Installation problems – Update for 3.4.2

mitchbw,

We just released version 1.5 of WP User Control, which has quite a few updates and has been tested up to WP v3.4.2.

-Bill

Hello,

I stupidly upgraded to WP3.5 instead of waiting a few weeks for the plugin authors to upgrade their software, and now I’m getting this error when I activate WP User Control (I’ve replaced the site’s folders with ellipses for security) :

Warning: Missing argument 2 for wpdb::prepare(), called in …/wp-content/plugins/user-control/usercontrol.php on line 292 and defined in …/wp-includes/wp-db.php on line 990

It’s also causing me to get a blank screen with this error when I search users (using the search box on the Users page in WordPress):

Warning: Missing argument 2 for wpdb::prepare(), called in …/wp-content/plugins/user-control/usercontrol.php on line 292 and defined in …/wp-includes/wp-db.php on line 990

Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at …/wp-includes/wp-db.php:990) in …/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 876

I love love LOVE this plugin, and would really like to keep using it, but alas, I can’t until it’s able to play nice with WP3.5. Any thoughts for a fix, or a timeframe for when you might get it compatible? Thank you so much, and thanks for making this plugin – it’s terrific!

Trish

astrogirl426,

Thanks for your post. We looked at the error messages you posted. However, it does not appear that these are being generated by WP User Control. We say this for several reasons:

The root plugin folder for WP User Control is
../wp-content/plugins/wp-user-control
NOT
../wp-content/plugins/user-control

The core plugin file for WP User Control is:
../wp-content/plugins/wp-user-control/wp-user-control.php
NOT
../wp-content/plugins/user-control/usercontrol.php

The core plugin file for WP User Control only has 250 lines, but the error message you listed references a call made on line 292. WP User Control also does not make any calls to wpdb::prepare()

It looks to us like you are also running this plugin User Control? If so, then you should look at that plugin for the cause of your issues.

Just FYI, we’ve done preliminary testing of WP User Control on WP v3.5 (both standard and WPMS) and although we have not fully tested all functions yet, it does appear to work without issue. We will be releasing a new version of WP User Control once we’ve completed a few minor updates and our full battery of functionality tests on WP v3.5.

Oh, my apologies – I accidentally posted this to you instead of the folks at User Control. Very sorry about that…It appears User Control hasn’t been updated in a couple years, looks like I’ll need to find another option! Thank you for your timely response!

Trish