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1905RackTablesdefaultpublic2019-04-30 10:302019-05-04 23:12
Reporteraltpeter Assigned Toinfrastation  
PrioritylowSeverityblockReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionfixed 
Product Version0.21.2 
Target Version0.21.3Fixed in Version0.21.3 
Summary1905: functions.php using new array initializatio
DescriptionHi,

I tried to update my RackTables installation from 0.20.14 to 0.21.2. That failed with the following error when trying to run the upgrade procedure:

PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in /srv/www/htdocs/RackTables-0.21.2/wwwroot/inc/functions.php on line 4825

That line says:

$removed = [];

As far as I was able to research, this seems to be a new way to initialize arrays with [] instead of array(), but is basically the same.
Problem is, this new style doesn't work with PHP 5.3, but I have to stick with this version since there are too many caveats trying to upgrad this particular machine.

While I can live with that, I assume there are some other installations out there running old PHP, and since [] can easily be replaced by array(), I would suggest using the classic syntax here.

Patch attached.
Steps To Reproduce- Install RackTables-0.21.2 on a server running PHP 5.3 and execute wwwroot/index.php (or open in browser)
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altpeter

altpeter

2019-04-30 10:30

reporter  

patch.txt (1,175 bytes)    
*** functions.php.orig	Tue Apr 30 10:25:09 2019
--- functions.php	Tue Apr 30 10:27:35 2019
***************
*** 4822,4828 ****
  	{
  		if (! array_key_exists($pn, $before))
  		{
! 			$removed = [];
  			$added = $new['allowed'];
  		}
  		else
--- 4822,4828 ----
  	{
  		if (! array_key_exists($pn, $before))
  		{
! 			$removed = array();
  			$added = $new['allowed'];
  		}
  		else
***************
*** 4841,4850 ****
  			}
  		}
  		foreach ($removed as $vid)
! 			if (!permitted (NULL, NULL, $op, [['tag' => "\$fromvlan_{$vid}"], ['tag' => "\$vlan_{$vid}"]]))
  				continue 2; // next port
  		foreach ($added as $vid)
! 			if (!permitted (NULL, NULL, $op, [['tag' => "\$tovlan_{$vid}"], ['tag' => "\$vlan_{$vid}"]]))
  				continue 2; // next port
  		$ret[$pn] = $new;
  	}
--- 4841,4850 ----
  			}
  		}
  		foreach ($removed as $vid)
! 			if (!permitted (NULL, NULL, $op, array( 'tag' => "\$fromvlan_{$vid}", 'tag' => "\$vlan_{$vid}" ) ))
  				continue 2; // next port
  		foreach ($added as $vid)
! 			if (!permitted (NULL, NULL, $op, array( 'tag' => "\$tovlan_{$vid}", 'tag' => "\$vlan_{$vid}" ) ))
  				continue 2; // next port
  		$ret[$pn] = $new;
  	}
patch.txt (1,175 bytes)   
infrastation

infrastation

2019-05-04 23:12

administrator   ~0003925

Frank, the proposed change would break the function (mind the way arrays are nested in each other), I have committed a corrected version. Beware that RackTables 0.21.x will expose other issues on a server with PHP 5.3 because it does not support PHP older than 5.5. This was announced on the mailing list a long time ago.

Moreover, dropping support for PHP 5.x completely will happen in not so distant future because the upstream no longer supports it. If it is difficult to upgrade the server, maybe it would be better to setup a separate server with a recent stable PHP version and migrate RackTables there.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2019-04-30 10:30 altpeter New Issue
2019-04-30 10:30 altpeter File Added: patch.txt
2019-05-04 23:08 infrastation Source_changeset_attached => RackTables master 1cdada15
2019-05-04 23:12 infrastation Assigned To => infrastation
2019-05-04 23:12 infrastation Status new => closed
2019-05-04 23:12 infrastation Resolution open => fixed
2019-05-04 23:12 infrastation Fixed in Version => 0.21.3
2019-05-04 23:12 infrastation Target Version => 0.21.3
2019-05-04 23:12 infrastation Description Updated
2019-05-04 23:12 infrastation Steps to Reproduce Updated
2019-05-04 23:12 infrastation Note Added: 0003925