XF 1.2 Unable to edit some posts

[ScottLott]

I'm having an issue editing posts on a forum updated to 1.2.1.

I'm using a local copy of the website on XAMPP to build a new theme and test the update before I make it live on my website.

Large posts cannot be edited at all. Clicking the "edit" button to bring up the quick editor results in NOTHING coming up on the screen. When I open the edit link in a new tab, the page doesn't load at all.

The error in both Firefox and Chrome are "The Connection was Reset"

Chrome:

The connection to localhost was interrupted.
Check your Internet connection.
Check any cables and reboot any routers, modems, or other network devices you may be using.
Allow Chrome to access the network in your firewall or antivirus settings.
If it is already listed as a program allowed to access the network, try removing it from the list and adding it again.
If you use a proxy server...
Check your proxy settings or contact your network administrator to make sure the proxy server is working. If you don't believe you should be using a proxy server: Go to the Chrome menu > Settings > Show advanced settings... > Change proxy settings...> LAN Settings and deselect "Use a proxy server for your LAN".
Error code: ERR_CONNECTION_RESET

Firefox:

The connection was reset
The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.
The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few
moments.
If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
connection.
If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

- I can edit small posts without a problem, this only happens with large posts.
- I AM running 1.2.1 with the regex fix listed in a similar issue I found trying to Google this problem.
- There are no Admin error logs.

 

[Paul B]

How large is large?

You may need to tweak the xampp sql settings.

 

[ScottLott]

Here's a link to one of the posts that errors out:
http://www.rcpowers.com/community/threads/f-35-v3-the-“scale-trainer”.15554/

 

[Mike]

If you turn off the rich text editor in your options, you should be able to edit the post. You'll see just how many BB codes are in it, which is likely the cause. (This is tweaked for new posts in 1.2 BTW.)

Can you attach the content of the post in a txt file?

 

[ScottLott]

Thanks Mike,
I tried disabling my BBcode addon to prevent the custom BB codes from parsing. The addon disabled without a hitch, but it didn't effect my ability to edit the posts.

I've attached a txt file of one of the problem posts.

Also, disabling the rich text editor did allow me to edit the post.

 

[Liam W]

Thanks Mike,
I tried disabling my BBcode addon to prevent the custom BB codes from parsing. The addon disabled without a hitch, but it didn't effect my ability to edit the posts.

I've attached a txt file of one of the problem posts.

Also, disabling the rich text editor did allow me to edit the post.

Looks like @Mike is right with it being something to do with the BBCODE content, there's an awful lot of BBCODE in that post...

Do you get any PHP errors, on an off chance, in a PHP error log?

Liam

 

[Mike]

Try the fix here: http://xenforo.com/community/threads/php-crash-or-blank-post-when-editing-large-post.59598/

 

[ScottLott]

Perfect. That fixed it. Thanks so much for the help, Mike.

 

[ScottLott]

Looks like @Mike is right with it being something to do with the BBCODE content, there's an awful lot of BBCODE in that post...

Do you get any PHP errors, on an off chance, in a PHP error log?

Liam

I checked the PHP and Apache error logs and wasn't able to find anything relevant to the post edit issue. I know it's tons of BBcode, we've had the issue since we moved to XenForo. I'm not sure if it's something wer'e doing, but BBCodes don't span multiple lines, instead they are automatically copied to extra lines.

For example, when we were using vBulletin 4 we could do something like this:

[B]This statement takes up
multiple lines but the bold
effect works on all the lines[/B]

But XenForo (atleast up to v1.13) seemed to take that and automatically turn it into this:

[B]This statement takes up[/B]
[B]multiple lines but the bold[/B]
[B]effect works on all the lines[/B]

I tried to fix it without any success. It didn't seem to effect the way the post was displayed, so I just let it go.

It's entirely possible that I'm doing things wrong/I missed a setting somewhere, but it's why we've got a crap ton of BB code in those posts.

 

[Mike]

That behavior has changed in 1.2.