Title: PHP Fatal error
Last modified: February 3, 2021

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# PHP Fatal error

 *  Resolved [Nazar Hotsa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bugnumber9/)
 * (@bugnumber9)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-243/)
 * Hiya,
 * I’m seeing this in PHP error log every now and then:
 *     ```
       PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Exception: could not find driver in .../wp-content/plugins/mailpoet/lib/Models/Model.php:373
       Stack trace:
       #0 .../wp-content/plugins/mailpoet/lib/API/MP/v1/API.php(244): MailPoet\Models\Model::__callStatic('where', Array)
       #1 .../wp-content/plugins/uncanny-automator/src/integrations/mailpoet/actions/mailpoet-addsubscribertolist-a.php(41): MailPoet\API\MP\v1\API->getLists()
       #2 .../wp-content/plugins/uncanny-automator/src/integrations/mailpoet/actions/mailpoet-addsubscribertolist-a.php(32): Uncanny_Automator\MAILPOET_ADDSUBSCRIBERTOLIST_A->define_action()
       #3 .../wp-content/plugins/uncanny-automator/src/core/classes/set-up-automator.php(298): Uncanny_Automator\MAILPOET_ADDSUBSCRIBERTOLIST_A->__construct()
       #4 .../wp-content/plugins/uncanny-automator/src/core/classes/set-up-automator.php(153): Uncanny_Automator\Set_Up_Automator->initialize_triggers_actions_closures()
       #5 / in .../wp-content/plugins/mailpoet/lib/Models/Model.php on line 373
       ```
   
 * I’m not sure if the error is caused by MailPoet or Uncanny Automator?

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 *  Plugin Author [Uncanny Owl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uncannyowl/)
 * (@uncannyowl)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-243/#post-13998771)
 * Hi [@bugnumber9](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bugnumber9/)
 * This error seems to originate from an attempt to get the existing subscriber 
   lists from Mailpoet. The code that the errors refer to seems to indicate that
   Mailpoet isn’t running the latest version.
 * Could you check and confirm that both Automator and Mailpoet have been updated
   to the latest available versions?
 * Could you also check and confirm that there are existing lists available in Mailpoet
   for the action to work correctly?
 * Finally, this error can come from a broken database connection that can happen
   temporarily because of a heavy load. That might explain why it shows up infrequently.
 * Could you check with your hosting provider about any issues that your database
   server may have experienced that coincide with these errors? They would also 
   be able to help with finding out why the database service goes away from time
   to time and what could be done to fix it.
 *  Thread Starter [Nazar Hotsa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bugnumber9/)
 * (@bugnumber9)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-243/#post-14008116)
 * Hey,
 * Both Uncanny Automator and MailPoet are of the latest versions. All lists are
   there too.
    DB connection is fine, otherwise, we’d see other DB errors.
 * Looks like the error happens when the trigger fires, yet the action works fine
   and users get added to the list.
 *  Plugin Author [Uncanny Owl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uncannyowl/)
 * (@uncannyowl)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-243/#post-14009716)
 * Thanks for the update. One of our developers wonders if this might be happening
   when Automator is initially loaded if MailPoet’s database provider isn’t instantiated
   yet. Can you also confirm if a mail service provider was set up in MailPoet?
 * We can’t replicate it on our side. We are wondering if we could possibly move
   this one to our Help Desk system (via any of the forms on our website) if getting
   temporary admin access might be possible to take a closer look.
 *  Thread Starter [Nazar Hotsa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bugnumber9/)
 * (@bugnumber9)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-243/#post-14014685)
 * I was able to replicate the issue.
 * Indeed, you were right – it happens when there’s a problem connecting to the 
   database. It turned out that during traffic spikes the website is hitting resource
   limits.
 * Thanks for the tip!

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 * Last reply from: [Nazar Hotsa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bugnumber9/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-243/#post-14014685)
 * Status: resolved