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Users are seeing a "Table #__ doesn't exist" message due to an incompatibility in the older version of FOF code with the Joomla 3.x series.

Versions affected

General Information

What is the cause

When a site is upgraded to 3.2, sites which are using extensions which have not been updated that are powered by FOF, now included in Joomla 3.2 as the Rapid Application Development layer.

How to fix

Create a backup, then delete the following files from your site:

• libraries/fof/controller.php
• libraries/fof/dispatcher.php
• libraries/fof/inflector.php
• libraries/fof/input.php
• libraries/fof/model.php
• libraries/fof/query.abstract.php
• libraries/fof/query.element.php
• libraries/fof/query.mysql.php
• libraries/fof/query.mysqli.php
• libraries/fof/query.sqlazure.php
• libraries/fof/query.sqlsrv.php
• libraries/fof/render.abstract.php
• libraries/fof/render.joomla.php
• libraries/fof/render.joomla3.php
• libraries/fof/render.strapper.php
• libraries/fof/string.utils.php
• libraries/fof/table.php
• libraries/fof/template.utils.php
• libraries/fof/toolbar.php
• libraries/fof/view.csv.php
• libraries/fof/view.html.php
• libraries/fof/view.json.php
• libraries/fof/view.php