Fixed CAS Auto Feature CRON causes error

[Nik]

CAS Version

2.3.6

XenForo Version

2.3.4

PHP Version

8.3

Database & Version

10.6

Are there any errors being throw?

Yes

Interestingly enough, started playing with CAS auto feature now and running the auto feature cron is producing this error.


EDIT: This appears to be caused when I select Exclusive on the CAS Options page under the auto feature section @Bob .

• Error: Object of class XF\Options could not be converted to string
• src/addons/XenAddons/CAS/Repository/Ad.php:945
• Generated by: Nik
• Feb 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM

Stack trace​

#0 src/addons/XenAddons/CAS/Cron/AutoFeature.php(13): XenAddons\CAS\Repository\Ad->autoFeatureAds()
#1 src/XF/Admin/Controller/CronEntryController.php(119): XenAddons\CAS\Cron\AutoFeature::runAutoFeatureAds(Array)
#2 src/XF/Mvc/Dispatcher.php(362): XF\Admin\Controller\CronEntryController->actionRun(Object(XF\Mvc\ParameterBag))
#3 src/XF/Mvc/Dispatcher.php(264): XF\Mvc\Dispatcher->dispatchClass('XF:CronEntry', 'Run', Object(XF\Mvc\RouteMatch), Object(XF\Admin\Controller\CronEntryController), NULL)
#4 src/XF/Mvc/Dispatcher.php(121): XF\Mvc\Dispatcher->dispatchFromMatch(Object(XF\Mvc\RouteMatch), Object(XF\Admin\Controller\CronEntryController), NULL)
#5 src/XF/Mvc/Dispatcher.php(63): XF\Mvc\Dispatcher->dispatchLoop(Object(XF\Mvc\RouteMatch))
#6 src/XF/App.php(2826): XF\Mvc\Dispatcher->run()
#7 src/XF.php(806): XF\App->run()
#8 admin.php(15): XF::runApp('XF\\Admin\\App')
#9 {main}

Request state​

array(4) {
["url"] => string(38) "/admin.php?cron/xaLdAutoFeatureAds/run"
["referrer"] => string(50) "https://mysite.com/admin.php?cron/"
"
["_GET"] => array(1) {
["cron/xaLdAutoFeatureAds/run"] => string(0) ""
}
["_POST"] => array(1) {
["_xfToken"] => string(8) "********"
}
}

 

[Bob]

Thank you for reporting this. This has been resolved in CAS 2.3.7

The issue was a rogue additional $ on the $options variable.



Note: All other addons that have auto featuring did not have this issue, just CAS.

 

[Bob]

Quick update on this...

Auto Feature is being removed in CAS 2.3.7 (Announcement - Legacy Featured Systems are being replaced by Implementing Featured Content Handlers.), so this is actually no longer applicable.

For anyone remaining on CAS 2.3.6 and older, you'll have to perform a manual file edit to remove the rouge $