cb2_plug_pms_uddeim not working and prevents CB 2.1 control panel from working

[Quark-Zimmerman]

Basically as it says,
cb2_plug_pms_uddeim not working and prevents Community Builder 2.1 control panel from working , at least when running PHP 8.4 .

The require_once() loading "pms.uddeim.php" crashes silently and no page displayed for any of CP 2.1 (my version is 2.10.0+build.2025.02.10.18.59.11.b0d14120b running on Joomla 3.10) control panel pages.

The reason is simple - at come point in CB 2.1 they changed the function signature of "cbPMSHandler::sendUserPMS()" to:
public function sendUserPMS( $toUserId, $fromUserId, $subject, $message, $systemGenerated = false, $fromName = null, $fromEmail = null ) { }
while in uddeim the signature is till like this:
function sendUserPMS($toid, $fromid, $subject, $message, $systemGenerated=false, $escaped=false)

• note last $fromEmail = null missing.

So, the simple fix is to change the signature like this:
public function sendUserPMS( $toUserId, $fromUserId, $subject, $message, $systemGenerated = false, $fromName = null, $fromEmail = null, $escaped=false)

and on line 439 make the following change:
if ($this->sendUserPMS($recip, $sender, $newsub, $newmsg, $systemGenerated=false, null,$escaped=true)) {

(note null added before last parameter).

Not sure its a proper change as I pass null for email, but at least it makes Community Builder Control panel work properly and send messages.

[Quark-Zimmerman]

One more thing , after fixing above , it start to crash frontend with "can't find _UDDEIM_PM_INBOX" message only on russian.

After some investigation it looks like there is a typo in russian.php section marked as "// New: 3.6" - all IDs there (besides first) look like this:

DEFINE ('_UE_PM_INBOX', 'Показать входящие личные сообщения');
`

Note it starts "UE_PM" instead of "UDDEIM_PM"

Also there are some entries missing, should look like this:

// New: 3.6
DEFINE ('_UDDEIM_KUNENA_LINK', 'Форум');
DEFINE ('_UDDEIM_PM_USER', 'Отправить личное сообщение');
DEFINE ('_UDDEIM_PM_USER_DESC', 'Отправить личное сообщение этому пользователю');
DEFINE ('_UDDEIM_PM_INBOX', 'Показать входящие личные сообщения');
DEFINE ('_UDDEIM_PM_INBOX_DESC', 'Показать полученные личные сообщения');
DEFINE ('_UDDEIM_OUTBOX', 'Показать исходящие личные сообщения');
DEFINE ('_UDDEIM_PM_OUTBOX_DESC', 'Показать исходящие личные сообщения');
DEFINE ('_UDDEIM_PM_TRASHBOX', 'Показать корзину');
DEFINE ('_UDDEIM_MENU_PM_TRASHBOX_DESC', 'Показать личные сообщения в корзине');
DEFINE ('_UDDEIM_PM_OPTIONS', 'Показать настройки СЛС');
DEFINE ('_UDDEIM_MENU_PM_OPTIONS_DESC', 'Показать настройки СЛС');
DEFINE ('_UDDEIM_PM_ARCHIVE', 'Show private Archive');
DEFINE ('_UDDEIM_PM_ARCHIVE_DESC', 'Show archived private messages');
DEFINE ('_UDDEIM_PM_SENDMESSAGE', 'Сообщение отправлено');
DEFINE ('_UDDEIM_PM_STAB', 'Отправить сообщение');
DEFINE ('_UDDEIM_PM_PROFILEMSG', 'Quick message');
DEFINE ('_UDDEIM_PM_SENTSUCCESS', 'Successfully sent.');
DEFINE ('_UDDEIM_PM_SESSIONTIMEOUT', 'Session timeout.');
DEFINE ('_UDDEIM_PM_NOTSENT', 'Message not sent.');
DEFINE ('_UDDEIM_PM_TRYAGAIN', 'Try again.');
DEFINE ('_UDDEIM_PM_EMPTYMESSAGE', 'Empty message.');
DEFINE ('_UDDEIM_PM_EMAILFORMSUBJECT', 'Subject');
DEFINE ('_UDDEIM_PM_EMAILFORMMESSAGE', 'Message');
DEFINE ('_UDDEIM_PM_TABINBOX', 'Inbox');
DEFINE ('_UDDEIM_PM_PMSLINK', 'Private Messaging');

(some entries that are missing not translated and taken from english version.

Also, please mind that this need to be updated in TWO places in "regular" folder and utf-8 folder php files

[joomod]

hi,
I don't know which versions you are mixing?

1. the actual cb2_plug_pms_uddeim_j50 contains (always use the ..._j50 versions)
   function sendUserPMS($toid, $fromid, $subject, $message, $systemGenerated=false, $fromName = null, $fromEmail = null)

2. you speak about CB 2.1 but I think you mean v2.10.x ??
   in your posting you write about Jommla 3.10
   my version is 2.10.0+build.2025.02.10.18.59.11.b0d14120b running on Joomla 3.10

3. uddeim v5.x does NOT contain a ready russian language file,
   when you take some old language files you have to add the new definations manually
   ---> see new_defines_v5+.php in the v5.x language folder)

and YES, you are right, there are misdefinations in the lines for new v3.6
UDDEIM_PM is correct (I corrected this in the old russian.php files)

btw.
you are welcomed to upload a finished russian translated file for v5 :)

[Quark-Zimmerman]

1. It's "cb2_plug_pms_uddeim" ( from https://github.com/slabbi/uddeIM/tree/main/cb2_plug_pms_uddeim/ ) not "cb2_plug_pms_uddeim_j50" , as I use Joomla 3.10 not 5 , or am I misunderstand something ?

2. Yes v2.10.x

3. Yes, again , ists still not j5 , sorry old site , used uddeIM 4.0 but recently moved to PHP 8 and needed to update to 5.0 as result, but Joomla still 3.10 .

[joomod]

I think for this mixed up setting you must take hand on your own for some needed corrections.
for the cb2_plug you have found already

I don't know about the v4 Version as I come here after and only worked for the v5 update.
there will be more errors in v4 especially running with php8 (8.2 has many changes)

and I don't know if v5 will run on a 3.10 system (I hope they have prepared all the changes)
the best way is just to test and if you got errors look in the same file from v4 to see changes

[Quark-Zimmerman]

Thanks, I just want to make one thing clear , I am using Joomla 3, should I use "cb2_plug_pms_uddeim" or cb2_plug_pms_uddeim_j50" ?

I mean j50 means it for Joomla 5.x only, right ? So , with 3.10 I am "defaulted" to cb2_plug_pms_uddeim" ?
I am not even trying to run j50 on Joomla 3.1 , am I wrong ?

The "cb2_plug_pms_uddeim" runs fine on Joomla 3.0 with CB v2.10.x , besides one problem with CB v2.10.x which I reported above and fixed, and since CB v2.10.x is de facto a standard now I believe the "cb2_plug_pms_uddeim" needs to be updated, right ?

[joomod]

I can't remember what I have to change for _j50 version,
mainly it was the use of namrspace definitions and change all JClasses to Classes (without J).
I think Joomla has prepared v3.10 for the namespace use, but not quite shure.

• you can just try the _j50 version, but yes it is basicly for the use with Joomla5.

as CB 2.10 is the very actual version and runs on your J3 means that J3.10 can use J5 scripts.

as I don't know when CB has changed the code it is not clear weather to update the plugin or not.
if you try the _j50 version we can give a hint for users who combine old J3 with the new CB2.10