Censor error

[Hackfall]

When I set up some censor words and try to start a new thread I get an error message along the lines of:

"Server error please try again later".

When I view the error log I see:

ErrorException: preg_replace(): Compilation failed: unknown option bit(s) set at offset 0 - library/XenForo/Helper/String.php:109

#0 [internal function]: XenForo_Application::handlePhpError(2, 'preg_replace():...', '/var/www/html/l...', 109, Array)
#1 /var/www/html/library/XenForo/Helper/String.php(109): preg_replace(Array, Array, 'This is a test ...')
#2 /var/www/html/library/XenForo/BbCode/Formatter/Base.php(692): XenForo_Helper_String::censorString('This is a test ...')
#3 /var/www/html/library/XenForo/BbCode/Formatter/Base.php(488): XenForo_BbCode_Formatter_Base->filterString('This is a test ...', Array)
#4 /var/www/html/library/XenForo/BbCode/Formatter/Base.php(467): XenForo_BbCode_Formatter_Base->renderString('This is a test ...', Array, 0)
#5 /var/www/html/library/XenForo/BbCode/Formatter/Base.php(444): XenForo_BbCode_Formatter_Base->renderTreeElement('This is a test ...', Array, 0)
#6 /var/www/html/library/XenForo/BbCode/Formatter/Base.php(424): XenForo_BbCode_Formatter_Base->renderSubTree(Array, Array)
#7 /var/www/html/library/XenForo/BbCode/Parser.php(503): XenForo_BbCode_Formatter_Base->renderTree(Array, Array)
#8 /var/www/html/library/XenForo/DataWriter/DiscussionMessage.php(361): XenForo_BbCode_Parser->render('This is a test ...')
#9 /var/www/html/library/XenForo/DataWriter/DiscussionMessage.php(321): XenForo_DataWriter_DiscussionMessage->_checkMessageValidity()
#10 /var/www/html/library/XenForo/DataWriter.php(1422): XenForo_DataWriter_DiscussionMessage->_preSave()
#11 /var/www/html/library/XenForo/DataWriter/Discussion.php(323): XenForo_DataWriter->preSave()
#12 /var/www/html/library/XenForo/DataWriter/Discussion.php(291): XenForo_DataWriter_Discussion->_preSaveFirstMessageDw()
#13 /var/www/html/library/XenForo/DataWriter.php(1422): XenForo_DataWriter_Discussion->_preSave()
#14 /var/www/html/library/XenForo/ControllerPublic/Forum.php(442): XenForo_DataWriter->preSave()
#15 /var/www/html/library/XenForo/FrontController.php(310): XenForo_ControllerPublic_Forum->actionAddThread()
#16 /var/www/html/library/XenForo/FrontController.php(132): XenForo_FrontController->dispatch(Object(XenForo_RouteMatch))
#17 /var/www/html/index.php(13): XenForo_FrontController->run()
#18 {main}

I deleted my censor words and all was well. Perhaps censorship, even of hate words and profanity is a bad thing but if anyone can suggest a solution to this error I would be grateful as there are some things I want to asterix out.

Thanks

 

[Jake Bunce]

What censored words?

It could be a problem with your PCRE version. I found several Google results to this effect. So a fix you can try is to upgrade your PCRE library in PHP.

 

[Hackfall]

Yum says:
Package pcre-7.8-4.el6.x86_64 already installed and latest version

I'm just going to look at my Nginx config files following a post on another thread by Floren.

Thanks

 

[Hackfall]

Hi Jake,

If I put anything in options>>censoring I get this error.
I have Nginx and php-fpm installed. php-fpm has PCRE support and I have the latest PCRE libraries. I'm starting to think that the PCRE location is not being found.

I feel like I keep climbing ladders and then slipping down geasy poles on this server setup.

Cheers

 

[Jake Bunce]

Visit admin.php?tools/phpinfo to see what PCRE version is being reported by PHP. There are newer versions of PCRE bundled with newer versions of PHP:

http://php.net/manual/en/pcre.installation.php

 

[Hackfall]

info.php reports

PHP 5.3.14
PCRE Library Version 7.8 2008-09-05

I see that 8.11 is bundled with PHP 5.3.6. I'll investigate further tomorrow.

Many thanks

 

[Hackfall]

Hi Jake,

Just to close this off. The yum repo's latest version of the PCRE libraries was 7.8
I searched the axivo repo and found there's was 8.2.1 and I was able to install that. Everything works fine now.

Thanks