Warning about mbstring.http_input and mbstring.http_output?

[charliee]

Hi, recently the webprovider updated php and i started to get warnings about
mbstring.http_input and mbstring.http_output.

When i checked the values in php information it was "no value", when i change from php 5.6 to 5.4 i got the value "pass" and no warnings.

Webprovider claims to have made no changes to server configuration and that it must be phpbb not working right, to me it feels more like the webprovider have messed up since different versions of php also loads different configuration files.

Input on this?
Regards

[Mick]

You should speak to your host again about mbstring (show them the error message) If you feel you're getting messed around ask to speak to level 2 support, or you can try adding these two lines to your .htaccess file.

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mbstring.http_input = pass
mbstring.http_output = pass

[charliee]

I tried the .htaccess edit already and it made the forum unaccessible.

[RMcGirr83]

Your host is a nub. When they compiled PHP 5.6 they didn't pass the same as what is compiled in PHP 5.4.

[Mick]

I tried the .htaccess edit already and it made the forum unaccessible.

That kind of information is important at the outset, what else did you try, have you got access to php.ini? You should speak to your host in any case.

[Noxwizard]

To add it to the .htaccess file, you need to use these:

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php_value mbstring.http_input pass
php_value mbstring.http_output pass

[charliee]

Your host is a nub.

The host is one.com.

have you got access to php.ini? You should speak to your host in any case.

Talked to the host and they claimed to not have made any changes and that the error must be with phpbb software and said a custom php.ini can not be used.
For the time being the forum is running under php 5.4 instead which got the "pass" value so atleast its not an urgent issue.

To add it to the .htaccess file, you need to use these:

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php_value mbstring.http_input pass
php_value mbstring.http_output pass

This is the error i get when do the edit.
500
Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, support@one.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

[Mick]

Talked to the host and they claimed to not have made any changes and that the error must be with phpbb software

Well there's something going on:

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator . . .

Back to mbstring, I'm involved with three boards with that host and I've never had this issue. They are all on 5.6.7 without any problems. It isn't a major concern at the moment, 5.4 will be around for a while but I'd keep asking them how come 5.4 works and 5.6 doesn't, as per Rich.

[charliee]

Back to mbstring, I'm involved with three boards with that host and I've never had this issue. They are all on 5.6.7 without any problems.

Then you are not on a server located in Copenhagen, Denmark?

It isn't a major concern at the moment, 5.4 will be around for a while but I'd keep asking them how come 5.4 works and 5.6 doesn't, as per Rich.

That is the plan, the main question is why phpbb reports different settings for php 5.4 and 5.6.

[Oyabun1]

the main question is why phpbb reports different settings for php 5.4 and 5.6.

Probably because the settings are different. It seems your host has compiled PHP 5.4 and 5.6 with different modules. phpBB is just reporting what it is not finding.

[Mick]

Then you are not on a server located in Copenhagen, Denmark?

Yes, Danish server.

[jazz123]

Some suggestions:
(I'm assuming you use apache and probably linux here - if not ignore me)

What I'd do is first run phpinfo() and check that mbstrings have been compiled in
If not - are you on Centos-6 - if so your provider may not realise that Centos-6 (final)
does not include mbstrings

I don't know how much control you have on your server but if it doesn't show up as
installed your provider may not know that a manual install of mbstrings "probably" doesn't put
the .so file where your server expects it - you may have to move it or add a search path

This is all assuming the phpbb guys can't spot anything simpler of course.

good luck

[charliee]

Got a reply today which said phpbb doesnt work well with their servers and php 5.6 and a link to the current configuration which very clearly shows "no value" is set for mbstring.

http://one-docs.com/php5

[david63]

phpBB works very well with php 5.6.

Looks to me as if it is time to find a new host that knows what they are talking about

[Tomba]

I think most of you are missing the point here, as these two settings are deprecated in php 5.6.
I do have mbstring compiled for example, but because I have not explicitly set these values, phpBB incorrectly comes complaining about this as well.

mbstring.http_input string
Warning
This feature has been DEPRECATED as of PHP 5.6.0. Relying on this feature is highly discouraged.
Defines the default HTTP input character encoding.

PHP 5.6 and later users should leave this empty and set default_charset instead.

So, it is basically up to phpBB to ensure proper compatibility.