Class 'JString' Not Found

Question

The below error is what I get when I load my site. Can anyone let me know why it's happening. Is it plugin issue or not?

Fatal error: Class 'JString' not found in /home/issyoga/public_html/plugins/content/emailcloak.php on line 67

Answer 1

JString should be loaded by the autoloader. Check if your Joomla installation has the file libraries/joomla/string/string.php and that the file is not corrupt and does not have permission issues. Not sure what caused this in the first place (it might be a corrupt upload or it might be that the file was compromised).

Alternatively, you can just disable the Email Cloaking plugin (although I think you will experience the same problem in another plugin unless you fix the root problem).

A good idea would be to re-install the Joomla core through cPanel - just make sure you delete the images , the installation , and the templates folders from the zip file before extracting it, and make sure you backup your site first (filesystem + database).