Problem after upgrade

[cldickerson]

I know this is something simple and that it has to do with UTF8 but don't know what to do. I am receiving errors such as:

PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  utf8 in /public_html/smf/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1264
PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  server in /public_html/smf/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1284

Can anyone help?

[cldickerson]

Here's an example of more errors. All occur in Subs-post:

PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  server in /public_html/smf/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 631
PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  utf8 in /public_html/smf/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1262
PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  utf8 in /public_html/smf/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1264
PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  server in /public_html/smf/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1284
PHP Warning:  preg_replace() [<a href='function.preg-replace'>function.preg-replace</a>]: Compilation failed: invalid UTF-8 string at offset 8 in /public_html/smf/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1284

C'mon guys. There's got to be something wrong with Subs-post...

[Nick Whetstone]

Do you have any Mods installed?

[cldickerson]

I had the Visual Warning mod installed before the upgrade. Would that have caused the problem. What do I need to do to correct it?

Tks

[tyty1234]

Can you please attach your Subs-Post.php file, and tell us what version of PHP you are running on your site?

[H]

You can find the PHP version in Admin area > Support and Credits

[cldickerson]

Hello,

Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. I've been out of town and didn't have a chance to respond. I am running PHP: 5.2.11 on a Hostgator server. I have attached my Subs-post.php file and my error log from the past couple of days.

Thank you!

[BUroKHUli]

hi, i don't mean to troll but i also got problems with my upgrade. some text are not showing on the drop down menus and when you register, the okay button is weird.

[tyty1234]

@cldickerson:
Everything looks like they're in order there. It might be the Load.php file. Can you please attach that file as well?

[cldickerson]

Yes, thank you. It is attached.

Claude

[searchgr]

I have almost the same errors.

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=356968.msg2429568#msg2429568

Did you manage to solve the problem?

[cldickerson]

Hi,

Nope, still waiting for a reply. The problem is still there... 

[searchgr]

any other mods installed? My forum is charset=ISO-8859-1".

[cldickerson]

I had the "Visual Warning" mod installed before the upgrade but I think it was overwritten.

[searchgr]

It's overwritten. You don't have any mods now? Is your forum a utf-8 encoded? These errors are appearing almost every day at the same time (13:00). I try to find what does this means....

[cldickerson]

I've installed no mods since the upgrade. I never noticed the times the errors were occurring but it appears they are all occurring at midnight 00.00.01 through about 00.10.00. Strange...

[searchgr]

Is it possible to be a server related problem? Maybe a scheduled task from a server creates the problem?

[cldickerson]

Hmmm... The problem could be caused by one of the 'scheduled tasks' setup in the 'Maintenance' menu but I don't know which.

[searchgr]

I run those tasks one by one and no error has been logged. Also i have changed the time of the tasks but the time of the error remains the same.

Do you remeber something that you might changed/edit after the upgrade? I wonder why noone else has this problem. This error appears in the errors log file in the public_html directory. Maybe more users have the same problem but they haven't noticed it.

[cldickerson]

Hopefully one of the gurus will point us in the right direction. I have no idea what could be causing the problem...

[Tyrsson]

So far as I can tell all of this is related to the email functions. The reason the errors are occurring at the same time is due to the script attempting to send emails at the time. Do you have the email que enabled?

If you have no mods installed do the following.

1.) Backup this file.

2.) Replace the file that is on the server with a fresh copy from a large upgrade package.

3.) Clear the error log.

4.) Try to send an email through the forum.

5.) Check the error log and post them here if there are any.

6.) Please also check the server logs as it might lend a little more info to what we know now.

[searchgr]

I don't have the email que enabled and i can't replace the file. The strange thing is that the error messages are not coming every day.

[Tyrsson]

@searchgr,

Why can you not replace the file? Do you have mods that edit that file? If so please list them.

[searchgr]

Can i give you the file?

[cldickerson]

Did as instructed -- received no error...

[Tyrsson]

You can attach it here and I will run a compare against a default file.

[searchgr]

attached

[Tyrsson]

That file is identical to a default file.

[searchgr]

This is the file. I have some mods....but as i see there are no any alterations in this file.

[Tyrsson]

What mods do you have installed?

[cldickerson]

On my Forum, the only mod I had installed was the Visual Warning mod, which I think was overwritten by the upgrade. I did as you instructed in your previous post and sent an email via the Forum. I did not get the error.

Claude

[searchgr]

We use the greek language in my forum (if this helps). But the forum is charset=ISO-8859-1".

[Tyrsson]

On my Forum, the only mod I had installed was the Visual Warning mod, which I think was overwritten by the upgrade. I did as you instructed in your previous post and sent an email via the Forum. I did not get the error.

Claude

Then I suppose we will need to wait and see if the error shows again at the time it occurred last time. If I get time I will try to look into this further this evening.

[searchgr]

After a short break, the errors appeared again (the same time ofcourse).

[30-Dec-2009 13:00:06] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  server in /home/*****/public_html/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 631
[30-Dec-2009 13:00:06] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  character_set in /home/*****/public_html/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1219
[30-Dec-2009 13:00:06] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  character_set in /home/*****/public_html/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1219
[30-Dec-2009 13:00:06] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  character_set in /home/*****/public_html/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1219
[30-Dec-2009 13:00:06] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  utf8 in /home/****/public_html/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1262
[30-Dec-2009 13:00:06] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  utf8 in /home/****/public_html/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1264
[30-Dec-2009 13:00:07] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  server in /home/****/public_html/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1284
[30-Dec-2009 13:00:07] PHP Warning:  preg_replace() [<a href='function.preg-replace'>function.preg-replace</a>]: Compilation failed: invalid UTF-8 string at offset 8 in /home/*****/public_html/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1284
[30-Dec-2009 13:00:07] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  character_set in /home/*****/public_html/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1219

[05-Jan-2010 13:00:06] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  server in /home/****/public_html/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 631
[05-Jan-2010 13:00:06] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  character_set in /home/*****/public_html/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1219
[05-Jan-2010 13:00:06] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  character_set in /home/*****/public_html/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1219
[05-Jan-2010 13:00:06] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  character_set in /home/*****/public_html/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1219
[05-Jan-2010 13:00:06] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  utf8 in /home/****/public_html/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1262
[05-Jan-2010 13:00:06] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  utf8 in /home/*****/public_html/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1264
[05-Jan-2010 13:00:06] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  server in /home/****/public_html/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1284
[05-Jan-2010 13:00:06] PHP Warning:  preg_replace() [<a href='function.preg-replace'>function.preg-replace</a>]: Compilation failed: invalid UTF-8 string at offset 8 in /home/*******/public_html/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1284
[05-Jan-2010 13:00:06] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  character_set in /home/*****/public_html/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1219

I wonder what triggers these errors.

[cldickerson]

And here is my error log...

[04-Jan-2010 00:01:09] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  server in /home/*****/public_html/smf/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 631
[04-Jan-2010 00:01:09] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  utf8 in /home/*****/public_html/smf/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1262
[04-Jan-2010 00:01:09] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  utf8 in /home/*****/public_html/smf/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1264
[04-Jan-2010 00:01:09] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  server in /home/*****/public_html/smf/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1284
[04-Jan-2010 00:01:09] PHP Warning:  preg_replace() [<a href='function.preg-replace'>function.preg-replace</a>]: Compilation failed: invalid UTF-8 string at offset 8 in /home/*****/public_html/smf/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1284
[06-Jan-2010 00:00:44] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  server in /home/*****/public_html/smf/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 631
[06-Jan-2010 00:00:44] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  utf8 in /home/*****/public_html/smf/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1262
[06-Jan-2010 00:00:44] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  utf8 in /home/*****/public_html/smf/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1264
[06-Jan-2010 00:00:44] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  server in /home/*****/public_html/smf/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1284
[06-Jan-2010 00:00:44] PHP Warning:  preg_replace() [<a href='function.preg-replace'>function.preg-replace</a>]: Compilation failed: invalid UTF-8 string at offset 8 in /home/*****/public_html/smf/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1284

[searchgr]

I'm sure that there are many members with the same errors. Just because these are notices & warnings they are not appearing in the error logs of the forum. In order to find them you have to search at the error log file that is in the public_html directory. I think that this is a bug and that the smf developers have to take a look at it.

[searchgr]

I think that the 'Send Birthday Emails' causes the errors. I have changed the scheduled time to 01:18 and today the errors have the same time.

Send Birthday Emails
Sends out emails wishing members a happy birthday.    January 09, 2010, 01:18:00    Starting at 01:18, repeating every 1 day(s)

[08-Jan-2010 01:18:06] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  character_set in /home/****/public_html/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1219

[JimM]

searchgr - have you tried removing that mod and see if the errors still occur?  Also you might want to post in the support topic for that mod.  I think JBlaze is the author and he is on the forum quite a lot.

[searchgr]

Hi JimM, i don't use any mod for the birthdays. This is a feature of smf 2.0 rc2.

[JimM]

Hi JimM, i don't use any mod for the birthdays. This is a feature of smf 2.0 rc2.

That's right.  I have to remember which support board I am on!   I looked at the bugtracker and this old error was all that I could find that was similiar to what you are seeing.  http://dev.simplemachines.org/mantis/view.php?id=363

That would have been fixed though in the release you are using.

[Tyrsson]

Can still post a list of mods you are using. There may be one that conflicts with the base code for this. Thanks.

[searchgr]

cldickerson does not have any mods installed and has the same problems to me.

[cldickerson]

Yep, I'm receiving the errors and am not using the birthday feature. The only mod I had installed prior to upgrading to 2.0 RC2 was the Visual Warning mod which I believe was overwritten by the upgrade.

[greyknight17]

cldickerson, do you still need assistance with this issue? Do you also have a UTF-8 language installed?

Try following the steps outlined here to see if you converted the entire forum to UTF-8 first.

[searchgr]

Still have the same errors and i don't see the reason why i have to convert my database.


[10-Feb-2010 13:00:07] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  server in /home//public_html/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 631
[10-Feb-2010 13:00:07] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  character_set in /home//public_html/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1219
[10-Feb-2010 13:00:07] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  character_set in /home//public_html/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1219
[10-Feb-2010 13:00:07] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  character_set in /home//public_html/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1219
[10-Feb-2010 13:00:07] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  utf8 in /home//public_html/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1262
[10-Feb-2010 13:00:07] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  utf8 in /home//public_html/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1264
[10-Feb-2010 13:00:07] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  server in /home//public_html/Sources/Subs-Post.php on line 1284

[JimM]

As most of your errors are coming from the same file, have you tried replacing that file with one from the most recent large upgrade package? 

[searchgr]

That file is identical to a default file.

[Windy]

Although it's a little unorthodox I might recommend placing the following inside the sendmail function just under the globals inside Subs-Post.php.

Code Select Expand

if(!isset($context['server'])
{
trigger_error('to: ' . $to);
trigger_error('subject: ' . $subject);
trigger_error('message: ' . $message);
trigger_error('debug: ' . var_export(debug_backtrace()));
}

When the error next occurs this will trigger some additional errors in your error log showing who it's to, the subject and the message being sent as well as where the function is being called from, I'm hoping that it will give more of an idea of what's going on as well as how we could reproduce the error.

[Norv]

Please also consider making a phpinfo() file and posting a link to it.
(What is a phpinfo() file?)

[searchgr]

Can you specify where i have to add the a/m code? This is not a serious problem but thank you for your support.