Don't save the global setting

[mckillo]

I have installed last Jcomments v.4.0.33 in Joomla 5.1.4 with php 8.2 and with old Jcomments tables (the old Jcomments v.3.x was uninstalled with migration to J5 but the Jcomments tables weren't deleted).

[BE] Go to JComments - Settings - Layout - Comment from and change these fields:

When I save the setting, I don't have any error and the setting doesn't save and have the default setting.

Does the Jcomments 4.x installer script migrate the old Jcomments tables, so that the old comments aren't lost, or should I assume that the old comments will be removed and I need to delete the old tables?"

[mckillo]

I test it without old table, I have the same issue, don't save the setting. I'll try to debug it.

[Globulopolis]

In the newer versions all component settings stored in #__extensions table. Save settings action is now processed by Joomla com_config.

Yes, try to debug. Turn on Joomla logging and php logs. As one step in debug try to disable Extension - JComments plugin and let me now about result.

[mckillo]

This afternoon I had time to debug for a while. I don't know why, but in \administrator\components\com_jcomments\models\settings.php line57 read the params of component:

$params = ComponentHelper::getComponent('com_jcomments')->getParams();

And the $params load previous value of "author_homepage":"0", when in the params in the extension, this field is "author_homepage":"1". After reading for a few minutes it's right. Any cache? No idea

I test it with:

$params = ComponentHelper::getParams('com_jcomments');

The result is the same.

I hadn't seen before that a getParams would return the previous value instead of the saved one. I'll keep investigating because I need this to be stable. Very strange.

[Globulopolis]

I will look at this issue when I have free time. But I strongly recommend to use Joomla com_config.
Go to Global settings and select Jcomments from the list on the left.

[exstreme]

Did you check database for errors and repair with standard Joomla tools?

[mckillo]

Yes, nothing, all's right, any errors.
I have tested several Joomla 5 (in local and server), the same issue, save setting and when load the page, I don't see the changes. I wait a few minutes, I can see the saved settings in the view.