When offline: Illegal string offset 'versionMajor'

24 Jan 2018, 11:16 PM

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When offline: Illegal string offset 'versionMajor'

ZC1.5.5f new install development
xampp
- Apache 2.4.25
- PHP 7.1.1
- MariaDB 10.1.21

More of a annoyance, then a bug.. If you're in development or for some reason zen-cart is not pingable, $newVersionInfo returns a string and not an array! The results is error logs with php warnings of Illegal string offset.

PHP Warning:  Illegal string offset 'versionMajor' in /public_html/admin/includes/classes/VersionServer.php on line 77

The return is an error string string(56) "{"error":"Couldn't resolve host 'ping.zen-cart.com'[6]"}" instead of the expected array ```
array(7) { ["versionMajor"]=> string(1) "1"......


Or is there an off switch I didn't find yet?

Dave
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24 Jan 2018, 11:32 PM

drbyte

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Re: When offline: Illegal string offset 'versionMajor'

Your "off switch" for local/offline development is in /admin/includes/local/skip_version_check.ini, line 2.

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25 Jan 2018, 4:44 PM

davewest

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Re: When offline: Illegal string offset 'versionMajor'

DrByte:

Your "off switch" for local/offline development is in /admin/includes/local/skip_version_check.ini, line 2.

And the file name says it all.. :eek:

Thanks..

Dave
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