Known bugs (and fixes) for v1.5.7 series

[DrByte]

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

[DrByte]

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

[DrByte]

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

[DrByte]

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.

[swguy]

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

[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.

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

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

[swguy]

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

[swguy]

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