WP_query call triggers a fatal error

Question

The fourth line below is creating an "Apache HTTP Server Stopped Working" error in my app. Anyone see anything that stands out?

$cat=get_cat_ID('top-menu');
$catHidden=get_cat_ID('hidden');
$myqueryCurrent = new WP_Query();
$myqueryCurrent->query(array('cat' => "$cat,-$catHidden",'post__not_in' => get_option('sticky_posts')));

This is running under WordPress 2.9.2 The same code in 3.0 runs fine. PHP is version 5.3.1

Answer 1

Scott,

Again, we need to go deeper. It would be helpful to have the actual mysql query that is being generated by the WP_Query object.

Can you put more debugging output into the WP_Query class, in the ->query method.

Furthermore, can you verify that get_option('sticky_posts') returns a comma separated list?

Answer 2

To ease out the debugging - enable debugging mode in wp-config.php in your WordPress root folder - i know i had problems with apache doing silly stuff if i had any error.

When enabled, please verify (as mentioned above) that everything you try to use in your query actually returns stuff