HELP!! PHP 5.5

[TGTarheel]

My darn server company upped me without telling me and now I have a fatal error...

[29-Oct-2017 13:06:44 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function session_register() in /home/xxx-redacted-xxx/public_html/common.php on line 87

This means that function in question is no longer supported starting from PHP 5.4, while minor available PHP version is 5.5.


How do I fix this??

I found an "answer" on Google...

$_SESSION['myusername']="something";

But what do I put in the "something" parts??
What do I put in 'myuserame' or does that stay the same??

UPDATE:  Looked into the core code for Version 1.1.1 and Version 1.1.2 - I currently run 1.1.0
Both Version 1.1.1 and Version 1.1.2 contain the same offending line at or near line 87 in common.php

So a core upgrade will not fix my problem.

[TGTarheel]

OK, might have just solved my own problem...

Code:

session_start();
function session_register($name){
    if(isset($GLOBALS[$name])) $_SESSION[$name] = $GLOBALS[$name];
    $GLOBALS[$name] = &$_SESSION[$name];
}

//session_register("session");
$session =& $_SESSION['session'];

replaced

Code:

session_register("session");
$session =& $_SESSION['session'];

in common.php

I am in my site now where I could not log in before.

Now the test of time to make sure nothing else got broken.


Some other peeps might make use of this little fix....since Versions 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 BOTH contain the offending line at or near line 87 in common.php


I will update later if anything else breaks because of this.

UPDATE: So far nothing else I can see has broken.

[Talisman]

Take a look at this version of 1.1.2 which has numerous bugfixes applied to overcome the challenges posed by newer versions of php.  You may find the fixes you need.

Link helps:  http://dragonprime.net/index.php?module=Downloads;sa=dlview;id=1457

[Stephen.Kise]

This is a great reason to keep your stuff upgraded.

[Aeolus]

Some other peeps might make use of this little fix....since Versions 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 BOTH contain the offending line at or near line 87 in common.php

The current upload of 1.1.2 doesn't, because we went through and fixed those bugs, such as those listed here.

[Talisman]

Some other peeps might make use of this little fix....since Versions 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 BOTH contain the offending line at or near line 87 in common.php

The current upload of 1.1.2 doesn't, because we went through and fixed those bugs, such as those listed here.

Also available in Dragonprime's downloads...I forgot to include the link in my earlier post:  http://dragonprime.net/index.php?module=Downloads;sa=dlview;id=1457

[TGTarheel]

Need to look into this stuff.

I got a call stack problem with creaturedrop now...apparently...

Code:

debug($drop['name']);

ths is on line 41 of creaturedrop.php and seems to be causing a call stack, listed below:


PHP Warning: "Illegal string offset 'name'"
in /home/savmor/public_html/modules/creaturedrop.php at 41.
Call Stack:
2: creaturedrop_dohook("battle-victory", Array(
"creatureid"=>"333", "creaturename"=>"Deadly Master Dragon Symp...", "creaturelevel"=>"7", "creatureweapon"=>"Razor Sharp Dagger", "creaturelose"=>"I will be avenged. You ha...", "creaturewin"=>NULL, "creaturegold"=>423, "creatureexp"=>129, "creaturehealth"=>-4, "creatureattack"=>24, "creaturedefense"=>15, "oldcreatureexp"=>NULL, "createdby"=>"DaveS", "forest"=>"1", "graveyard"=>"0", "playerstarthp"=>"169", "diddamage"=>0, "type"=>"forest", "didsurprise"=>1, "fightoutput"=>"<!-- AllowAnonymous: Fals..."
)) called from /home/savmor/public_html/lib/modules.php on line 512
3: modulehook("battle-victory", Array(
"creatureid"=>"333", "creaturename"=>"Deadly Master Dragon Symp...", "creaturelevel"=>"7", "creatureweapon"=>"Razor Sharp Dagger", "creaturelose"=>"I will be avenged. You ha...", "creaturewin"=>NULL, "creaturegold"=>423, "creatureexp"=>129, "creaturehealth"=>-4, "creatureattack"=>24, "creaturedefense"=>15, "oldcreatureexp"=>NULL, "createdby"=>"DaveS", "forest"=>"1", "graveyard"=>"0", "playerstarthp"=>"169", "diddamage"=>0, "type"=>"forest", "didsurprise"=>1, "fightoutput"=>"<!-- AllowAnonymous: Fals..."
)) called from /home/savmor/public_html/battle.php on line 277
4: require_once("/home/savmor/public_html/...") called from /home/savmor/public_html/forest.php on line 188

For now, i just commented out line 41 to see what happens, is there a known fix?


UDATE:  Further investigation is telling me that the fuction s expectng an array and it is getting a strng.

Does that seem right?

If so...what code can I use above the call....too explode it into an array instead f a string?

And then, should I implode it back into a string or leave it an array?