Warning: Illegal sting offset

[JessiRue]

Working on a site and all was well while developing locally. When I moved to host server to test some things I started getting a HUGE list of errors. All started with:

Warning: Illegal string offset 'append_description_home' in /home/creative/public_html/mtsterling/wp-content/themes/genesis/lib/classes/sanitization.php on line 157

Warning: Illegal string offset 'append_description_home' in /home/creative/public_html/mtsterling/wp-content/themes/genesis/lib/classes/sanitization.php on line 159

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/creative/public_html/mtsterling/wp-content/themes/genesis/lib/classes/sanitization.php:157) in /home/creative/public_html/mtsterling/wp-includes/option.php on line 747

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/creative/public_html/mtsterling/wp-content/themes/genesis/lib/classes/sanitization.php:157) in /home/creative/public_html/mtsterling/wp-includes/option.php on line 748

I had added some custom widget functions and assumed I had messed something up. The widget areas showed up in the widget panel, and the area was present on the site, but not filled with the assigned css.

So, I deleted the custom widgets one by one trying to zero in on the problem and then deleted ALL plugins I had enabled. All errors are still showing up. I am lost as to where to look next.

Anyone else ran into this?

THANKS.

http://mtsterling.printandpixelcreative.com

[Davinder Singh Kainth]

If you were using simple sidebar plugin, then check this solution - http://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-illegal-string-in-header-of-website

Related discussion here - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9869150/illegal-string-offset-warning-php

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[JessiRue]

Thanks Davinder...appreciate the info.

I had checked the Debug line in the config.php

And i have looked at the arrays in my functions.php and can't find a discrepancy. I am at a lost. Especially since I have deleted all the plugins and custom add-ons in the functions.php file.

[Gary Jones]

Try re-saving the theme settings.

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WordPress Engineer, and key contributor the Genesis Framework | @GaryJ

[jakester]

I'm having the exact same problem. Huge list of errors all stemming from wp-content/themes/genesis/lib/classes/sanitization.php on line 157 and line 159.

[jakester]

Turned debug on and I get this "Notice: genesis_home is deprecated since version 1.7.0! Use do_action( 'genesis_home' ) instead."

I'm using an old version of the Outreach theme.

[Gary Jones]

Find

genesis_home()

somewhere in your theme, and change it to

do_action( "genesis_home" );

instead.

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WordPress Engineer, and key contributor the Genesis Framework | @GaryJ

[jakester]

OK great! That worked to get rid of the error code on the front page.

However, there's still a long list of error messages in the admin area - rendering the backend useless. They all come from sanitization.php line 157 & 159. It's not the type hint bug.

Warning: Illegal string offset ‘append_description_home’ in /wp-content/themes/genesis/lib/classes/sanitization.php on line 157

Warning: Illegal string offset ‘append_description_home’ in /wp-content/themes/genesis/lib/classes/sanitization.php on line 159

…and on and on

http://www.whatcomhumane.jakedouville.com/

I’m using an old version of the Outreach theme.

Thank you for looking into this!

[Gary Jones]

What version of Genesis are you running?

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WordPress Engineer, and key contributor the Genesis Framework | @GaryJ

[jakester]

Wordpress 3.9.1
Genesis 2.0.2
Outreach Child Theme 1.0.1

I realize these errors are probably all because of the old Outreach theme - but I have an approved design using the old theme, so if there's anyway to fix it I'd be grateful.

[Gary Jones]

Do you have that Append Site Description (tagline) ... checkbox checked?

Have you saved the SEO settings page?

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WordPress Engineer, and key contributor the Genesis Framework | @GaryJ

[jakester]

Nice!

Saving the SEO settings page worked! I didn't need to check "Add Site Description (tagline)" checkbox.

All of the admin menu was missing because of the long list of errors - so I had to look for the SEO settings URL from a different install. But once I hit save and a quick browser refresh it was fixed.

Is there a way to have this "bug" fixed on a fresh install, without having to save the SEO settings? Like a simple line of code to add to the Functions Page? If not, no worries. Glad to have it working!

Thank You!

[JulieMetzger]

I am getting these like crazy when I activate a child theme. It really makes the admin page useless. What can I do. I didn't have any previous SEO settings. This was and is a brand new site. I am not sure what do do.

Help please!

[JulieMetzger]

Here is what the errors look like:

Warning: Illegal string offset 'wsm_home_moretext' in /home/paulincpa/webapps/wp/wp-content/themes/genesis/lib/classes/sanitization.php on line 171

Warning: Illegal string offset 'wsm_home_moretext' in /home/paulincpa/webapps/wp/wp-content/themes/genesis/lib/classes/sanitization.php on line 173

Warning: Illegal string offset 'wsm_home_morelink' in /home/paulincpa/webapps/wp/wp-content/themes/genesis/lib/classes/sanitization.php on line 171

Warning: Illegal string offset 'wsm_home_morelink' in /home/paulincpa/webapps/wp/wp-content/themes/genesis/lib/classes/sanitization.php on line 173

Warning: Illegal string offset 'wsm_copyright' in /home/paulincpa/webapps/wp/wp-content/themes/genesis/lib/classes/sanitization.php on line 171

Warning: Illegal string offset 'wsm_copyright' in /home/paulincpa/webapps/wp/wp-content/themes/genesis/lib/classes/sanitization.php on line 173

Warning: Illegal string offset 'wsm_contact_phone' in /home/paulincpa/webapps/wp/wp-content/themes/genesis/lib/classes/sanitization.php on line 171

Warning: Illegal string offset 'wsm_contact_phone' in /home/paulincpa/webapps/wp/wp-content/themes/genesis/lib/classes/sanitization.php on line 173

Warning: Illegal string offset 'wsm_home_tagline' in /home/paulincpa/webapps/wp/wp-content/themes/genesis/lib/classes/sanitization.php on line 171

Warning: Illegal string offset 'wsm_home_tagline' in /home/paulincpa/webapps/wp/wp-content/themes/genesis/lib/classes/sanitization.php on line 173

Warning: Illegal string offset 'wsm_contact_address' in /home/paulincpa/webapps/wp/wp-content/themes/genesis/lib/classes/sanitization.php on line 171

Warning: Illegal string offset 'wsm_contact_address' in /home/paulincpa/webapps/wp/wp-content/themes/genesis/lib/classes/sanitization.php on line 173

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/paulincpa/webapps/wp/wp-content/themes/genesis/lib/classes/sanitization.php:171) in /home/paulincpa/webapps/wp/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 1121

[calielise]

I'm experiencing the very same issue that JulieMetzger is having. Any idea how to solve it?

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