Bug #23866
closed
layered menus generate "too much recursion javascript-error"
Added by Andreas Philippi about 14 years ago. Updated over 11 years ago.
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Description
Under certain conditions, when using TMENU_LAYERS the layers containing the navigation items get non-unique IDs.
That happens because of a unique-ID-generating-function making uses microtime... which on these specific server seems not to provide unique IDs.
We noticed this error after migrating several sites in a virtualized environment on a much faster machine.
To correct this error we used the php-function uniqid to give us unique ids.
To correct this error we proceeded this way:
Locate the file /typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/media/scripts/tmenu_layers.php
Search for the string: substr(md5(microtime()),0,6);
Replace the string using: str_replace('.','',uniqid('',true));
(issue imported from #M16165)
Updated by Chris topher about 14 years ago
Hi Andreas,
the code you mention was already changed in #21388.
TYPO3 4.4.5 will ship with the new version. You can see the changeset here:
http://forge.typo3.org/projects/typo3v4-core/repository/revisions/9037/diff/branches/TYPO3_4-4/typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/media/scripts/tmenu_layers.php
Does this solve the problem?
Updated by Jorgo S. about 14 years ago
Did the official patch take this into account?
http://lists.typo3.org/pipermail/typo3-english/2010-October/071610.html
Updated by Chris topher about 14 years ago
@ Jorgo: The files in typo3/sysext/statictemplates/media/scripts/ were not changed until now.
Please send a reminder for the follow up which Jigal posted to #21388 in Core List.
Updated by Jorgo S. about 14 years ago
I'm not suscribed to that list and the one time I tried to contribute something I was instantly reprimanded about some rules I don't know anything about.
Updated by Andreas Philippi about 14 years ago
Hi,
I applied the code changes from here
http://forge.typo3.org/projects/typo3v4-core/repository/revisions/9037/diff/branches/TYPO3_4-4/typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/media/scripts/tmenu_layers.php
It seems to work.
Since this error did not occur every time I cannot be 100% sure. If it happens again I will let you know.
Updated by Mittwald CM about 14 years ago
Hi @all review,
as mentioned in 0012376 TYPO3 must offer a management of cached files and/or temporary files.
All javascript files in typo3temp are not temporary files but actually cached files: If they still lay around there they will be used many times.
To make a clean bugfix it must be choosen whether these files are temporary or cached files.
Next point is to write functions for managing temporary files, which can only be once used and will be deleted on some trigger event, and functions for cached files which may be used many times and must have also an actual unique id.
The bugfix of 0012376 is just a hot and dirty and slow bugfix. TYPO3 must offer routines for managing files.
best regards
Updated by Torben Hansen almost 14 years ago
Since 0012376 got into the CORE (TYPO3 4.4.5), the TMENU_LAYERS of one of my TYPO3 sites don´t work anymore. I get exactly the same error (Too much recursion) as described in this bugreport. The menu-DIVs do not have unique IDs, which leads to this error.
The Bugfix in 0012376 works fine with menus having one sublevel. If you have 4 sublevels, it does not work correctly, since "substr(md5('gl' . serialize($this->mconf)), 0, 6)" does not produce unique results.
The approach from this bugreport using PHP uniqid works great and every menu has its unique ID.
Updated by Andreas Philippi almost 14 years ago
I can confirm what Torben Hansen noticed:
I created 4 sublevels and the JS-errors came back :( .... I had to switch back to str_replace('.','',uniqid('',true));
Updated by Helmut Hummel almost 14 years ago
Can anyone post a simple TypoScript snippet to reproduce the problem?
Thanks.
Updated by Torben Hansen almost 14 years ago
I have no "simple" 4-level TMENU_LAYER, but you can try this one:
---[ start menu ]---
page.includeLibs.tmenu_layers = EXT:cms/tslib/media/scripts/tmenu_layers.php
lib.menu= HMENU
lib.menu {
1 = TMENU_LAYERS
1 {
layerStyle = position:absolute;VISIBILITY:hidden;vertical-align:middle;align:center;width: 150px;lockPosition = xrelativeToParentLayer=1
relativeToTriggerItem=1
topOffset=20
leftOffset=0hideMenuWhenNotOver = 50
hideMenuTimer = 70expAll=1wrap = <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr>|</tr></table>NO {
allWrap = <td class="menu_level1"> |</td>
ATagParams = class="menu_link_level1"
}ACT = 1
ACT {
allWrap = <td class="menu_level1"> |</td>
ATagParams = class="menu_link_level1"
}IFSUB = 1
IFSUB {
allWrap = <td class="menu_level1"> |</td>
ATagParams = class="menu_link_level1"
}}2 = TMENU_LAYERS
2 {
layerStyle = position:absolute;VISIBILITY:hidden;lockPosition = xrelativeToParentLayer=2
relativeToTriggerItem=2
topOffset=0
leftOffset=150hideMenuWhenNotOver = 50
hideMenuTimer = 70expAll=1wrap = <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">|</table>NO {
allWrap = <tr><td class="menu_level2"> |</td></tr>
ATagParams = class="menu_link_level2"
}ACT = 1
ACT {
allWrap = <tr><td class="menu_level2"> |</td></tr>
ATagParams = class="menu_link_level2_act"
}IFSUB = 1
IFSUB {
allWrap = <tr><td class="menu_level2"> |</td></tr>
ATagParams = class="menu_link_level2"
}
IFSUB.allStdWrap.insertData = 1
}3 = TMENU_LAYERS
3 {
layerStyle = position:absolute;VISIBILITY:hidden;lockPosition = xrelativeToParentLayer=2
relativeToTriggerItem=2
topOffset=0
leftOffset=150hideMenuWhenNotOver = 50
hideMenuTimer = 70expAll=1wrap = <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">|</table>
NO {
allWrap = <tr><td class="menu_level2"> |</td></tr>
ATagParams = class="menu_link_level2"
}
NO.allStdWrap.insertData = 1ACT = 1
ACT {
allWrap = <tr><td class="menu_level2"> |</td></tr>
ATagParams = class="menu_link_level2_act"
}
ACT.allStdWrap.insertData = 1IFSUB = 1
IFSUB {
allWrap = <tr><td class="menu_level2"> |</td></tr>
ATagParams = class="menu_link_level2"
}
IFSUB.allStdWrap.insertData = 1
}4 = TMENU_LAYERS
4 {
layerStyle = position:absolute;VISIBILITY:hidden;lockPosition = xrelativeToParentLayer=3
relativeToTriggerItem=3
topOffset=0
leftOffset=150expAll=1wrap = <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">|</table>
NO {
allWrap = <tr><td class="menu_level3"> |</td></tr>
ATagParams = class="menu_link_level2"
}
NO.allStdWrap.insertData = 1ACT = 1
ACT {
allWrap = <tr><td class="menu_level3"> |</td></tr>
ATagParams = class="menu_link_level2_act"
}
ACT.allStdWrap.insertData = 1
}}
---[ end menu ]---
Create a menu that has 4 levels of submenus. Create several submenu and sub-submenu-items and validate the HTML output using W3C validation service. It should report you, that some IDs are already defined. If not, try creating more submenu-items
I could not reproduce the javascript-error in my testinstallation. I have a customer-installation, where the customer has 450+ pages in his menu. There the javascript-error occours.
Updated by Sebastien L about 13 years ago
This string is causing us troubles in some of our sites with many levels of submenu either with tmenu_layers than gmenu_layers. The problem is always the same when it happens, an id produced by the string "substr(md5(microtime()),0,6);" is not unique and two menu elements has the same id which ends with javascript errors and strange menu behaviors. Everytime, we edit the core to switch this string using "str_replace('.','',uniqid('',true));" and it corrects the problem.
Is it possible to fix this problem in future versions?
Thanks!
Updated by Christian Kuhn over 11 years ago
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Communication) - Status changed from Needs Feedback to Rejected
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With 6.1 issue #46358, the _layers menus where moved to statictemplates, and statictemplates was removed from core afterwards. This issue won't be solved in the core anymore.