Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Function name must be a string in C:\xampp\htdocs\em0126\app\code\core\Mage\Core\Model\Layout.php:555 Stack trace: #0

Question

I am facing these errors while accessing Magento folder from XAMPP (localhost/magento):

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Function name must be a string in C:\xampp\htdocs\em0126\app\code\core\Mage\Core\Model\Layout.php:555 Stack trace: #0 C:\xampp\htdocs\em0126\app\code\core\Mage\Core\Controller\Varien\Action.php(390): Mage_Core_Model_Layout->getOutput() #1 C:\xampp\htdocs\em0126\app\code\core\Mage\Install\controllers\WizardController.php(120): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Action->renderLayout() #2 C:\xampp\htdocs\em0126\app\code\core\Mage\Core\Controller\Varien\Action.php(418): Mage_Install_WizardController->beginAction() #3 C:\xampp\htdocs\em0126\app\code\core\Mage\Core\Controller\Varien\Router\Standard.php(250): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Action->dispatch('begin') #4 C:\xampp\htdocs\em0126\app\code\core\Mage\Core\Controller\Varien\Front.php(172): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Router_Standard->match(Object(Mage_Core_Controller_Request_Http)) #5 > C:\xampp\htdocs\em0126\app\code\core\Mage\Core\Model\App.php(354): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Front->dispatch() #6 C:\xampp\htdocs\em0126\app\Mage.php(683): Mage_Core_Mo in C:\xampp\htdocs\em0126\app\code\core\Mage\Core\Model\Layout.php on line 555

score 110 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 01 '16 at 13:02

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Your solution

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Function name must be a string in ... app\code\core\Mage\Core\Model\Layout.php:555 ...

This error was easy to fix because the problem was in the following line:

$out .= $this->getBlock($callback[0])->$callback[1]();

Instead it should be:

$out .= $this->getBlock($callback[0])->{$callback[1]}();

find your detail solution here on below given link http://www.code007.ro/making-work-magento-with-php-7-rc1/

edited Jul 01 '16 at 13:02

Sevle

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answered Feb 26 '16 at 06:00

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It s working fine only, When will add the layout.php $out .= $this->getBlock($callback[0])->{$callback[1]}(); – Elangovan Apr 06 '16 at 12:13
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Worked for me, probably a PHP7 issue – Erik Berkun-Drevnig Apr 19 '16 at 19:29
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Surely a php7 issue +1 – Amit Dwivedi Aug 08 '16 at 06:03
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Works great, thanks! I don't know why that error line is still present in the default Magento installation. Beats the hell out of me. – Vladimir Despotovic Sep 24 '16 at 09:28
Thanks.. It was a great and quick fix :) – Mohit Kumar Arora Oct 26 '16 at 05:56
I am having php 5.6 and was having this issue, and after given solution it is resolved, but now I am not able to login in admin panel, not sure what to do next? – Naveed Oct 28 '16 at 16:56

score 28 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 19 '17 at 06:21

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Its due to PHP7

It's not recommended to edit the core file. We will override it.

Copy this file app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Layout.php into app/code/local/Mage/Core/Model/Layout.php

Change code in app/code/local/Mage/Core/Model/Layout.php file (line # 555)

$out .= $this->getBlock($callback[0])->$callback[1]();

To:

$out .= $this->getBlock($callback[0])->{$callback[1]}();

answered Sep 19 '17 at 06:21

Nadeem0035

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You can create "local" folder and other subdirectories if not present. – Suyash Dixit Jun 02 '18 at 11:34
Thanks really helped me. I wasted 1 whole day trying to fix but this helped me! Thank you so much! – MazeStricks Jul 26 '19 at 05:29

MsC · Answer 3 · 2018-01-19T15:55:34.130

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Changed the line 555 to:

$out .= $this->getBlock($callback[0])->{$callback[1]}();

It works. But one thing I'm not sure of if this is really a php7. I'm running this on my website with same files and configurations on the same server and it's working with no issues without changing that line.

edited Jan 19 '18 at 15:55

answered Nov 25 '16 at 05:53

MsC

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The other site probably uses PHP5, and not PHP7 :) – Vladimir Despotovic Nov 28 '16 at 17:03

score 12 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 11 '16 at 08:50

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Go to app\code\core\Mage\Core\Model\Layout.php line no 555 and

 change $callback[1] to {$callback[1]}

answered Aug 11 '16 at 08:50

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score 7 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 11 '17 at 21:24

it is a php7 issue since when i upgraded from 5.6 to 7.0 i got this error. to fixe it i edited core file (hope a patch will come soon) either like mentionned in other ansewers before or like below:

Go to app\code\core\Mage\Core\Model\Layout.php line no 555

$method = $callback[1];
$out .= $this->getBlock($callback[0])->$method();

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Function name must be a string in C:\xampp\htdocs\em0126\app\code\core\Mage\Core\Model\Layout.php:555 Stack trace: #0

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