Help debugging PHP Errors
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Good evening,
I could use some help debugging a crash dump that I received after I’ve had to recover my system from backup two times now after a simple reboot.
I’ve already reviewed this thread which at first appeared to be related but now I am not sure as the resolution there seemed to be applying a patch when errors are seen with the config cache.
https://forum.netgate.com/topic/182610/php-error-after-reboot
[27-Mar-2024 21:21:21 EST] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: array_path_enabled(): Argument #1 ($arr) must be of type array, null given, called in /etc/inc/config.lib.inc on line 1250 and defined in /etc/inc/util.inc:3662 Stack trace: #0 /etc/inc/config.lib.inc(1250): array_path_enabled(NULL, 'notifications/s...', 'disable') #1 /etc/inc/notices.inc(379): config_path_enabled('notifications/s...', 'disable') #2 /etc/inc/notices.inc(662): notify_via_smtp('No config.xml f...') #3 /etc/inc/notices.inc(151): notify_all_remote('No config.xml f...') #4 /etc/inc/config.lib.inc(95): file_notice('config.xml', 'No config.xml f...', 'pfSenseConfigur...', '') #5 /etc/inc/config.inc(137): parse_config() #6 /etc/inc/gwlb.inc(25): require_once('/etc/inc/config...') #7 /etc/inc/functions.inc(35): require_once('/etc/inc/gwlb.i...') #8 /etc/rc.ecl(25): require_once('/etc/inc/functi...') #9 {main} thrown in /etc/inc/util.inc on line 3662 [27-Mar-2024 21:21:21 EST] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: array_path_enabled(): Argument #1 ($arr) must be of type array, null given, called in /etc/inc/config.lib.inc on line 1250 and defined in /etc/inc/util.inc:3662 Stack trace: #0 /etc/inc/config.lib.inc(1250): array_path_enabled(NULL, 'notifications/s...', 'disable') #1 /etc/inc/notices.inc(379): config_path_enabled('notifications/s...', 'disable') #2 /etc/inc/notices.inc(662): notify_via_smtp('PHP ERROR: Type...') #3 /etc/inc/notices.inc(151): notify_all_remote('PHP ERROR: Type...') #4 /etc/inc/config.lib.inc(1154): file_notice('phperror', 'PHP ERROR: Type...', 'PHP errors') #5 [internal function]: pfSense_clear_globals() #6 {main} thrown in /etc/inc/util.inc on line 3662 [27-Mar-2024 21:21:22 EST] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: Path cannot be empty in /etc/inc/notices.inc:135 Stack trace: #0 /etc/inc/notices.inc(135): fopen('', 'w') #1 /etc/inc/config.lib.inc(95): file_notice('config.xml', 'No config.xml f...', 'pfSenseConfigur...', '') #2 /etc/inc/config.inc(137): parse_config() #3 /etc/inc/gwlb.inc(25): require_once('/etc/inc/config...') #4 /etc/inc/functions.inc(35): require_once('/etc/inc/gwlb.i...') #5 /etc/inc/notices.inc(26): require_once('/etc/inc/functi...') #6 /etc/inc/config.gui.inc(39): require_once('/etc/inc/notice...') #7 /etc/inc/auth.inc(34): require_once('/etc/inc/config...') #8 /etc/inc/captiveportal.inc(29): require_once('/etc/inc/auth.i...') #9 /etc/inc/service-utils.inc(25): require_once('/etc/inc/captiv...') #10 /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc(26): require_once('/etc/inc/servic...') #11 /etc/rc.bootup(27): require_once('/etc/inc/pkg-ut...') #12 {main} thrown in /etc/inc/notices.inc on line 135I am not sure if I’m analyzing this correctly but it appears to be complaining about an issue in the config.xml file, this is the result of looking for that file on my system and it’s permissions.
[2.7.2-RELEASE][admin@pfSense]/root: find / -iname config.xml /usr/local/share/pear/PEAR/Command/Config.xml /conf.default/config.xml /cf/conf/config.xml [2.7.2-RELEASE][admin@pfSense]/root: ls -la /conf.default/ total 16 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Feb 20 09:41 . drwxr-xr-x 23 root wheel 1024 Mar 9 14:31 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 6220 Dec 8 11:48 config.xml] [2.7.2-RELEASE][admin@pfSense]/cf/conf: ls -la config.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 124427 Mar 28 11:40 config.xmlI can post the full error log if necessary, I just want to be able to reboot the router without having to recover from backup every time.
Many thanks in advance!
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@underqualifieditguy said in Help debugging PHP Errors:
but it appears to be complaining about an issue in the config.xml file
That's a way to put it.
It's trying to tell you that :
and that's massive show stopper.
If that file can not be created, and it's often updated, things go bad.
The most obvious reason is : bad file system, or file system full.@underqualifieditguy said in Help debugging PHP Errors:
https://forum.netgate.com/topic/182610/php-error-after-reboot
That was 2.7.0 so if it had issues, they are gone.
Still, I advise you to Run a pfSense Software File System Check (5/2020).
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Mmm, there are two errors there. The first is in importing the config. The second is in trying to show the notice about being unable to open the config file.
What version are you importing that config into? What version was the config backed up from?
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Hmm actually both are from the notice but the fact it's throwing a notice of 'no config' is indeed alarming. Like it failed to import the config or is unable to open the file.
Other than the crash report does the restored config appear to be there?
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@stephenw10 yes, once I restore the backup it comes up with all of the config as normal. I will run the filesystem check when I get back home today but it operates normally once it’s fully booted. The backup should be from the same version, the initial crash happened a few weeks after I upgraded and I only found out when I went to do maintenance on it and it hung on boot so when I restored the backup, it was from only a couple of days before (well after the upgrade).
I don’t have any problem reinstalling or even changing out the SSD as long as I’ll be able to get my configuration back :)
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It's running 2.7.2 currently?
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Does the imported config have a <notifications> section?
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@stephenw10 Nope! I searched the config and there is no notifications section :(
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Hmm, are you able to upload that config to us to test/review?
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@stephenw10 let me check what needs to be scrubbed tonight and then I can. Also planning on running the filesystem check tonight, the wife and I both WFH so wasn’t able to take it down during the day.
I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if there are bad blocks, it’s a cheap SSD I bought years ago and I think I want to switch to ZFS anyway which just means I’d have to grab a couple of more robust new SSD’s.
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Ok you're hitting this but with a slightly different underlying error: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/15157
In both cases the config file is somehow unreadable and the error/notice generated is calling badly creating those PHP errors. That's masking the real problem.
Try resaving the Sys > Adv > Notifications page so the config does have a notifications section if you can. That may workaround the error so you can see the real issue.
