cForms admin is broken in WordPress 4.2

@typebee – at least you could back up your forms. I can’t so I’m awaiting direction on that.

@nixonvs: This plugin should be a seemless replacement for the old delicousdays version of cforms.

If you are afraid of losing your forms I would suggest doing a full WP site backup (files and a database backup), then updating cforms to see what happens. If you lose your forms to the upgrade, you can always revert your site to the backup.

It says this issue is “resolved”. However, the code from github caused me to lose all three of our forms on IVTOM.org. I got them back by changing the code back and importing each form from backup files. Now I cannot save changes to the form. The “Save & Update Form Settings” feature isn’t working on the Dashboard.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Same here @typebee. Not resolved.

no way in hell we will risk losing the form

need to make multiple small changes

not worth trouble of back-up

fix it and do an update

thank you ??

Yes, careful!!! If you don’t have a backup of your forms DO NOT apply the patch!! Your forms will be gone. At the current state you can’t create a backup, wait for 14.9.3

UPDATE

It seems possible to edit the form. After clicking save, the page becomes weird, but after returning via sidebar (NOT refresh), it goes back to normal AND with updated form.

@samiotis It is not correct that you can’t create a backup. Just follow @chaoix’s last advise.

I’m just going to repeat:

For me the form can still be edited quite normally.

The only difference is when clicking “Save” the page malfunctions.

When returning using the sidebar it goes back to normal and already updated on our site.

I suggest you try this before attempting any changes.

Hi,

I made the changes recommended by: bgermann. I lost my forms (I had that of it 2) I have them redo, everything works very well. No bug.;-)
But today, my Version 14.9.2 version demands the update on Version 14.9.3 can we make it without losing again forms?

thanks

hi there,

maybe here is a possible solution…
i had the same problem… running WP 4.2.2 and cforms 14.6 –> backend has broken. I also was afraid of updating to cforms2. I also was NOT able to backup the forms because of the broken admin…

@nixonvs: the following solution is still risky but maybe the only way you can save your 20+ forms…?!
FYI – i have 12 forms ??

the solution which worked for me:

1. backup your WP and your DB completely
2. download WP 4.1
3. upload the WP install files of 4.1 (root-files, wp-admin, wp-includes – NOT the wp-content) – just overwrite everything
4. login to the wp-backend (a db-update is required, just do that)
5. cforms admin is running again -> now you can backup all the settings in the global settings (including the forms), you can also backup every single form in the form settings of each form too

now you have a backup of all your forms and settings again!!! ??

now the next steps is your decision…
– you can update wordpress once again through the wp-backend
– you can overwrite the wp-install files (root, wp-admin, wp-includes) from the WP 4.2.2 backup you made in step 1.
=> finally you can go through the update to the latest cform-version and restore the settings and forms from the backup you have made :-))

good luck @ all!!

bgermann

Is there any chance of a quick fix for those using 14.6?

@bkt2000 You should not use that version anymore, because there are serious security issues with it that are exploited in the wild. However if you want to risk being hacked:

In cforms.php replace

$cfadmin = ( strpos($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'],$plugindir.'/cforms')!==false )?true:false;

with

$cfadmin = strpos($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'], 'cforms') !== false;

@bgermann will the above “quick fix” leave our forms intact?

@ibogo Yes.