Module development and code questions

I've tried updating a few modules to the new forms_api now, and I get stuck at the same point every time. I update all the arrays, set up the new hook, and every time I end up with the following error:
Fatal error: Cannot create references to/from string offsets nor overloaded objects in $my_drupal_dir/includes/form.inc on line 312

Here's an example of an update of the forms_api for the Donations module:
<?php
// Implementation of hook_settings()
function donations_settings()
{
$url_donorge = D_URL_DONORGE;
$donorge = "Donorge";
global $base_url;
$site_name = variable_get('site_name', 'drupal');

$form["donorge_default_item_id"] = array(
'#type' => 'textfield',
'#title' => "What is the item ID of your donation item as listed on Donorge?",
'#default_value' => variable_get('donorge_default_item_id', 1),
'#size' => 10,
'#maxlength' => 10,
'#description' => "",
);

$d_adminblock = l("enable a donation block", "admin/block");
$default_block_subject = variable_get('donorge_block_subject', "support $site_name");
$output .= "Optionally you can $d_adminblock which will make it allot easier for your visitors to donate to your item via your own site. Typically you should always enable the donation block on your site unless you want to manually take care of the donation button on your site.";
$form["donorge_block_subject"] = array(
'#type' => 'textfield',
'#title' => "Title of the donation block (optional)",
'#default_value' => variable_get('donorge_block_subject', $default_block_subject),
'#size' => 40,
'#maxlength' => 80,
'#description' => "",
);

$form["donorge_block_text"] = array(
'#type' => 'textarea',
'#title' => "This text appears on top of the donation button in the donations block (optional)",
'#default_value' => $default_block_text,
'#cols' => 64,
'#rows' => 8,
'#description' => "",
);

for($i = 1; $i < 19; $i++)
$options[] = $i;
$form["donorge_button_id"] = array(
'#type' => 'select',
'#title' => "Select the look of the donation button",
'#default_value' => variable_get('donorge_button_id', 1),
'#options' => $options,
'#description' => "",
);

$output .= "

";
}
$output .= "

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Hello,

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As you probably all know, I developed my own node_article_update($node) that does all the right stuff.

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Hi Drupalers,

I've got my form setup for modifying a user profile such that all the information that is driven by the profile module is showing up under the default secondary local task. ie: the user does not have to click on the sub links when editing their info...from http://foobar/user/12/edit.

My problem is that I can't seem to get the information back into the database...I've used hook_form_alter on the 'user_edit' form_id to modify the form. I'm able to get all the default_values into each field. I'm then tried using hook_user to simulate the action that takes place when the user hits 'save my settings'

Can anyone provide any help?? Here is my hook_user function. I've added the drupal_set_message function and what is odd is that when I attempt to save my settings the only output I get is "For 12, a load operation was invoked.
For , a categories operation was invoked.
For 12, a load operation was invoked.
For 12, a form operation was invoked.
For , a validate operation was invoked. "

is this expected???


function mymodule_user($type, &$edit, &$user, $category = NULL) {
// print "$type";
drupal_set_message("For $user->uid, a $type operation was invoked.");
switch ($type) {
case 'update':
case 'insert':
printArray($edit);
return profile_save_profile($edit, $user, $category);
break;
case 'validate':

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