Mage_Core_Exception' with message 'Invalid block type: ' in /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/app/Mage.php:594
Stack trace:
#0 /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Layout.php(495): Mage::throwException('Invalid block t...')
#1 /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Layout.php(437): Mage_Core_Model_Layout->_getBlockInstance('', Array)
#2 /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Layout.php(472): Mage_Core_Model_Layout->createBlock('', 'checkout.cart')
#3 /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Layout.php(239): Mage_Core_Model_Layout->addBlock('', 'checkout.cart')
#4 /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Layout.php(205): Mage_Core_Model_Layout->_generateBlock(Object(Mage_Core_Model_Layout_Element), Object(Mage_Core_Model_Layout_Element))
#5 /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Layout.php(210): Mage_Core_Model_Layout->generateBlocks(Object(Mage_Core_Model_Layout_Element))
#6 /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Action.php(344): Mage_Core_Model_Layout->generateBlocks()
#7 /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Action.php(269): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Action->generateLayoutBlocks()
#8 /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Checkout/controllers/CartController.php(159): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Action->loadLayout()
#9 /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Action.php(419): Mage_Checkout_CartController->indexAction()
#10 /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Router/Standard.php(250): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Action->dispatch('index')
#11 /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Front.php(176): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Router_Standard->match(Object(Mage_Core_Controller_Request_Http))
#12 /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/App.php(354): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Front->dispatch()
#13 /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/app/Mage.php(683): Mage_Core_Model_App->run(Array)
#14 /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/index.php(89): Mage::run('', 'store')
#15 {main}

Any ideas on how to fix these errors?

Best Answer

Answer for one of the errors, having run into it before...

line 55: $this->addItem('skin_css', $name, $params);

I'd start looking for a malformed line in your template layout local.xml, head.xml or page.xml

The Head.php block is being fed a configuration line with missing info.

Typical addCss type CSS load statements are as follows:

<action method="addCss"><stylesheet>css/widgets.css</stylesheet></action>

addItem statements have the ability to use parameters for conditional loading of either JavaScript or CSS.

Typical addItem type CSS load statements in layout xml files look like the following:

<action method="addItem"><type>skin_css</type><name>css/funky.css</name><params/><if>lt IE 8</if></action>

You need to tell it:

the type of addItem
relative path and name of file
conditional parameters

Magento then goes to your current active template skin folder, looks for the css folder and loads the file. Apparently the file name is bunged up in one of the lines which causes Head.php to choke.

I'd run grep from the command line and look for all addItem lines in in the layout folder in my currently active template (paying close attention to the CSS versions and then back up and look for layouts added by third party modules.

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Check for anything in all files, before the starting <?php and if the file ends with an ?>. Remove the trailing ?>. No one needs this.

This error is often raised, because you added a space before the stating <?php

And I think in later PHP versions, they improved the error by adding the information where the output started. Think about updating php to know this.

Magento 1.7 – Fix Currency ‘USD’ Not Found Error

Ok so I am not sure if this is the bug but if you compare the Magento 1.8 and Magento 1.7 versions of the function currency in Mage_Core_Model_Local you will notice a reference to a bug with Zend_Currency

Magento 1.7: Mage_Core_Model_Local->currency

/**
 * Create Zend_Currency object for current locale
 *
 * @param   string $currency
 * @return  Zend_Currency
 */
public function currency($currency)
{
    Varien_Profiler::start('locale/currency');
    if (!isset(self::$_currencyCache[$this->getLocaleCode()][$currency])) {
        try {
            $currencyObject = new Zend_Currency($currency, $this->getLocale());
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            $currencyObject = new Zend_Currency($this->getCurrency(), $this->getLocale());
            $options = array(
                    'name'      => $currency,
                    'currency'  => $currency,
                    'symbol'    => $currency
            );
            $currencyObject->setFormat($options);
        }

        self::$_currencyCache[$this->getLocaleCode()][$currency] = $currencyObject;
    }
    Varien_Profiler::stop('locale/currency');
    return self::$_currencyCache[$this->getLocaleCode()][$currency];
}

Magento 1.8: Mage_Core_Model_Local->currency

/**
 * Create Zend_Currency object for current locale
 *
 * @param   string $currency
 * @return  Zend_Currency
 */
public function currency($currency)
{
    Varien_Profiler::start('locale/currency');
    if (!isset(self::$_currencyCache[$this->getLocaleCode()][$currency])) {
        $options = array();
        try {
            $currencyObject = new Zend_Currency($currency, $this->getLocale());
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            /**
             * catch specific exceptions like "Currency 'USD' not found"
             * - back end falls with specific locals as Malaysia and etc.
             *
             * as we can see from Zend framework ticket
             * http://framework.zend.com/issues/browse/ZF-10038
             * zend team is not going to change it behaviour in the near time
             */
            $currencyObject = new Zend_Currency($currency);
            $options['name'] = $currency;
            $options['currency'] = $currency;
            $options['symbol'] = $currency;
        }

        $options = new Varien_Object($options);
        Mage::dispatchEvent('currency_display_options_forming', array(
            'currency_options' => $options,
            'base_code' => $currency
        ));

        $currencyObject->setFormat($options->toArray());
        self::$_currencyCache[$this->getLocaleCode()][$currency] = $currencyObject;
    }
    Varien_Profiler::stop('locale/currency');
    return self::$_currencyCache[$this->getLocaleCode()][$currency];
}

My suggestion would be to try updating the try catch to match that of Magento 1.8 (I know this is not the best solution and obviously I would not suggest editing the core files but adding a rewrite)

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