Magento Warning: PDO::quote() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given in

Looks like there are a few people having the same issue I was having with Magento regarding the “Warning: PDO::quote() expects parameter 1 to be string…” error after updating to 1.4. Have no fear! There is a quick solution if you check the block code for the list Magento has created.

1. Navigate to app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Block/Product/List.php (There is a proper way to do this by over-riding the function using app/code/local directory but I’m assuming this will be fixed in the next release)
2. On line 65 you will see:

   // if this is a product view page
   if (Mage::registry('product')) {
   	// get collection of categories this product is associated with
   	$categories = Mage::registry('product')->getCategoryCollection()
   		->setPage(1, 1)
   		->load();
   	// if the product is associated with any category
   	if ($categories->count()) {
   		// show products from this category
   		$this->setCategoryId(current($categories->getIterator()));
   	}
   } 
   

3. Remove this block of code
4. Voila. It’s working