Title: WooCommerce breaking script using wp-load.php
Last modified: February 23, 2024

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# WooCommerce breaking script using wp-load.php

 *  Resolved [chriscarman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chriscarman/)
 * (@chriscarman)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/woocommerce-breaking-script-using-wp-load-php/)
 * Hello! I have several custom PHP scripts that run via cron and they use the wp-
   load.php file via require_once. I noticed a few days ago that they stopped working,
   so when I tried to run one of them from the command line, it generated HTML that
   displayed the “There has been a critical error on this website” message. I turned
   on debugging, the debug.log shows this whenever I run any script that requires
   wp-load.php:
 * [23-Feb-2024 02:22:02 UTC] PHP Warning: class_implements(): Class Automattic\
   WooCommerce\Internal\TransientFiles\TransientFilesEngine does not exist and could
   not be loaded in /home/[*username*]/public_html/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/
   src/Internal/DependencyManagement/ServiceProviders/AbstractInterfaceServiceProvider.
   php on line 34
   [23-Feb-2024 02:22:02 UTC] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected‘
   LegacyProxy’ (T_STRING), expecting function (T_FUNCTION) or const (T_CONST) in/
   home/[*username*]/public_html/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/src/Internal/TransientFiles/
   TransientFilesEngine.php on line 48
 * I disabled the WooCommerce plugin and my custom scripts ran fine. I re-enabled
   WooCommerce and the scripts gave the same “critical error” message. I’m using
   WooCommerce 8.6.1, WordPress 6.4.3 and PHP 7.4. Thanks in advance!
    -  This topic was modified 2 years, 3 months ago by [chriscarman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chriscarman/).

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 *  Plugin Support [Shameem – a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shameemreza/)
 * (@shameemreza)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/woocommerce-breaking-script-using-wp-load-php/#post-17450881)
 * Hi [@chriscarman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chriscarman/),
 * The error logs you’ve shared indicates that the class `Automattic\WooCommerce\
   Internal\TransientFiles\TransientFilesEngine` is not found. This could be due
   to several reasons such as missing files, incorrect file permissions, or a conflict
   with another plugin or theme.
 * Here are a few steps you can take to resolve this issue:
    1. You mentioned that you’re using PHP 7.4. While this should be compatible, updating
       to a newer version of PHP (like 8.1.27) might resolve the issue.
    2. It’s possible that some WooCommerce files are corrupted or missing. Deactivate
       and delete the WooCommerce plugin, then reinstall it.
    3. Ensure that the file permissions for your WordPress installation are correct.
 * In the meantime, you can run a conflict test to help you identify the cause of
   the issue. More info: [https://woo.com/document/how-to-test-for-conflicts/](https://woo.com/document/how-to-test-for-conflicts/)
 * Let us know how that goes for you.
 *  Thread Starter [chriscarman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chriscarman/)
 * (@chriscarman)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/woocommerce-breaking-script-using-wp-load-php/#post-17487108)
 * I’m still having this issue on both of my websites that use the WooCommerce plugin.
   I did the following on my lower-traffic site and still encountered the same fatal
   error each time
    1. Verified that my site is running PHP 8.2
    2. Deleted the woocommerce plugin folder and installed the latest version from 
       wordpress.org
    3. Disabled every plugin so that WooCommerce was the only active plugin
 * The only time I could get wp-load.php to work is when WooCommerce is deactivated.
   When it’s active, I still get this error:
 * > PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘LegacyProxy’ (T_STRING), expecting
   > function (T_FUNCTION) or const (T_CONST) in /home/[_username_]/public_html/
   > wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/src/Internal/TransientFiles/TransientFilesEngine.
   > php on line 48
 * Line 48 of TransientFilesEngine.php is:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       private LegacyProxy $legacy_proxy;
       ```
   
 * This is the only file I can find in the WooCommerce source code that uses the
   string LegacyProxy in the private variable declaration. Other files use:
 * >     ```wp-block-code
   >     private $proxy;
   >     ```
   > 
 * but even when I remove LegacyProxy from line 48 in TransientFilesEngine.php, 
   it still gives this parse error:
 * > PHP Warning: class_implements(): Class Automattic\WooCommerce\Internal\TransientFiles\
   > TransientFilesEngine does not exist and could not be loaded in /home/[*username*]/
   > public_html/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/src/Internal/DependencyManagement/
   > ServiceProviders/AbstractInterfaceServiceProvider.php on line 34
 * At the top of AbstractInterfaceServiceProvider.php, I tried adding this line:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       use Automattic\WooCommerce\Internal\TransientFiles\TransientFilesEngine;
       ```
   
 * Same error. I also can’t use WP CLI to add a user, because I get the same fatal
   error. Anything you can do to help would be appreciated!
 *  Thread Starter [chriscarman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chriscarman/)
 * (@chriscarman)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/woocommerce-breaking-script-using-wp-load-php/#post-17487152)
 * For anyone who stumbles across this thread in the future, the issue was that 
   I didn’t realize that PHP cli was using 7.3.33. When I ran my custom script by
   calling php74, there was no conflict with the WooCommerce plugin. Sorry for any
   confusion this might have caused!
 *  Plugin Support [Shameem – a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shameemreza/)
 * (@shameemreza)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/woocommerce-breaking-script-using-wp-load-php/#post-17487705)
 * Hi [@chriscarman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chriscarman/),
 * I’m glad you were able to find a solution to your inquiry here and thanks for
   sharing it with the community too! 🙂
 * Should you have further inquiries, kindly [create a new topic here](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce/#new-topic-0).
 * Thanks!

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 * Last activity: [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/woocommerce-breaking-script-using-wp-load-php/#post-17487705)
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