Title: [Plugin: Countdown Timer] Fatal error
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Countdown Timer] Fatal error

 *  [Jon Scaife](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonscaife/)
 * (@jonscaife)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-countdown-timer-fatal-error/)
 * I’ve been using the plugin for a while without issue, but when I tried to add
   an event today it threw an error. I tried deactivating and removing and reinstalling
   but I get the following error in the settings page…
 * Fatal error: Fergcorp_Countdown_Timer::events_meta_box() [[fergcorp-countdown-timer.events-meta-box](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-countdown-timer-fatal-error/fergcorp-countdown-timer.events-meta-box?output_format=md)]:
   The script tried to execute a method or access a property of an incomplete object.
   Please ensure that the class definition "Fergcorp_Countdown_Timer_Event" of the
   object you are trying to operate on was loaded _before_ unserialize() gets called
   or provide a __autoload() function to load the class definition in fergcorp_countdownTimer.
   php on line 388
 * Any advice?
    Cheers
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/countdown-timer/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/countdown-timer/)

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 *  Plugin Author [fergbrain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fergbrain/)
 * (@fergbrain)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-countdown-timer-fatal-error/#post-2862565)
 * [@jonscaife](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonscaife/): Hmm…not sure what
   the issue is. What version of PHP and WP are you using?
 *  Thread Starter [Jon Scaife](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonscaife/)
 * (@jonscaife)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-countdown-timer-fatal-error/#post-2862588)
 * wordpress 3.4.1 with PHP 5.3.8
 * I updated earlier today and the error went away (with no events listed) but as
   soon as I add an event the error returns
 * my suspicion is a database issue – what tables / entries does the plugin create?
 *  Plugin Author [fergbrain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fergbrain/)
 * (@fergbrain)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-countdown-timer-fatal-error/#post-2862589)
 * [@jonscaife](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonscaife/): I just tried with
   a fresh installation of Countdown Timer using WordPress 3.4.1 and PHP 5.3.13 
   and had no problems. Can you try deleting and reinstalling the pluggin using 
   the WordPress Dashboard?
 *  Thread Starter [Jon Scaife](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonscaife/)
 * (@jonscaife)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-countdown-timer-fatal-error/#post-2862596)
 * I’ve done that – including deleting all the files (and the folder) and then reinstalling.
   the error comes back. hence my wondering about a database issue?
 *  Plugin Author [fergbrain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fergbrain/)
 * (@fergbrain)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-countdown-timer-fatal-error/#post-2862597)
 * [@jonscaife](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonscaife/): Did you delete 
   the folder manually or use the “Delete” button from within the WordPress Dashboard?
 * It’s important that you use the Delete button from the WordPress dashboard because
   that clears out the database settings for the plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [Jon Scaife](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonscaife/)
 * (@jonscaife)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-countdown-timer-fatal-error/#post-2862598)
 * Used the delete button and then confirmed the delete via ftp.
 * I’ve just discovered that turning off W3TC resolves the issue. So its a compatibility
   issue. At least I can work around it by temporarily disabling W3TC
 * Cheers
 *  Plugin Author [fergbrain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fergbrain/)
 * (@fergbrain)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-countdown-timer-fatal-error/#post-2862599)
 * Oooh! Interesting! I’ll take a look.

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