No graphs after upgrade to Feisty

[Ivo Mans]

Binary package hint: libphp-phplot

After I upgraded from Edgy to Feisty both my own graphs as well as by the package provided examples/example1.php don't produce a valid image. Only output is lots of warning messages:

Warning: array_merge() [function.array-merge]: Argument #1 is not an array in /usr/share/phplot/phplot.php on line 4084

Warning: array_merge() [function.array-merge]: Argument #2 is not an array in /usr/share/phplot/phplot.php on line 4084

TESTCASE:
1. Install libphp-phplot, php5-cli, php5-gd
2. cp /usr/share/doc/libphp-phplot/examples/data.php /tmp
3. sed 's|\.\./phplot\.php|/usr/share/phplot/phplot.php|' /usr/share/doc/libphp-phplot/examples/example1.php > /tmp/example1.php
4. cd /tmp
5. /usr/bin/php5 example1.php | file -

EXPECTED RESULT:
/dev/stdin: PNG image data, 600 x 400, 8-bit colormap, non-interlaced

[Ivo Mans (ivomans)]

I installed the newest phplot-5.0rc2.tar.gz from www.phplot.com. This package is working without a problem for me.

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

I've not used the patch provided in the upstream report (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1807476&group_id=14653&atid=114653).

My patch makes sure, that the parameters for array_merge are of type array always (to mimic the PHP4 behaviour).

This fix _should_ work, but I've not tested it. Please confirm, if it works for you (either by applying just the patch to phplot.php or building a new package using the whole debdiff, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuPackagingGuide/BuildFromDebdiff).

[eocanha (eocanha)]

I can confirm that the patch submitted by dAniel hAhler works fine.

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

Scott proposed a StableReleaseUpdate for Feisty, so here's the debdiff for it.

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

libphp-phplot (4.4.6+5.0rc1.dfsg-0.1ubuntu2) gutsy; urgency=low

  * phplot.php: make sure that array_merge gets array parameters (LP: #127325)

 -- dAniel hAhler <email address hidden> Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:48:21 +0200

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

Uploaded. Once it's published to feisty-proposed, please send mail to the MOTU ML asking for testing help.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Accepted into feisty-proposed, please test.

[Daniel Schwitzgebel (schwitzd)]

Work for me

[Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz)]

I get the output shown in EXPECTED RESULT, fix works for me.

Minimum aging period of seven days elapsed and two persons stated fix is good, marking verification-done as per https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates (old policy).

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Copied to feisty-updates.