Re: testing maia 1.0.5 alpha

Hi Larry,

Yep, same typo as the one I committed the fix for. I just checked the
technion repo and it's there too.

Thanks for your help in finding a long-standing bug.

Joe

On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM Lawrence Mulder <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I think I pulled the latest code just now, but had the same issue.  I
> looked at lines 586-590 in xsettings.php and it looks like this:
>
>
>
> *    586        } else {*
>
> *    587            $isthupdate = $dbh->prepare("UPDATE maia_users SET
> user_name = ?, password = ? WHERE id = ?");*
>
> *    588            $sthupdate->execute(array($new_login,
> md5($new_password), $euid));*
>
> *    589            $message = $lang['text_credentials_updated'];*
>
> *    590        }*
>
>
>
> It looks like to me that line 588 should be changed to:
>
>
>
> *    588            $isthupdate->execute(array($new_login,
> md5($new_password), $euid));*
>
>
>
> And that seems to work.  If this is the change you already committed, my
> apologies.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Larry
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* jjs - mainphrame <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 23, 2025 1:57 PM
> *To:* Lawrence Mulder <lmulder-iL7gtBVyNKCGUxFv0Br65wC/[email protected]>
> *Cc:* Brian <[email protected]>; Maia-Users Mailing List <
> [email protected]>
> *Subject:* Re: [Maia-users] testing maia 1.0.5 alpha
>
>
>
> I think there may have been a typo in the original code I pulled from
> technion.
>
> Let's see if the fix to xsettings.php helps. Committed just now.
>
> Joe
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM jjs - mainphrame <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> Strange. I looked at the code and it seems like it should work.
>
> I changed the superuser password without issues here. Will keep digging.
>
> In the meantime I've added a try {...} catch {..} around the problematic
> statement to see if that can shed any more light.
>
> Joe
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM Lawrence Mulder <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> All I have done to generate the issue is install clean Maia on Debian 13
> on AWS.  Then register a super user.  Logged into the Maia web interface
> and clicked settings to change the username and password.  It throws that
> error.  I'm not sure if it could be related to system configuration
> settings that allow or disable a user to change their username, etc, but I
> can mess around some more and see if anything changes.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Larry
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* [email protected]
>
> *Sent:* September 23, 2025 10:41 AM
>
> *To:* [email protected]
>
> *Cc:* [email protected]
>
> *Subject:* Re: [Maia-users] testing maia 1.0.5 alpha
>
>
>
> Probably some stray remnants of the old MDB2 code. Well, that's why this
> is an alpha release.
>
> I'll be digging into it.
>
> Joe
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 8:16 AM Brian <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Note, that's not the same issue.  Original problem:
>
>
>
> *Call to undefined method PDOStatement::free() *which is indicative of a
> coding error (calling a function that doesn't exist).  The new message says:
>
>
>
> *Call to a member function execute() on null *which could indicate any
> number of database runtime issues that would cause a database function to
> return null instead of an object.  Joe's inability to easily reproduce
> suggests there's something unique about your setup that is causing the
> problem.
>
> Of course, the code should handle the error more gracefully, but in this
> case the error might not be the code's fault to begin with.
>
> -B
>
> On 9/23/25 09:26, Lawrence Mulder wrote:
>
> Thanks, Joe.  I tested those changes and the system configuration pages
> seem to work now.  However, I get the same issue with the xsettings.php
> when trying to change a username or password.
>
>
>
> *PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error:  in
> /var/www/html/maia/xsettings.php:588\nStack trace:\n#0 {main}\n  thrown in
> /var/www/html/maia/xsettings.php on line 588, referer:
> http://spam.xxxxxxxx.com/maia/settings.php
> <http://spam.infablab.com/maia/settings.php>*
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Larry
>
>
>
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