I keep getting the following error:
Fatal error: Call to a member function execute() on null in /home/[sitename]/public_html/fc/includes/class_db_handle.php on line 130
This is from the u-Auctions script and I honestly am extremely noob to PDO please help in "DUMMIE TERMS".
if (!defined('InuAuctions')) exit('Access denied');
class db_handle 
{
    // database
    private     $pdo;
    private     $DBPrefix;
    private     $CHARSET;
    private     $lastquery;
    private     $fetchquery;
    private     $error;
    public      $PDOerror;
    public function connect($DbHost, $DbUser, $DbPassword, $DbDatabase, $DBPrefix, $CHARSET)
    {
        $this->DBPrefix = $DBPrefix;
        $this->CHARSET = $CHARSET;
        try {
            // MySQL with PDO_MYSQL
            $this->pdo = new PDO("mysql:host=$DbHost;dbname=$DbDatabase;charset =$CHARSET", $DbUser, $DbPassword);
            // set error reporting up
            $this->pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
            // actually use prepared statements
            $this->pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES, false);
        }
        catch(PDOException $e) {
            $this->trigger_error($e->getMessage());
        }
    }
    // to run a direct query
    public function direct_query($query)
    {
        try {
            $this->lastquery = $this->pdo->query($query);
        }
        catch(PDOException $e) {
            $this->trigger_error($e->getMessage());
        }
    }
    // put together the quert ready for running
    /*
    $query must be given like SELECT * FROM table WHERE this = :that AND where = :here
    then $params would holds the values for :that and :here, $table would hold the vlue for :table
    $params = array(
        array(':that', 'that value', PDO::PARAM_STR),
        array(':here', 'here value', PDO::PARAM_INT),
    );
    last value can be left blank more info http://php.net/manual/en/pdostatement.bindparam.php
    */
    public function query($query, $params = array())
    {
        try {
            //$query = $this->build_query($query, $table);
            $params = $this->build_params($params);
            $params = $this->clean_params($query, $params);
            $this->lastquery = $this->pdo->prepare($query);
            //$this->lastquery->bindParam(':table', $this->DBPrefix . $table, PDO::PARAM_STR); // must always be set
            foreach ($params as $val)
            {
                $this->lastquery->bindParam($val[0], $val[1], @$val[2], @$val[3], @$val[4]);
            }
            $this->lasta->execute();
            //$this->lastquery->debugDumpParams();
        }
        catch(PDOException $e) {
            //$this->lastquery->debugDumpParams();
            $this->trigger_error($e->getMessage());
        }
        //$this->lastquery->rowCount(); // rows affected
    }
    // put together the quert ready for running
    public function fetch($method = 'FETCH_ASSOC')
    {
        try {
            // set fetchquery
            if ($this->fetchquery == NULL)
            {
                $this->fetchquery = $this->lastquery;
            }
            if ($method == 'FETCH_ASSOC') $result = $this->fetchquery->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
            if ($method == 'FETCH_BOTH') $result = $this->fetchquery->fetch(PDO::FETCH_BOTH);
            if ($method == 'FETCH_NUM') $result = $this->fetchquery->fetch(PDO::FETCH_NUM);
            // clear fetch query
            if ($result == false)
            {
                $this->fetchquery = NULL;
            }
            return $result;
        }
        catch(PDOException $e) {
            $this->trigger_error($e->getMessage());
        }
    }
    // put together the quert ready for running + get all results
    public function fetchall($method = 'FETCH_ASSOC')
    {
        try {
            // set fetchquery
            if ($this->fetchquery == NULL)
            {
                $this->fetchquery = $this->lastquery;
            }
            if ($method == 'FETCH_ASSOC') $result = $this->fetchquery->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
            if ($method == 'FETCH_BOTH') $result = $this->fetchquery->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_BOTH);
            if ($method == 'FETCH_NUM') $result = $this->fetchquery->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_NUM);
            // clear fetch query
            if ($result == false)
            {
                $this->fetchquery = NULL;
            }
            return $result;
        }
        catch(PDOException $e) {
            $this->trigger_error($e->getMessage());
        }
    }
    public function result($column = NULL)
    {
        $data = $this->lastquery->fetch(PDO::FETCH_BOTH);
        if (empty($column) || $column == NULL)
        {
            return $data;
        }
        else
        {
            return $data[$column];
        }
    }
    public function numrows()
    {
        try {
            return $this->lastquery->rowCount();
        }
        catch(PDOException $e) {
            $this->trigger_error($e->getMessage());
        }
    }
    public function lastInsertId()
    {
        try {
            return $this->pdo->lastInsertId();
        }
        catch(PDOException $e) {
            $this->trigger_error($e->getMessage());
        }
    }
    private function clean_params($query, $params)
    {
        // find the vars set in the query
        preg_match_all("(:[a-zA-Z_]+)", $query, $set_params);
        //print_r("params" . $query);
        //print_r($params);
        //print_r("set_params");
        //print_r($set_params);
        $new_params = array();
        foreach ($set_params[0] as $val)
        {
            $key = $this->find_key($params, $val);
            $new_params[] = $params[$key];
        }
        //print_r("new_params");
        //print_r($new_params);
        return $new_params;
    }
    private function find_key($params, $val)
    {
        foreach ($params as $k => $v)
        {
            if ($v[0] == $val)
                return $k;
        }
    }
    private function build_params($params)
    {
        $PDO_constants = array(
            'int' => PDO::PARAM_INT,
            'str' => PDO::PARAM_STR,
            'bool' => PDO::PARAM_BOOL,
            'float' => PDO::PARAM_STR
            );
        // set PDO values to params
        for ($i = 0; $i < count($params); $i++)
        {
            // force float
            if ($params[$i][2] == 'float')
            {
                $params[$i][1] = floatval($params[$i][1]);
            }
            $params[$i][2] = $PDO_constants[$params[$i][2]];
        }
        return $params;
    }
    private function trigger_error($error)
    {
        // DO SOMETHING
        //$this->error = $error;
        $this->PDOerror = $error;
    }
    // close everything down
    public function __destruct()
    {
        // close database connection
        $this->pdo = null;
    }
}
 
     
    