Fatal error: Cannot create references to/from string offsets nor overloaded objects in /home/fabio/public_html/donation/includes/form.inc on line 244

This happen everytime a form of type 'date' is rendered by the forms api.

Reproducing this bug:
activate profile module and create a custom profile field of type 'date'
e.g.: birthdate
then try to edit it on your details page.. you get the error

My environment:
Today cvs version, php 4.4.1, mysql 4.1

Fabio

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fax8’s picture

fax8 commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

sorry for this...
I made some errors on the update process...

I was not able to reproduce this bug on a fresh install...

I'm closing this.

Fabio

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WeRockYourWeb.com commented
Version: 4.7.0-beta2 » 4.7.0-beta5
Priority: Critical » Normal
Status: Closed (fixed) » Active

I am getting this error after applying changes generated with formupdater (http://drupal.org/node/37457) to modules, specifically the article and arooga modules (latest cvs):

Fatal error: Cannot create references to/from string offsets nor overloaded objects in drupal\includes\form.inc on line 312

I'm uncertain as to whether this is a problem with changes made by formupdater or the code in form.inc.

Prior to applying formupdater changes I would get the error:

Call to undefined function: form_select() in drupal\modules\article\article.module on line 119

These errors occur after installing the modules and entering settings (eg. admin -> settings -> article)

Alex

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WeRockYourWeb.com commented
Priority: Normal » Critical

I just got the error again with another module (FCKEditor). I guess the question is whether the problem is with the changes formupdater makes to the modules or whether the problem lies in form.inc?

Any help is greatly appreciated!
Alex

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markus_petrux commented

I have added a field of type date using the profile module, no problems so far.

I'm also writing a module that uses a form field of type date in its settings page, no problems so far.

My config: PHP 4.4.0, MySQL 4.1.8

Maybe the problem lies in the way other contrib modules deal with 'date' fields?

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WeRockYourWeb.com commented

Actually, I don't have a problem either adding "date" for profiles. But I'm getting these errors in a ton of modules now, the list so far includes:

article
arooga
fckeditor
im (instant messenger)

with the instant messenger i couldn't even get back into admin -> modules, i had to delete the im directory to be able to get back in.

I'm not sure if there's something I'm missing in regards to how formupdater is used - I paste in the module code, get the recommended code changes, and make them. After this I get the "Cannot create references to/from string offsets nor overloaded objects...in form.inc" errors.

Alex

dopry’s picture

dopry commented
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

The errors you describe are in contrib modules. Please open an issue against the appropriate contrib module, and not against drupal core.

WeRockYourWeb.com’s picture

WeRockYourWeb.com commented

My apologies :) Here is the new post in the formupdater area -> http://drupal.org/node/53230

Cheers
Alex