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Fatal error:Access level to VisformsModelVisplaceholders::$fid must be protected

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6 years 10 months ago #5931 by fdonna
Fatal error:Access level to VisformsModelVisplaceholders::$fid must be protected was created by fdonna
Hi,
I don't know since which version it happens because I haven't been using placeholders for long time but, trying to insert a placeholder with "Visforms Placeholder" button in "Email receipt text" an error is shown in the popup:

Fatal error: Access level to VisformsModelVisplaceholders::$fid must be protected (as in class VisformsModelVisfields) or weaker in path/to/my/website/folder/administrator/components/com_visforms/models/visplaceholders.php on line 17

I'm using v3.12.5

Thank you very much
Kind regards

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6 years 10 months ago #5935 by Administrator AV
Replied by Administrator AV on topic Fatal error:Access level to VisformsModelVisplaceholders::$fid must be protected
Hi,
thanks for pointing my to this but. I think this has happened between on the Visforms 3.12.x update.

It is very easy to fix and I will release a bugfix as soon as possible.

Just open the file path/to/my/website/folder/administrator/components/com_visforms/models/visplaceholders.php

Replace the code
Code:
private $fid;

at line 19 with
Code:
protected $fid;
This will fix the problem.

Regards,
Aicha

P.S. I don't know, why the line number is 17 in the error message, so maybe you find the code in line 17 in your file
:idea: I recommend you the new and up-to-date documentation for Joomla 5:
docs.joomla-5.visforms.vi-solutions.de/en/docs/
Most of this also applies retrospectively to Joomla 4.
Please only ask 1 question per topic :-).

:idea: Ich empfehle Dir die neue und aktuelle Dokumentation für Joomla 5:
docs.joomla-5.visforms.vi-solutions.de/docs/
Das meiste gilt rückwirkend auch für Joomla 4.
Bitte immer nur 1 Frage pro Thema stellen :-).
The following user(s) said Thank You: fdonna

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6 years 10 months ago #5937 by fdonna
Replied by fdonna on topic Fatal error:Access level to VisformsModelVisplaceholders::$fid must be protected
Hi, I confirm that your fix works.
Thank you very much.
Kind regards

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