Commons Events date handling requires PHP 5.3+

The amount of date improvements in 5.3 I think is warranted requiring 5.3. Other modules are starting to require it, I don't think its unreasonable to require 5.3 in this case.

However, we do need to put a version requirement in the info file, so it'll block 5.2 installers from running.

This should be no longer needed in 3.2 when the date formatter patch is put in: #1950204: Date format for events should match the designs

The current download (a/o May 5, 2013) still causes this fatal PHP error on a basic, fresh install when one's server is running PHP 5.2.

I think you'll find that a vast majority of hosts are still using something pre-5.3.

Having to manually alter the database to disable some of the package's functionality, with no suggestion here in the Issue thread about how to then regain that functionality (commons_events) should still be addressed in some way.

I hope the final word isn't that this was "automatically fixed"...

Thanks for your time!

I agree with UB, this is a major issue with my webhosting provider as well. I downloaded the latest avaialble stable distribution of Commons today, installed it and created a new event to get the following;

HTTP Error 500 (Internal Server Error): An unexpected condition was encountered while the server was attempting to fulfill the request.

The error log shows this entry;

PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function preg_filter() in /***/profiles/commons/modules/contrib/commons_events/commons_events.module on line 477

I'm able to go back in the browser window which allows me to un-publish the event and the site works again!

My WAMP server works well with PHP 5.4.3, Apache 2.4.2 and MySQL 5.5.24.

I had the same issue with Commons version 7.x-3.1.

Another issue out of the box (could be a separate issue) is the following;

Notice: Undefined index: radioactivity_timestamp in radioactivity_field_widget_form() (line 378 of /***/profiles/commons/modules/contrib/radioactivity/radioactivity.field.inc).

Please HELP!

I will get this tested ASAP.

Hey ezra-g,

I got "Commons Events is already installed." when I tried to install the package you recommended. Uninstalling the existing version (7.x-3.2) appears to be tricky due to dependancies...

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3611107/php-preg-filter-substitute-in...

Maybe this could help developers make this events module backwards compatible with 5.2 release? I'm not an expert in PHP, and not sure of all of the implications of this approach, but figured it'd be worth a share here.

I get this error

SQLSTATE[23000]: Integrity constraint violation: 1062 Duplicate entry 'Default Footer' for key 2

Fatal error: Call to undefined function preg_filter() in C:\Users\...\Sites\commons-7.x-3.2\profiles\commons\modules\contrib\commons_events\commons_events.module on line 477

I rename commons_events.module and get the website up !

I delete all event module folder and replace it with

https://drupal.org/node/1882512

Run drupal update ! install a module
addressfield_tokens

Re run update.

And everything work just perfect :)

Still happening - just lost my site to this

According to https://drupal.org/node/1955434#comment-7252682 this is 'fixed' - how is it fixed please?

Please can you advise what can do to resolve this

[11-Aug-2013 00:43:23] PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined function preg_filter() in ....\wwwroot\profiles\commons\modules\contrib\commons_events\commons_events.module on line 477

My site still down....

There's no suggestion this module is 5.3 only so perhaps suggestion at #11
https://drupal.org/node/1955434#comment-7460692 would help?

#12 helped a lot - I have a site again! thank you! - but now getting
Undefined index: commons_events_attend_event_form_5