Thread "Error Upon Login"

Hello, I just installed ILIAS with CPanel using Softaculous. I am running PHP 7.3.

I get an error consistenly upon logging in. When I check the logfiles, I see the following:

Whoops\Exception\ErrorException thrown with message ""continue" targeting switch is equivalent to "break". Did you mean to use "continue 2"?" Stacktrace: #13 Whoops\Exception\ErrorException in /home/gorninfo/public_html/training/Services/PersonalDesktop/ItemsBlock/classes/class.ilPDSelectedItemsBlockGUI.php:781 #12 Whoops\Run:handleError in /home/gorninfo/public_html/training/Services/Init/classes/class.ilErrorHandling.php:477 #11 ilErrorHandling:handlePreWhoops in /home/gorninfo/public_html/training/Modules/StudyProgramme/classes/class.ilPDStudyProgrammeSimpleListGUI.php:7 #10 require_once in /home/gorninfo/public_html/training/Modules/StudyProgramme/classes/class.ilPDStudyProgrammeSimpleListGUI.php:7 #9 include_once in /home/gorninfo/public_html/training/Services/Block/classes/class.ilColumnGUI.php:568 #8 ilColumnGUI:showBlocks in /home/gorninfo/public_html/training/Services/Block/classes/class.ilColumnGUI.php:535 #7 ilColumnGUI:getHTML in /home/gorninfo/public_html/training/Services/UICore/classes/class.ilCtrl.php:262 #6 ilCtrl:getHTML in /home/gorninfo/public_html/training/Services/PersonalDesktop/classes/class.ilPersonalDesktopGUI.php:409 #5 ilPersonalDesktopGUI:getCenterColumnHTML in /home/gorninfo/public_html/training/Services/PersonalDesktop/classes/class.ilPersonalDesktopGUI.php:328 #4 ilPersonalDesktopGUI:show in /home/gorninfo/public_html/training/Services/PersonalDesktop/classes/class.ilPersonalDesktopGUI.php:614 #3 ilPersonalDesktopGUI:jumpToSelectedItems in /home/gorninfo/public_html/training/Services/PersonalDesktop/classes/class.ilPersonalDesktopGUI.php:294 #2 ilPersonalDesktopGUI:executeCommand in /home/gorninfo/public_html/training/Services/UICore/classes/class.ilCtrl.php:215 #1 ilCtrl:forwardCommand in /home/gorninfo/public_html/training/Services/UICore/classes/class.ilCtrl.php:179 #0 ilCtrl:callBaseClass in /home/gorninfo/public_html/training/ilias.php:20

I searched these forums using the Whoops error in the first line, but found no results. If anyone has suggestions, I would be greatful. Thank you.

I'm not sure how this fixed it, but downgrading to PHP version 7.2 fixed the issue.

Hi!

PHP 7.3 has had some breaking changes over PHP 7.2, one of which is the behavior in so-called switch statements:
https://www.php.net/manual/de/migration73.incompatible.php

Which ILIAS version do you use? If you are using ILIAS 5.4.x, you can report the bug in the bug tracker, because ILIAS 5.4 also supports PHP7.3: https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning/ILIAS/blob/release_5-4/docs/configuration/install.md#php
You can report bugs here: https://mantis.ilias.de/

best regards

Fabian

If you want to get paid support for the installation of ILIAS, you will find a list of competent service providers under the following link: https://www.ilias.de/lms-ilias-profi-support/ 

Thank you Fabian. I am running 5.4.0. Perhaps upgrading to 5.4.2 will fix the issue. I will test with the latest 5.4.2 version before creating a bug report. Thank you.

Good idea, I thought we had a pull request on this topic a few days ago, so it may well be that the problem has already been solved.

I have briefly checked this because of my own project, unfortunately ILIAS 5.4.2 doesn't seem to be PHP7.3 compatible at this point yet. It would be great if you could do a bug report.