Known bugs (and fixes) for v1.5.7 series

In 1.5.7, when copying a product to a new one, the master category might not get set for the new category.

The fix: https://github.com/zencart/zencart/c...f8c16ffb71c42a

In v1.5.6 and v1.5.7 (before 157a) entering a password in Admin (for an Admin or to reset for a customer) was encoding any "special characters" such as < or > symbols.

The fix will be included in v157a, and can be applied manually by adding the lines shown in green here to the file mentioned:
https://github.com/zencart/zencart/c...14ecd658eb087f

All the above, and several more, have been fixed in v157a, which is now available for download.

A handful of very important bugfixes have been included in the release of v157b.
If you're using v157 or v157a, it is critical that you upgrade to v157b ASAP.

If you are using MySQL 8.0.17 or higher, you may experience issues like this:

Code:

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[13-Jun-2022 14:54:23 America/New_York] Request URI: /admin/index.php?cmd=banner_manager&page=1&bID=14&action=new, IP address: xx.xxx.xxx.xxx
--> PHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Unsupported operand types: string + int in /path to admin/includes/functions/general.php:2230
Stack trace:
#0 /path to admin/banner_manager.php(366): zen_set_field_length('banners', 'banners_sort_or...')
#1 /path to admin/index.php(11): require('partial path to store')
#2 {main}
thrown in /path to admin/includes/functions/general.php on line 2230.

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as reported in this thread:
https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread...._functions-php

Fix: https://github.com/zencart/zencart/pull/4876

Stores with Freeoptions may see a PHP log like this:

PHP Notice: Malformed value for session-based shipping module; customer will need to re-select: false in includes/classes/order.php on line 327

Fix: https://github.com/zencart/zencart/pull/4829/files

All users of 1.5.7/1.5.7a/1.5.7b/1.5.7c/1.5.7d should install the Address Security patch:

https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread....-v1-5-8-series