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[WORKAROUND FOUND] Reappearance of older "Abort pcl.pclziplib.php : Missing zlib extensions" error CB 1.9.1

9 years 8 months ago - 9 years 8 months ago #247700 by plainhavoc
[WORKAROUND FOUND] Reappearance of older "Abort pcl.pclziplib.php : Missing zlib extensions" error CB 1.9.1 was created by plainhavoc
Hi all, I just upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04 with PHP 5.5.9

It appears that the zlib is installed however everything is asking for gzopen rather than the included gzopen 64.

This breaks CB's ability to upload extensions.

There is a patch for php that has been approved by those who have used it however I run into a problem here. I don't know how to patch the php itself.

Could someone give me some simple step by steps?
This is the patch location. bugs.php.net/patch-display.php?bug_id=53829&patch=zlib-largefile-function-renaming&revision=latest

I don't know the location of the source code in Ubuntu to even begin following any other tutorials out there. It isn't in usr/src to my knowledge.

I know this is a bit off-topic, but without this fix, CB becomes useless.

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9 years 8 months ago - 9 years 8 months ago #247702 by plainhavoc
Replied by plainhavoc on topic [WORKAROUND FOUND] Reappearance of older "Abort pcl.pclziplib.php : Missing zlib extensions" error on CB 1.9.1
I have found a workaround for anyone with this specific issue, and it only requires one small edit in the following location.

in 'joomla location'/administrator/components/com_comprofiler/library/pcl/pcl.pclziplib.php

around line 222 you will find
if (!function_exists('gzopen'))

Just add "64" to the end as so.
if (!function_exists('gzopen64'))

You will then be able to upload extensions while using Ubuntu 14.04 and PHP 5.5.9. This all stems from the new PHP versioning, and nothing was made to be backwards-compatible... So if you don't want this headache, stay with an earlier PHP version.

NOTE: I normally wouldn't recommend editing base files, so I ask developers to give this a peek just to check it against any other known issues.
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9 years 8 months ago #247788 by krileon
Replied by krileon on topic [WORKAROUND FOUND] Reappearance of older "Abort pcl.pclziplib.php : Missing zlib extensions" error on CB 1.9.1
I recommend retesting this issue still exists in CB 2.0 as we've updated our libraries to latest.

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9 years 8 months ago #247807 by beat
Replied by beat on topic [WORKAROUND FOUND] Reappearance of older "Abort pcl.pclziplib.php : Missing zlib extensions" error on CB 1.9.1

plainhavoc wrote: I have found a workaround for anyone with this specific issue, and it only requires one small edit in the following location.

in 'joomla location'/administrator/components/com_comprofiler/library/pcl/pcl.pclziplib.php

around line 222 you will find

if (!function_exists('gzopen'))

Just add "64" to the end as so.
if (!function_exists('gzopen64'))

You will then be able to upload extensions while using Ubuntu 14.04 and PHP 5.5.9. This all stems from the new PHP versioning, and nothing was made to be backwards-compatible... So if you don't want this headache, stay with an earlier PHP version.

NOTE: I normally wouldn't recommend editing base files, so I ask developers to give this a peek just to check it against any other known issues.


Thanks for the heads-up!

Indeed that bug is heavily reported, and we have fixed it for upcomming CB 2.0 RC2.

Tracker item:
forge.joomlapolis.com/issues/4610
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