Weird order screen - PHP version issue

[brendonhatcher]

Hi

When I try to update a order on the backend, the order updates, but shows a really weird page, rather than just going back to the orders list.
See attached.

Has anyone else seen this?

I also get the same format as the last screen of the standard payment plugin.
Instead of showing that the order is confirmed and sending the email, I get this screen.

I am using J2.5.4 and VM 2.0.4

--- Update ---

I just tried a clone of the  site on XAMPP running PHP 5.3.x and the problem goes away.
I then downgraded XAMPP to a version running PHP 5.2.9 and the problem came back.

Thanks
Brendon

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[jenkinhill]

This should already be fixed in VM2.0.5 - 2.0.6 should be available soon.

There are too many issues related to J2.5/VM2 running on PHP versions lower than the recommended 5.3 - I am actually surprised that there are still some hosts not updated to 5.3 which was released 3 years ago.

[brendonhatcher]

Hi

Thanks for the reply

Upgraded to 2.0.5 and issue is resolved.

Just a comment.  It is really hard to upgrade a server to php 5.3 when you have a lot of legacy Joomla sites that won't work on PHP 5.3.
Finding a business model in which (non-tech savvy) clients pay to upgrade an otherwise perfectly functional site is proving tricky.

Thanks
Brendon