Upgrade from 7.6.x to 7.7 generates strict standards errors (2633 times) #1061

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opened 2026-02-20 15:04:44 -05:00 by deekerman · 3 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 15:04:44 -05:00

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Originally created by @RichardLukins on GitHub (Aug 10, 2016).

Issue

Upgrading a very basic unchanged 7.6.x (7.6.3 but failed to make a note of it, sorry!) and not customised and never upgraded previously install, generates 2633 errors during upgrade

Expected Behavior

Error free upgrade!

Actual Behavior

After Pre-Flight checks all passed and upgrade clicked, this error is generated:
Strict Standards: Only variables should be passed by reference in /var/sites/c/crm.XYZ.com/public_html/include/SubPanel/SubPanelDefinitions.php on line 102

This error occurred 2633 times during the upgrade

Possible Fix

Are these just warnings, if so what should be configured differently to avoid them?
Should the preflight have generated a warning and recommend the corrective action in future?

The install had not been upgraded previously, and no alterations of system parameters had been done

Improve pre-flight checks if a configuration issue or upgrade process to avoid such error generation, or simplify output to a single error rather than 2633 of them!

Steps to Reproduce

Install 7.6.x
Do nothing !
Upgrade to 7.7 (using the 7.6.x to 7.7 upgrade files)
preflight success and install finishes - see errors

Context

Test Upgrade files

Your Environment

SuiteCRM Version used: 7.6.x to 7.7
Firefox on Win10 x64 - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:47.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/47.0

Server information
Linux #6 SMP Fri May 20 17:37:06 BST 2011 x86_64
Server software version Apache
PHP version 5.6.22
Memory limit 128M
MySQL version 5.6.30

Originally created by @RichardLukins on GitHub (Aug 10, 2016).   #### Issue Upgrading a very basic unchanged 7.6.x (7.6.3 but failed to make a note of it, sorry!) and not customised and never upgraded previously install, generates 2633 errors during upgrade #### Expected Behavior Error free upgrade! #### Actual Behavior After Pre-Flight checks all passed and upgrade clicked, this error is generated: Strict Standards: Only variables should be passed by reference in /var/sites/c/crm.XYZ.com/public_html/include/SubPanel/SubPanelDefinitions.php on line 102 This error occurred 2633 times during the upgrade #### Possible Fix Are these just warnings, if so what should be configured differently to avoid them? Should the preflight have generated a warning and recommend the corrective action in future? The install had not been upgraded previously, and no alterations of system parameters had been done Improve pre-flight checks if a configuration issue or upgrade process to avoid such error generation, or simplify output to a single error rather than 2633 of them! #### Steps to Reproduce 1. Install 7.6.x 2. Do nothing ! 3. Upgrade to 7.7 (using the 7.6.x to 7.7 upgrade files) 4. preflight success and install finishes - see errors #### Context Test Upgrade files #### Your Environment - SuiteCRM Version used: 7.6.x to 7.7 - Firefox on Win10 x64 - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:47.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/47.0 Server information Linux #6 SMP Fri May 20 17:37:06 BST 2011 x86_64 Server software version Apache PHP version 5.6.22 Memory limit 128M MySQL version 5.6.30

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deekerman commented

2026-02-20 15:04:46 -05:00

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@RichardLukins commented on GitHub (Aug 11, 2016):

Changing the error reporting in the PHP.ini file to this:
error_reporting=E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED & ~E_STRICT
fixes the issue, although not why the upgrade is not "strict" compliant?!

@RichardLukins commented on GitHub (Aug 11, 2016): Changing the error reporting in the PHP.ini file to this: error_reporting=E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED & ~E_STRICT fixes the issue, although not why the upgrade is not "strict" compliant?!

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 15:04:46 -05:00

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@garrettw commented on GitHub (Nov 8, 2016):

I just installed SuiteCRM on my web server yesterday and I'm getting tons of "Strict Standards" error messages too. They break the layout quite badly.

@garrettw commented on GitHub (Nov 8, 2016): I just installed SuiteCRM on my web server yesterday and I'm getting tons of "Strict Standards" error messages too. They break the layout quite badly.

deekerman commented

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@Dillon-Brown commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2017):

No longer relevant as 7.6.x and 7.7.x are no longer supported. Please create a new issue if you are still encountering this problem in later versions. Thanks.

@Dillon-Brown commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2017): No longer relevant as 7.6.x and 7.7.x are no longer supported. Please create a new issue if you are still encountering this problem in later versions. Thanks.