XF 1.3 Zend_Feed_Exception: Invalid parameter: author array must include a "name" key with a non-empty str

[sajal]

I'm getting lots of errors logged into the back-end server log like this:


Zend_Feed_Exception: Invalid parameter: author array must include a "name" key with a non-empty string value - library/Zend/Feed/Writer/Entry.php:92
Generated By: Unknown Account, xxxx 13.33


array(3) {
["url"] => string(68) "/forums/test.31/index.rss"
["_GET"] => array(1) {
["/forums/test_31/index_rss"] => string(0) ""
}
["_POST"] => array(0) {
}
}

#0 library/XenForo/ViewPublic/Forum/View.php(71): Zend_Feed_Writer_Entry->addAuthor(Array)
#1 library/ModEss/ViewPublic/Forum/View.php(25): XenForo_ViewPublic_Forum_View->renderRss()
#2 library/XenForo/ViewRenderer/Abstract.php(227): ModEss_ViewPublic_Forum_View->renderRss()
#3 library/XenForo/ViewRenderer/Rss.php(31): XenForo_ViewRenderer_Abstract->renderViewObject('WidgetFramework...', 'Rss', Array, 'forum_view')
#4 library/XenForo/FrontController.php(585): XenForo_ViewRenderer_Rss->renderView('XenForo_ViewPub...', Array, 'forum_view', NULL)
#5 library/XenForo/FrontController.php(158): XenForo_FrontController->renderView(Object(XenForo_ControllerResponse_View), Object(XenForo_ViewRenderer_Rss), Array)
#6 index.php(13): XenForo_FrontController->run()
#7 {main}

Any ideas?

 

[Chris D]

Yeah I can see on the forum referenced in the error (which is actually named "Tupakoinnin lopettajat", not "test" as the URL suggests) there is actually a very old thread which does not appear to have a username.

Notice the single comma here:



Just before the comma is supposed to be the username of the person who started the thread.

This is an unusual thing to happen, but it is most likely as a result of data being imported from another forum software. If this is just an isolated incident, you could either just delete that thread (permanently), or update the xf_thread table so that the username field for that thread actually has a value.

 

[Mike]

I'm not 100% positive on this, but I believe that we've generally seen this happen with imports using a non-standard importer. (Our default one has code to prevent this.)

 

[sajal]

Thanks @Chris D and @Mike for your inputs.

 

[ircforumlaricomtr]

hi,

I'm getting lots of errors logged into the back-end server log like this:

• Laminas\Feed\Writer\Exception\InvalidArgumentException: Invalid parameter: author array must include a "name" key with a non-empty string value
• src/vendor/laminas/laminas-feed/src/Writer/Entry.php:67
• By: Unknown account
• July 3, 2024 07:41

Stack monitoring

#0 src/XF/Pub/View/FeedHelper.php(69): Laminas\Feed\Writer\Entry->addAuthor(Array)
#1 src/XF/Pub/View/Forum/Rss.php(42): XF\Pub\View\FeedHelper::setupEntryForThread(Object(Laminas\Feed\Writer\Entry), Object(TickTackk\ChangeContentOwner\XF\Entity\Thread), 'last_post_date')
#2 src/XF/Mvc/Renderer/AbstractRenderer.php(91): XF\Pub\View\Forum\Rss->renderRss()
#3 src/XF/Mvc/Renderer/Xml.php(74): XF\Mvc\Renderer\AbstractRenderer->renderViewObject('XF:Forum\\Rss', '', Array)
#4 src/XF/Mvc/Dispatcher.php(458): XF\Mvc\Renderer\Xml->renderView('XF:Forum\\Rss', '', Array)
#5 src/XF/Mvc/Dispatcher.php(440): XF\Mvc\Dispatcher->renderView(Object(XF\Mvc\Renderer\Rss), Object(XF\Mvc\Reply\View))
#6 src/XF/Mvc/Dispatcher.php(400): XF\Mvc\Dispatcher->renderReply(Object(XF\Mvc\Renderer\Rss), Object(XF\Mvc\Reply\View))
#7 src/XF/Mvc/Dispatcher.php(58): XF\Mvc\Dispatcher->render(Object(XF\Mvc\Reply\View), 'rss')
#8 src/XF/App.php(2352): XF\Mvc\Dispatcher->run()
#9 src/XF.php(488): XF\App->run()
#10 index.php(20): XF::runApp('XF\\Pub\\App')
#11 {main}

Status request
array(4) {
["url"] => string(21) "/forumlar/-/index.rss"
["referrer"] => bool(false)
["_GET"] => array(0) {
}
["_POST"] => array(0) {
}
}