[Phpmyadmin-devel] Problems with master

Thu Jul 11 17:21:25 CEST 2013

2013/7/11 Isaac Bennetch <bennetch at gmail.com>:
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>
> On 7/11/13 6:48 AM, Dieter Adriaenssens wrote:
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>> 2013/7/10 Isaac Bennetch <bennetch at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>> On 7/10/13 11:31 AM, Dieter Adriaenssens wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2013/7/10 Isaac Bennetch <bennetch at gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 7/9/13 12:43 PM, Marc Delisle wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Le 2013-07-09 12:10, Isaac Bennetch a écrit :
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 7/3/13 1:04 PM, Isaac Bennetch wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi, since commit 37d142bc, where Michal removed compatibility code
>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>> PHP 5.2, I seem to have problems with phpMyAdmin.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The page displays approximately correctly, but there are no
>>>>>>>> databases
>>>>>>>> listed and, aside from the navigation menu at the top of the screen
>>>>>>>> and error messages, the main page has no content.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The demo server seems to be under extremely heavy load, so I'm
>>>>>>>> unable
>>>>>>>> to test whether it's just me. I'm using PHP 5.3.3-7+squeeze15.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Any thoughts?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> With a bit more research, I'm finding that I don't always get error
>>>>>>> messages, but I never get a display of databases or any useful
>>>>>>> interface. Is this something anyone thinks we should investigate
>>>>>>> further
>>>>>>> or should I just upgrade my system to the more modern Wheezy and
>>>>>>> forget
>>>>>>> about it? My Squeeze install is rather outdated, despite having PHP
>>>>>>> 5.3.3 and Apache 2.2.16; I certainly don't need to make a big deal
>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>> this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Isaac,
>>>>>> can you double-check that when you go back to the commit just before
>>>>>> 37d142bc, then open a fresh navigator, all is fine?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, I just did confirm and see the following:
>>>>> 0f3754a works okay
>>>>> 0f3754a is broken for me
>>>>>
>>>>> The degree of brokenness seems to vary depending on a few factors (what
>>>>> URL I load, what I've configured as my auth_type, etc) -- the three
>>>>> options I've seen are:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) completely blank browser,
>>>>> 2) Menu structure (navigation area links for documentation, logout, etc
>>>>> and main page tab structure) but no databases available and no
>>>>> error/warning messages, or
>>>>> 3) Same as (2) but with errors/warning messages.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've seen the problem on two similar Debian Squeeze systems that are
>>>>> different machines but running the same general configuration.
>>>>>
>>>>> Additionally, I can confirm that when I update a system to Wheezy,
>>>>> which
>>>>> has PHP 5.4.4, MySQL 5.3.31, and Apache 2.2.2. As a reminder, the
>>>>> broken
>>>>> installs had PHP 5.3.3, MySQL 5.1.66, and Apache 2.2.16.
>>>>>
>>>>> My system works, I have no problem updating to Wheezy, but I can keep
>>>>> the system running if we want to do more troubleshooting. It's up to
>>>>> the
>>>>> group to decide if this is worth looking in to.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks again
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have squeeze running as well on my production server at work, but it
>>>> has phpMyAdmin 4.0.4.1 installed, which shows no problems.
>>>> I just cloned master to test, and I have the same issue as Isaac. BTW
>>>> : I don't even have to login to get the main screen (but it doesn't
>>>> show anything, except the preloaded structures and tabs, so there is
>>>> no connection to the database)
>>>>
>>>> When clicking on something, I get a AJAX/JS popup with message : Error
>>>> in Processing Request, Error code: 500, Error text : Internal server
>>>> error.
>>>>
>>>> The error log says :
>>>>
>>>> PHP Fatal error:  Can't inherit abstract function
>>>> SplObserver::update() (previously declared abstract in PluginObserver)
>>>> in /usr/local/phpmyadmin/libraries/plugins/PluginObserver.class.php on
>>>> line 23
>>>>
>>>> The server is running on : PHP 5.3.3-7+squeeze15, Apache
>>>> 2.2.16-6+squeeze11, MySQL 5.1.66-0+squeeze1
>>>> --
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>
>>>> Dieter Adriaenssens
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks. Somehow you seem to have gotten more useful debugging information
>>> in
>>> about 15 minutes than I have in two days.
>>
>>
>> I just checked the log messages of the server. ;) Enabling your
>> webserver to display errors, would show this message in your browser.
>> But this is only recommended for development environments.
>
>
> You mean configuring error reporting in config.inc.php so that it's
> displayed in the phpMyAdmin window? I have done that (and pasted some error
> messages previously), but didn't get the same message you did. Anyway...

Yes, that one as well, but I meant the error_reporting option in the
php.ini config file. (the actual name of the directive might be
slightly different)

>
>> BTW : I experienced the same problem on my netbook at home (Ubuntu
>> Oneiric, with PHP 5.3.6-13ubuntu3.10), so the problem seems to be in
>> PHP 5.3.
>>
>> After some digging, this problem is identical to bug #3625 [0], which
>> was fixed with commit 13d7f61 [1], but apparently the problem with the
>> abstract functions is not fixed in 5.3, but only in 5.4. Michal
>> removed the code that was introduced in this commit [1], so that's why
>> it causes problems with systems running PHP 5.3.
>> BTW : I haven't found a confirmation that this 'abstract function'
>> problem is solved in PHP 5.4, but I think it is safe to assume this,
>> because the problem so far doesn't arise only on systems PHP < 5.4.
>>
>> I've put the removed code back in commit 6b7d1d813a [2]. It works for
>> me. Please test.
>
>
> Yes, it seems to completely fix the problem for me, confirmed across both my
> test machines. Thanks, Dieter!
>
>> Thanks to Isaac, for reporting.
>>
>> [0] http://sourceforge.net/p/phpmyadmin/bugs/3625/
>> [1]
>> https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/13d7f61ef1eaaeb3cba391b297290fa798795600
>> [2]
>> https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/13d7f61ef1eaaeb3cba391b297290fa798795600
>>
>> --
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Dieter Adriaenssens
>>
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Kind regards,

Dieter Adriaenssens