chronoform 6 won't work after update to php 7.3.12

All of my chronoform 6 forms won't work anymore afther update from php 7.2.25 to php 7.3.12 in joomla 3.9.13.
when you have fill'd in the form en will send it this came on the screen "Pleaseset some HTML first before calling emogrify".
The problem is foun on more websites. Nothing has chanched to the websites accept the php version. When i'll put the php version back the problem is gone. so it must be in php 7.3.12.
does someone know how to fix this.
greatings from the Netherlands Robert Stoesser

now i have installed php 7.4.0 and it have also a problem . afther click on "send" you get a blanc screen.

Set your site to debug and set error reporting to maximum, then tell us what the errors shown are.

thank you Healyhatman for your support.
with debug en report i'll get these 2 messages
Warning: Creating default object from empty value in /var/www/vhosts/boekdekerstman.nl/httpsdocs/libraries/cegcore2/libs/helper.php on line 22

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Warning: "continue" targeting switch is equivalent to "break". Did you mean to use "continue 2"? in /var/www/vhosts/boekdekerstman.nl/httpsdocs/templates/boekdekerstman34/functions.php on line 196

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So you see in the url in these warnings that I am a little helper of Santa Claus so its the most busy time off the year for me.
with seasons greatings tho everyone.

So what exactly is not working ? the form is not displayed or only the email is not sent ?

a blank screen appears with only the text: "Pleaseset some HTML first before calling emogrify". is there no one who has the same problems with a joomla website under php 7.3.12 or 7.4.0.

Same issue here after updating to PHP 7.3, now forms don't work and land on page:
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You may not be able to visit this page because of:

1. an out-of-date bookmark/favourite
2. a search engine that has an out-of-date listing for this site
3. a mistyped address
4. you have no access to this page
5. The requested resource was not found.
6. An error has occurred while processing your request.

Please try one of the following pages:

• Home Page
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If difficulties persist, please contact the System Administrator of this site and report the error below..

Ok this was solved by unticking in the email action box "Apply advanced template parsing and style".

Just like the response marked "answer"

Still same problem here on a website. When choosing PHP 7.3 chronoforms 6 stops working. Setting the directadmin back to 7.1 and everything works.

I've checked the setting of "Apply advanced template parsing and style" and it is not enabled on the emails.

Any other users that ran in this issue and maybe have a solution?

I don't want to downgrade all my forms to chronoforms 5 to make them work.

Is this going to be fixed in the next version? It is just a warning, but pointing to something wrong here. PHP = 7.4.3

Warning:  Creating default object from empty value in /xxx/libraries/cegcore2/libs/helper.php on line 22

Line 22 reads

$this->_vars = &$view->_vars;

I suppressed the warning, but this can't be a solution.

Switching back to PHP 7.1 helped me ...

For some reasons I can't downgrade to a lower PHP version.

on which pages does this error appears ?

quick fix:
surround the 3 lines with $viewer with the following lines:
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if($viewer){
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and
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}
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or wait for the new update!

But if your problem is the warning only then just set error reporting to none in your site config!

When is the new update expected to be released?
Regards,
Hans-Christian

Does this issue occur when you try v7 ?

No, I use V6

Could you please try v7 beta3 and check if the same issue occurs ?

Sorry, this is not possible because I am using V6. I am waiting for a solution for V6, not for V7.

did you try to disable the "Advanced template parsing" in the email settings ? did you disable error reporting in Joomla global config ?

Hello,

I already disabled error reporting in Joomla global config. But from my point of view this cannot be the solution (see also http://www.chronoengine.com/forums/posts/t107862/p392006/chronoform-6-wont-work-after-update-to-php-7-3-12?startat=0#p392006 by joachimliedtke)

I switched back from PHP 7.4 to PHP 7.3. Now the error message no longer appears.

Regards,
Hans-Christian

we have 2 issues, the bug with the "advanced email template", this can be fixed by disabling this setting, which is the default in the latest v6
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The other issue is some warnings, to be fixed in the next v6 update, which occurs only on PHP 7.4 but can be avoided by disabling "error reporting" in Joomla global config!

Hi!
We have a same problem. When we update php 7.3.6 to 7.4.3 every form page show this:


Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Argument 1 passed to
plgSystemReDJ::customException() must be an instance of Exception,
instance of ParseError given in
/web/y-mypage-y/plugins/system/redj/redj.php:673
Stack trace:
#0 [internal function]:
plgSystemReDJ::customException(Object(ParseError))
#1 {main}
thrown in /web/y-mypage-y/plugins/system/redj/redj.php on line 673

this is not related to Chronoforms and you should ask the develiper of that plugin!

On one of my sites, I also have some issues with conditional logic with PHP 7.4 and v6, when turning back to 7.3 the problem is gone.
Error reporting in general joomla settings as well as advanced template parsing and styles are turned off.
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Could you tell me if there's already an update? How can I see this, do you have a version que?
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If I need to switch to v7, how can I migrate the form?
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Lots of questions, hope you can help me.
Thanks in advance.
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Liesbeth

Hi Liesbeth,
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So far there is no revised version of CFv6 and no automatic way to upgrade v6 forms to v7 :-(
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Please check this FAQ which has fixes for some V6 issues.
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Bob

Where do I have to place the code exactly?
I've just tried reinstalling the latest CF6 version, the helper.php hasn't changed since then. My error log explodes, my entire webspace including all the other domains not using CF6 is slowed down considerably. Please provide instructions on how to alter helper.php exactly to resolve this issue. Thanks.