MyBB Community Forums - MyBB 1.4.x Bug Reports

Post Bug Reports onto the Dev Site

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:42:58 +0000

This forum is now closed for new bug reports.

We will now be using the Dev Site for issue tracking, as it integrates better with our version control system.

All new bug reports for the stable 1.4.x series should be posted in the MyBB project (you will need to register if you don't have an account on the dev site -- logins are not integrated with the community forums).

The rest of the open bug reports here will soon be transferred over to the Dev Site by our team, and we will subsequently archive this forum.

Thanks,
The MyBB Group

Custom Profile Fields using Check Boxes option forgets settings

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:01:47 +0000

If i create a custom profile field with several entries using the field type "Check Boxes", when i go into the user/edit profile, any selections made when registering are missing.

custom profile fields with any of the other options seem to work fine. in other words it remember selections with any field type EXCEPT "Check Boxes"

multiple forums memcache bug

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:55:52 +0000

I'll post this as a bug if you are using memcache and put two forums to the same memcache instance. Why you would do this? About the same reason why you might want to use one database for multiple cms in a domain.

If you have two forums in the same domain or even in different domains pointing to the same memcache server, they will access the same objects. This will affect you when setting up your forum and getting the forum data from the first forum and probably vice versa.

To replicate: Simply setup one forum in /forum1 set to use memcache. Go to "forums and posts" admin area and change categories and add two misc forums. On second forum set up in /forum2 to use memcache (same as first). If you try to access "forums and posts" you will see the listing of forum1.

Solution: allow a global key setting to separate the cache like the cookie setting(or just use that setting to prefix the objects).

Please document this in the config file for the next release. I am just testing mybb so I don't know what the existing behavior extends to beyond what i noticed.

Invalid HTML in polls

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:06:39 +0000

MyBB always uses id="option" for each radio button which is not valid as you can only use one id per page.

Quote:
id="option" value="1" />
Ja, finde ich besser.

id="option" value="2" />
Nein, Donnerstag soll bleiben.

Javascript Errors.

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:08:16 +0000

MyBB Version 1.4.8

I found some java scripting errors:
Webpage error details
---
User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)
Timestamp: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 09:34:19 UTC

Message: Object doesn't support this property or method
Line: 51
Char: 6
Code: 0
URI: http://localhost/iwaha.com4/jscripts/inl...s?ver=1400

Occur each time I log as admin and select a topic and select to do something from Inline Thread Moderation select menu, after deleting a thread this occur.

Webpage error details

User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)
Timestamp: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 14:52:41 UTC

Message: Invalid argument.
Line: 692
Char: 26
Code: 0
URI: http://localhost/iwaha.com4/jscripts/editor.js?ver=1400

Occur each time when I write a topic and click on topic title and then click in the editor text area.

And same thing in this forum ???

Inline Thread Deletion and Reported Posts

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:43:21 +0000

If you delete multiple posts using "Inline Post Moderation" then any reported posts are not marked as reportstatus 0.

If you delete a single post using "Inline Post Moderation" then the report is properly marked as reportstatus 0.

To replicate:

1. Find a thread with more than 2 posts.
2. Report post #2.
3. Using "Inline Post Moderation" delete posts #2 and #3.
4. View reported posts and see the deleted post still there with no info

To View Normal behavior:
1. Find a thread with more than 2 posts.
2. Report post #2.
3. Using "Inline Post Moderation" delete post #2
4. View reported posts and see it's marked

Problem:
moderation.php

	case "do_multideleteposts":

		// Verify incoming POST request
		verify_post_check($mybb->input['my_post_key']);
		
		$postlist = explode("|", $mybb->input['posts']);
		if(!is_moderator_by_pids($postlist, "candeleteposts"))
		{
			error_no_permission();
		}
		$postlist = array_map('intval', $postlist);
		$pids = implode(',', $postlist);
		
		$tids = array();
		if($pids)
		{
			$query = $db->simple_select("threads", "tid", "firstpost IN({$pids})");
			while($tid = $db->fetch_field($query, "tid"))
			{
				$tids[] = $tid;
			}
		}
		
		$deletecount = 0;
		foreach($postlist as $pid)
		{
			$pid = intval($pid);
			$moderation->delete_post($pid);
			$plist[] = $pid;
			$deletecount++;
		}
		
		// If we have multiple threads, we must be coming from the search
		if(!empty($tids))
		{
			foreach($tids as $tid)
			{
				$moderation->delete_thread($tid);
				mark_reports($tid, "thread");
				$url = get_forum_link($fid);
			}
		}
		// Otherwise we're just deleting from showthread.php
		else
		{
			$query = $db->simple_select("posts", "*", "tid='$tid'");
			$numposts = $db->num_rows($query);
			if(!$numposts)
			{
				$moderation->delete_thread($tid);
				mark_reports($tid, "thread");
				$url = get_forum_link($fid);
			}
			else
			{
				mark_reports($plist, "posts");
				$url = get_thread_link($thread['tid']);
			}
		}
		
		$lang->deleted_selective_posts = $lang->sprintf($lang->deleted_selective_posts, $deletecount);
		log_moderator_action($modlogdata, $lang->deleted_selective_posts);
		moderation_redirect($url, $lang->redirect_postsdeleted);
		break;

Seems a logic problem. Whatever the solution you choose there is a small bug here.

Naming an admin with special characters during installation doesn't "work"

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:03:35 +0000

I was setting up my new private forum for private use, and during the installation script it asked me for my admin account. I typed in "Fábio Maia" (my name). All working and stuff, but when the installation was complete and I acessed my forum my nickname was "F" ONLY. I tried to login with "Fábio Maia" and the respective password but it didn't work, now that I remember I could have tried to login with "F" and its password. Didn't really remember, so..

But then "eh, screw it. I'll just delete everything and install it again". So yeah I didn't make any specific tests. I could have tried to edit my admin account and tried to rename it to "Fábio Maia" again (but as I didn't remember to login as F, I couldn't login to the ACP as well).

I'm on a free-host running Windows and VistaPanel as the control panel, as I'm not going to spend money on a private forum just for a few couple of users. I didn't try this anymore, I have already a new board setup with no special chars. or spaces between words on my nickname. AND, in my new board I created a new user (not an admin) named "Fábio Maia" just to see if it was a global problem. It's not, seems like it just doesn't accept special chars. or spaces between words in the admin account during installation.

Any thoughts on this? :|

EDIT: Also, my board name was 8ºD and it showed up as 8D, not 8ºD. So I guess it's not just nicknames..
And still regarding the board name, I now also edited my forum name from 8D (which I set in the new installation, so the fact it's 8D doesn't mean it was a problem. I wrote 8D because I knew it wouldn't work) to 8ºD and it did make effect. I could edit the board name and got it working.

thread views is stuck if php shutdown function not enabled.

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:41:07 +0000

Hello everyone, I was very busy and didn't visit mybb community since long time, so please forgive me if this is a duplicated report or something similar (take any required action).
in showthread.php the update thread views doesn't check if the shutdown function is enabled or not, it just uses it, as a result if this function doesn't work, the thread views do not updated.

to be more specific
the following code from showthread.php

if($mybb->settings['delayedthreadviews'] == 1)
	{
		$db->shutdown_query("INSERT INTO ".TABLE_PREFIX."threadviews (tid) VALUES('{$tid}')");
	}
	else
	{
		$db->shutdown_query("UPDATE ".TABLE_PREFIX."threads SET views=views+1 WHERE tid='{$tid}'");
	}
	++$thread['views'];

as I see, it should be something like

if($mybb->settings['useshutdownfunc'] ==1)
	{	
		if($mybb->settings['delayedthreadviews'] == 1)
		{
			$db->shutdown_query("INSERT INTO ".TABLE_PREFIX."threadviews (tid) VALUES('{$tid}')");
		}
		else
		{
			$db->shutdown_query("UPDATE ".TABLE_PREFIX."threads SET views=views+1 WHERE tid='{$tid}'");
		}
	}
	else
	{
	if($mybb->settings['delayedthreadviews'] == 1)
		{
			$db->query("INSERT INTO ".TABLE_PREFIX."threadviews (tid) VALUES('{$tid}')");
		}
		else
		{
			$db->query("UPDATE ".TABLE_PREFIX."threads SET views=views+1 WHERE tid='{$tid}'");
		}
	}
	++$thread['views'];

Weird bug with ignore names [R]

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:52:56 +0000

LOL, this is a bit funny to spot ...

Picture-1.png (Size: 6.22 KB / Downloads: 645)

When opened, it's definitely HarryWX's post.

Unfortunately I can't offer any "recreation" steps because I don't have any idea how or why it's happening at all.

Profile Editing [R]

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:02:26 +0000

When I go to edit my profile (Sex, Location etc...), once I put what want, I click on Update Profile, and I get this error.

Quote:Please correct the following errors before continuing:

* The birthday you entered is invalid. Please enter a valid birthday or leave the field empty.

The field is empty.

Inline Moderation - do_multideleteposts

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:52:00 +0000

At the top of moderation.php:

$tid = intval($mybb->input['tid']);
$pid = intval($mybb->input['pid']);
$fid = intval($mybb->input['fid']);

if($pid)
{
	$post = get_post($pid);
	$tid = $post['tid'];
	if(!$post['pid'])
	{
		error($lang->error_invalidpost);
	}
}

Now, search for:

case "do_multideleteposts":

Scroll down and you'll find this:

		if($pids)
		{
			$query = $db->simple_select("threads", "tid", "firstpost IN({$pids})");
			while($tid = $db->fetch_field($query, "tid"))
			{
				$tids[] = $tid;
			}
		}

Here:

while($tid = $db->fetch_field($query, "tid"))

$tid will override the existing $tid and depending on the circunstances, it might be null / 0 / whatever you want to call it.

Now, scroll down a little bit more and you'll find:

			$query = $db->simple_select("posts", "*", "tid='$tid'");
			$numposts = $db->num_rows($query);
			if(!$numposts)
			{
				$moderation->delete_thread($tid);
				mark_reports($tid, "thread");
				$url = get_forum_link($fid);
			}
			else
			{
				mark_reports($plist, "posts");
				$url = get_thread_link($thread['tid']);
			}

Obviously, this will not work:

$query = $db->simple_select("posts", "*", "tid='$tid'");

So this is what's executed always:

			if(!$numposts)
			{
				$moderation->delete_thread($tid);
				mark_reports($tid, "thread");
				$url = get_forum_link($fid);
			}

(or at least most of the times, like I said, it depends if one of posts we're trying to delete is the first post or not but if it's not, it will still run that code)

By simply changing this:

			while($tid = $db->fetch_field($query, "tid"))
			{
				$tids[] = $tid;
			}

to:

			while($threadid = $db->fetch_field($query, "tid"))
			{
				$tids[] = $threadid;
			}

The bug is fixed. I've searched the duplicate, fixed and the forum I am posting it and couldn't find this report so I decided to post this.

Preview mass mail [R]

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:58:50 +0000

Hi,

It seems that preview of HTML based mass mails do not work when "Message Format" is "HTML Only".

Thanks.

Postgresql authentication bug

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:32:17 +0000

I told MyBB to connect to localhost as user "mybb", and it failed. I tracked it down to the following:

if($single_connection['hostname'] != "localhost")
{
	$this->connect_string .= " host={$single_connection['hostname']}";
}

This is incorrect. Connecting with host=localhost is not the same as connecting without specifying a host. Using no hostname means it'll use a Unix-domain socket connection instead of a TCP connection, and I need it to use TCP.

The default Postgresql configuration (at least in Ubuntu) does not allow password-based authentication over a Unix socket. I'm telling mybb to authenticate as something other than my own username. To do that, it needs to connect over TCP and use the password I've given.

Changing it to this fixed it for me:

if($single_connection['hostname'] != "")
{
	$this->connect_string .= " host={$single_connection['hostname']}";
}

To have the same default behavior, the default field in the setup form should also be changed from localhost to empty.

By the way, I'd also recommend only adding the user= field if it's not blank. That way, you can just leave it blank and it'll connect as the current user, which is more often than not what's wanted.

MyCodes in sigs [R]

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:05:24 +0000

The setting 'MyCode affects signature length' is working the wrong way round. I have the length limit set to 10 characters and I'm using this as the sig:

[b]1234567890[/b]

When 'MyCode affects signature length' is set to YES it should count the MyCode as part of 10 chars. Well, when it's set to YES, it allows the above sig, which is 17 chars.

When 'MyCode affects signature length' is set to NO it should ignore the MyCode as part of 10 chars. But, when it's set to NO, it disallows the above sig, which is 10 chars.

Too large of threads lead to threads that lead to mysql errors

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:45:03 +0000

Threads that are too large lead to this

SQL Error:
1406 - Data too long for column 'message' at row 1
Query:
INSERT INTO mybb_posts (tid,fid,subject,icon,uid,username,dateline,message,ipaddress,longipaddress,includesig,smilieoff,visible,posthash) VALUES ('9','2','Rainbows','15','5','Train','1247114615','......plus about another 1,000 of these','72.218.40.206','1222256846','1','0','1','bbd6749b954a5ac663a1a85a8071394d')

but it still creates the thread.

so you get this on clicking of the thread

SQL Error:
1366 - Incorrect integer value: '' for column 'firstpost' at row 1
Query:
UPDATE mybb_threads SET firstpost='' WHERE tid='5'