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Post page refreshes instead of posting, for some content
TheJeremyB:
I have a weird problem with SMF 2.0.2. Sometimes when I try and post something fairly long with some BBcode, the post page refreshes or does not post when you click Submit or Preview. Clicking the Toggle button to go to WYSIWYG does not work when this content is in the box, but it does work when you delete everything.
Here is an example post I've tried making, that will not be submitted, previewed, or viewed with WYSIWYG:
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I've tried disabling the character limit and undoing a little bit of hard coding in SMF (by using Notepad++'s compare plugin to see what is different from the default installer files).
Weirdly enough, I can select one of those three BBcode lists in the post above, click remove formatting, and it will work. I don't think this is a problem with too long posts (I tried a long Lorem Ipsum filler, and it worked). I don't think it is a problem with too many BBcode tags either...I tried posting something with a ton of bold tags, and it worked.
I can get around this problem by directly editing the database, and it works fine, but I'd rather not do that for every problem like this.
I'm only using one mod:
1. Event Registration Mod 0.177 BETA
Which modifies these files:
admin_register_event.php (6953 bytes)
admin_register_event.template.php (2236 bytes)
database.php (4390 bytes)
modification.xml (33909 bytes)
package-info.xml (1137 bytes)
readme.txt (6480 bytes)
RegisterEvent.php (6217 bytes)
TermsAndConditions.template.php (1393 bytes)
Any ideas? I tried different browsers too, but no go. I'm not getting any errors for this. The only error in the last few days is:
--- Quote ---http://ncfhe.org/forums/index.php?action=jseditor;view=0;ba4f9bcd=f72b9ea0add5aba99ab1f383fd606a76;xml2 [nofollow]: str_repeat() [<a href='function.str-repeat'>function.str-repeat</a>]: Second argument has to be greater than or equal to 0File: /home/ncfheorg/public_html/forums/Sources/Subs-Editor.php
Line: 634
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Help :)
Arantor:
FYI, none of those files are SMF files at all. The key one is modification.xml, which lists all the other changes that are made to SMF's files.
Are you sure that's the only mod you're using? The mod doesn't look like it should break anything >_> (It doesn't touch Subs-Editor.php at all, and the other stuff looks pretty straightforward)
TheJeremyB:
--- Quote from: Arantor on July 12, 2012, 10:43:42 AM ---FYI, none of those files are SMF files at all. The key one is modification.xml, which lists all the other changes that are made to SMF's files.
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Ah. I attached modification.xml, then.
--- Quote from: Arantor on July 12, 2012, 10:43:42 AM ---Are you sure that's the only mod you're using? The mod doesn't look like it should break anything >_>
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Pretty sure. Link to screenshot: http://i.minus.com/jkQZcamt3VVWd.jpg [nofollow]
I am using aMember and Wordpress, and all three are somewhat integrated. By somewhat, I mean that I call Wordpress's load.php and display its header over the forum, and aMember just manages the member database (shouldn't do anything with posts). However, I "un-integrated" Wordpress and aMember from SMF manually, and the problem remained.
--- Quote from: Arantor on July 12, 2012, 10:43:42 AM ---(It doesn't touch Subs-Editor.php at all, and the other stuff looks pretty straightforward)
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I'm not even sure that error is related, since I don't get new ones each time I try and fail to submit/preview a post. I first thought that somehow I had some escape characters in my post, but that shouldn't be able to happen.
MrPhil:
If it's only "some" posts (particularly longer ones), check to make sure "Mod Security" has been disabled. Usually that will completely reject a post with a 403 error, but your host may have an odd implementation that just strips off parts of the post, resulting in an error. SMF doesn't need Mod Security.
You're not always getting that str_repeat() error? It's repeatable with the posting you gave above? I looked over it, and didn't see any unclosed tags. The code in Sources/Subs-Post.php using str_repeat() seems to be concerned with closing BBCode tags left open at the end of the post. There is a check for both that the repeat count is nonnegative. Is this just a part of a larger post, where there might be open tags at the end? By any chance did you upgrade from an earlier version to 2.0.2, and possibly Subs-Post.php is still an earlier version? You might want to compare it against a fresh 2.0.2 copy.
TheJeremyB:
--- Quote from: MrPhil on July 12, 2012, 11:23:44 AM ---If it's only "some" posts (particularly longer ones), check to make sure "Mod Security" has been disabled. Usually that will completely reject a post with a 403 error, but your host may have an odd implementation that just strips off parts of the post, resulting in an error. SMF doesn't need Mod Security.
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I followed the guide here to disable it. Unfortunately, I still have the same problem. http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Mod_security_-_Having_problems_with_mod_security
--- Quote from: MrPhil on July 12, 2012, 11:23:44 AM ---You're not always getting that str_repeat() error? It's repeatable with the posting you gave above?
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Nope, I can't repeat the error. It has only occurred once, even when I try using the sub-editor again (FYI - when I tried that post with the sub-editor, the loading bar flashes and then disappears, and nothing happens). I'm worrying that posting it here might have led us off the trail.
--- Quote from: MrPhil on July 12, 2012, 11:23:44 AM ---Is this just a part of a larger post, where there might be open tags at the end?
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No, what I quoted was the whole thing. I tried to find an offending section by trying parts of the post at a time. Everything worked when divided in little sections, but when I combined everything again, the submission failed.
--- Quote from: MrPhil on July 12, 2012, 11:23:44 AM ---By any chance did you upgrade from an earlier version to 2.0.2, and possibly Subs-Post.php is still an earlier version? You might want to compare it against a fresh 2.0.2 copy.
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No, the installation is recent and I have not upgraded anything. I compared Sub-Posts.php and Sub-Editor.php to fresh copies, and Notepad++ said the files match (they also have exact same file sizes).
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