Is BBQ plugin fully compatible with PHP 7.0?

  • Resolved ambujgarg

    (@ambujgarg)


    5 years, 8 months ago

    Hi – I am not a developer/expert, I use this BBQ plugin as one of the security measures on my website. Today, I ran a plugin “PHP Compatibility Checker” to check for plugins with PHP 7.0 issues on my site, and the following error came up for BBQ:

    FOUND 1 ERROR AFFECTING 1 LINE
    ——————————————————————————————————————————————————
    49 | ERROR | The behaviour of hexadecimal numeric strings was inconsistent prior to PHP 7 and support has been removed in PHP 7. Found: ‘0x3c62723e’

    Can you please check and revert if it is a cause of concern, and if you plan to update it to be fully compatible with PHP 7. Request you to clarify on the above error.

    Thanks,

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  • Plugin Author Jeff Starr

    (@specialk)

    5 years, 8 months ago

    Hello,

    Great question. Please see this thread for an explanation. Let me know if any further infos, glad to help.

    Updated to add: the linked thread refers to a different PHP scanning plugin, but the response is the same.

    • This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by Jeff Starr. Reason: add info
    Thread Starter ambujgarg

    (@ambujgarg)

    5 years, 8 months ago

    Thanks for the prompt response and clarification. I have installed your plugins BBQ and Blackhole for Bad Bots along with other security and firewall plugins as well as CDN for multiple layers of security. I don’t receive any messages about bad bots, etc. to say for sure about the efficacy of each one, but my site continues to remain secure and safe, so I believe that all of them are silently doing their job very well behind the scenes.

    Cheers,

    Plugin Author Jeff Starr

    (@specialk)

    5 years, 8 months ago

    That is great to hear, thank you for sharing your feedback, ambujgarg.

    Cheers

    Thread Starter ambujgarg

    (@ambujgarg)

    5 years, 8 months ago

    Hi Jeff – This is a separate BBQ issue (not related to PHP 7 compatibility), not sure if I should create a new support thread for this one, so posting it right here.

    Along with BBQ, I also have a backup plugin BackWpUp activated on my site. Now, there is a conflict among these 2 plugins. When both BBQ and BackWpUp are activated, and I try to delete or download my BackWpUp backups manually from the admin account, I get the following message:

    Access to http://www.[mysitename].com was denied
    You don’t have authorization to view this page.
    HTTP ERROR 403

    As soon as I deactivate BBQ on my site, I am able to manually delete and download my Backwpup backups from the admin account. Just to clarify, I am able to create new backups, schedule automated backups, etc., just not able to delete or download them manually. There are no settings in BBQ to be checked, and I have cross-checked the settings of BackWpUp plugin several times. Have not been able to resolve the conflict.

    Also, posted a support thread in the BackWpUp plugin forum, as I am not sure of the reason of this conflict. But it seems like firewall settings in BBQ may be a little too tight, and somehow restricting my admin authorization.

    Request you to please check at your end and revert. Thanks again for your support.

    Best,
    Ambuj

    Plugin Author Jeff Starr

    (@specialk)

    5 years, 8 months ago

    Yeah whenever a URL is blocked, it means that it contains some character or string that is blocked in the BBQ firewall. In order to resolve the issue, we need the actual URL which is blocked. The best way to get that information is to examine the code directly (via Chrome Inspector for example). If that is not possible, hopefully the plugin developers will know. Once you know the involved URL that was blocked (when you try to delete or whatever), then let me know. I should then be able to provide a solution for you.

    Thread Starter ambujgarg

    (@ambujgarg)

    5 years, 8 months ago

    Thanks. Will figure out the URL involved and let you know as suggested.

    Regards,
    Ambuj

    Plugin Author Jeff Starr

    (@specialk)

    5 years, 8 months ago

    Thanks Ambuj, let me know what you find.

    Thread Starter ambujgarg

    (@ambujgarg)

    5 years, 8 months ago

    Hey Jeff – The URLs not working are with BBQ activated are:

    https://www.[my-sitename].com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=backwpupbackups&ip-geo-block-auth-nonce=9835382ee5#TB_inline?height=440&inlineId=tb-download-file&width=640&height=412

    https://www.[my-sitename].com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=backwpupbackups&action=delete&jobdest-top=2_DROPBOX&paged=1&backupfiles%5B0%5D=%2%5Bsitename%5D%2F2018-08-06_11-01-59_VKYVVZL302.tar.gz&_wpnonce=94e9beec6f

    Please let me know if you can help. I use ip-geo-block plugin also. Thanks.

    Plugin Author Jeff Starr

    (@specialk)

    5 years, 8 months ago

    Thank you, ambujgarg. I have a small plugin that will resolve this issue. Please send me a quick email via my contact form, and I will attach the zipped plugin in my reply.

    Thread Starter ambujgarg

    (@ambujgarg)

    5 years, 8 months ago

    Hi – Problem was resolved with the prompt help of the plugin author Jeff. Thanks a lot.

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