Fix PHP 8.1 "strlen(null)" exception on History page of Diffusion repo after setting maintenance mode
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Authored by aklapper on Jun 14 2023, 19:21.

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T15475: PHP 8.1 "strlen(null)" exception on History page of Diffusion repo after setting maintenance mode

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rP71f38a90a358: Fix PHP 8.1 "strlen(null)" exception on History page of Diffusion repo after…

Summary

strlen() was used in Phabricator to check if a generic value is a non-empty string.
This behavior is deprecated since PHP 8.1. Phorge adopts phutil_nonempty_string() as a replacement.

Note: this may highlight other absurd input values that might be worth correcting
instead of just ignoring. If phutil_nonempty_string() throws an exception in your
instance, report it to Phorge to evaluate and fix that specific corner case.

EXCEPTION: (RuntimeException) strlen(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated at [<arcanist>/src/error/PhutilErrorHandler.php:261]
arcanist(head=master, ref.master=97e163187418), phorge(head=master, ref.master=1c098c273d06)
  #0 <#2> PhutilErrorHandler::handleError(integer, string, string, integer) called at [<phorge>/src/applications/repository/xaction/PhabricatorRepositoryMaintenanceTransaction.php:28]

Closes T15475

Test Plan

Play a bit with maintenance messages:

./bin/repository maintenance --start "Start"      R1
./bin/repository maintenance --start "Start Yeah" R1
./bin/repository maintenance --stop               R1

Then visit /diffusion/1/manage/history/ and look at Diffusion put this repository into maintenance mode. as expected, instead of an exception.

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aklapper created this revision.Jun 14 2023, 19:21

Owners added a reviewer: O1: Blessed Committers.Jun 14 2023, 19:21

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aklapper requested review of this revision.Jun 14 2023, 19:21

Harbormaster completed remote builds in B559: Diff 964.Jun 14 2023, 19:21

Indeed the maintenance message should always be null or a string. Soft +1 for a week. Then hard +1.

valerio.bozzolan added inline comments.Jun 29 2023, 08:21

src/applications/repository/xaction/PhabricatorRepositoryMaintenanceTransaction.php
27	Thanks again. To make this a bit more readable (and a bit more performant) than the original legacy source code, maybe we can define these in line 27, and use these instead: $old_nonempty = phutil_nonempty_string($old); $new_nonempty = phutil_nonempty_string($new);