20149: Unable to add new question - LimeSurvey bugs and feature requests

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20149	Bug reports	Survey editing	public	2025-06-24 18:29	2025-06-24 18:31

Reporter	DenisChenu	Assigned To
Priority	none	Severity	minor
Status	new	Resolution	open
Product Version	6.6.x

Summary	20149: Unable to add new question
Description	When try to create or copy quetsion with this survey : get Failed to generate title for question
Steps To Reproduce	Steps to reproduce Import included survey Go to Structure Click Create question Expected result Question is created Actual result 500 error
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Attached Files	Exception.html (20,080 bytes) <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en" data-lt-installed="true"><head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Exception</title> <style type="text/css"> /<![CDATA[/ html,body,div,span,applet,object,iframe,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,p,blockquote,pre,a,abbr,acronym,address,big,cite,code,del,dfn,em,font,img,ins,kbd,q,s,samp,small,strike,strong,sub,sup,tt,var,b,u,i,center,dl,dt,dd,ol,ul,li,fieldset,form,label,legend,table,caption,tbody,tfoot,thead,tr,th,td{border:0;outline:0;font-size:100%;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;margin:0;padding:0;} body{line-height:1;} ol,ul{list-style:none;} blockquote,q{quotes:none;} blockquote:before,blockquote:after,q:before,q:after{content:none;} :focus{outline:0;} ins{text-decoration:none;} del{text-decoration:line-through;} table{border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;} body { font: normal 9pt "Verdana"; 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} .trace { margin: 0.5em 0; padding: 0.5em; } .trace.app { border: 1px dashed #c00; } .trace .number { text-align: right; width: 2em; padding: 0.5em; } .trace .content { padding: 0.5em; } .trace .plus, .trace .minus { display:inline; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; border:1px solid #000; color:#000; font-size:10px; line-height:10px; margin:0; padding:0 1px; width:10px; height:10px; } .trace.collapsed .minus, .trace.expanded .plus, .trace.collapsed pre { display: none; } .trace-file { cursor: pointer; padding: 0.2em; } .trace-file:hover { background: #f0ffff; } /]]>/ </style> </head> <body> <div class="container"> <h1>Exception</h1> <p class="message"> Failed to generate title for question </p> <div class="source"> <p class="file">/media/shnoulle/data/webdev/master/application/models/QuestionCreate.php(124)</p> <div class="code"><pre><span class="ln">112</span> $isTitleValid = false; <span class="ln">113</span> for ($i = 0; $i <= 999; $i++) { <span class="ln">114</span> $this->title = <span class="ln">115</span> Question::getCodePrefix('question_code_prefix', $this->sid) . <span class="ln">116</span> str_pad((safecount($survey->baseQuestions) + $i), 3, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT); <span class="ln">117</span> if ($this->validate(['title'])) { <span class="ln">118</span> $isTitleValid = true; <span class="ln">119</span> break; <span class="ln">120</span> } <span class="ln">121</span> } <span class="ln">122</span> if (!$isTitleValid) { <span class="ln">123</span> $this->title = null; <span class="error"><span class="ln error-ln">124</span> throw new Exception('Failed to generate title for question'); </span><span class="ln">125</span> } <span class="ln">126</span> } <span class="ln">127</span> } </pre></div> </div> <div class="traces"> <h2>Stack Trace</h2> <table style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="trace app expanded"> <td class="number"> #0 </td> <td class="content"> <div class="trace-file"> <div class="plus">+</div> <div class="minus">–</div>  /media/shnoulle/data/webdev/master/application/models/QuestionCreate.php(40): <strong>QuestionCreate</strong>-><strong>assignTemporaryTitle</strong>() </div> <div class="code"><pre><span class="ln">35</span> $oQuestion = new QuestionCreate(); <span class="ln">36</span> $oQuestion->qid = 0; <span class="ln">37</span> $oQuestion->sid = $iSurveyId; <span class="ln">38</span> $oQuestion->gid = $gid; <span class="ln">39</span> <span class="error"><span class="ln error-ln">40</span> $oQuestion->assignTemporaryTitle(); </span><span class="ln">41</span> <span class="ln">42</span> $aQuestionData = [ <span class="ln">43</span> 'type' => $questionType, <span class="ln">44</span> 'other' => 'N', <span class="ln">45</span> 'mandatory' => 'N', </pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr class="trace app expanded"> <td class="number"> #1 </td> <td class="content"> <div class="trace-file"> <div class="plus">+</div> <div class="minus">–</div>  /media/shnoulle/data/webdev/master/application/controllers/QuestionAdministrationController.php(2292): <strong>QuestionCreate</strong>::<strong>getInstance</strong>() </div> <div class="code"><pre><span class="ln">2287</span> App()->request->getParam('surveyId'); <span class="ln">2288</span> /** @var Question\|null / <span class="ln">2289</span> $oQuestion = Question::model()->findByPk($iQuestionId); <span class="ln">2290</span> <span class="ln">2291</span> if (empty($oQuestion)) { <span class="error"><span class="ln error-ln">2292</span> $oQuestion = QuestionCreate::getInstance($iSurveyId, $sQuestionType, $questionThemeName); </span><span class="ln">2293</span> } <span class="ln">2294</span> <span class="ln">2295</span> if ($sQuestionType != null) { <span class="ln">2296</span> $oQuestion->type = $sQuestionType; <span class="ln">2297</span> } </pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr class="trace app expanded"> <td class="number"> #2 </td> <td class="content"> <div class="trace-file"> <div class="plus">+</div> <div class="minus">–</div>  /media/shnoulle/data/webdev/master/application/controllers/QuestionAdministrationController.php(2610): <strong>QuestionAdministrationController</strong>-><strong>getQuestionObject</strong>() </div> <div class="code"><pre><span class="ln">2605</span> } <span class="ln">2606</span> if ($oQuestion->sid != $sid) { <span class="ln">2607</span> throw new CHttpException(400, gT("Invalid question id")); <span class="ln">2608</span> } <span class="ln">2609</span> } else { <span class="error"><span class="ln error-ln">2610</span> $oQuestion = $this->getQuestionObject(); </span><span class="ln">2611</span> $oQuestion->parent_qid = 0; // Unsure needed it, but we need it's a parent_qid=0 <span class="ln">2612</span> } <span class="ln">2613</span> $oQuestion->title = $code; <span class="ln">2614</span> header('Content-Type: application/json'); <span class="ln">2615</span> if (!$oQuestion->validate(['title'])) { </pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr class="trace core collapsed"> <td class="number"> #3 </td> <td class="content"> <div class="trace-file">  unknown(0): <strong>QuestionAdministrationController</strong>-><strong>actionCheckQuestionValidateTitle</strong>() </div> </td> </tr> <tr class="trace core collapsed"> <td class="number"> #4 </td> <td class="content"> <div class="trace-file"> <div class="plus">+</div> <div class="minus">–</div>  /media/shnoulle/data/webdev/master/vendor/yiisoft/yii/framework/web/actions/CAction.php(114): <strong>ReflectionMethod</strong>-><strong>invokeArgs</strong>() </div> <div class="code"><pre><span class="ln">109</span> elseif($param->isDefaultValueAvailable()) <span class="ln">110</span> $ps[]=$param->getDefaultValue(); <span class="ln">111</span> else <span class="ln">112</span> return false; <span class="ln">113</span> } <span class="error"><span class="ln error-ln">114</span> $method->invokeArgs($object,$ps); </span><span class="ln">115</span> return true; <span class="ln">116</span> } <span class="ln">117</span> } </pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr class="trace core collapsed"> <td class="number"> #5 </td> <td class="content"> <div class="trace-file"> <div class="plus">+</div> <div class="minus">–</div>  /media/shnoulle/data/webdev/master/vendor/yiisoft/yii/framework/web/actions/CInlineAction.php(47): <strong>CAction</strong>-><strong>runWithParamsInternal</strong>() </div> <div class="code"><pre><span class="ln">42</span> { <span class="ln">43</span> $methodName='action'.$this->getId(); <span class="ln">44</span> $controller=$this->getController(); <span class="ln">45</span> $method=new ReflectionMethod($controller, $methodName); <span class="ln">46</span> if($method->getNumberOfParameters()>0) <span class="error"><span class="ln error-ln">47</span> return $this->runWithParamsInternal($controller, $method, $params); </span><span class="ln">48</span> <span class="ln">49</span> $controller->$methodName(); <span class="ln">50</span> return true; <span class="ln">51</span> } <span class="ln">52</span> } </pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr class="trace core collapsed"> <td class="number"> #6 </td> <td class="content"> <div class="trace-file"> <div class="plus">+</div> <div class="minus">–</div>  /media/shnoulle/data/webdev/master/vendor/yiisoft/yii/framework/web/CController.php(308): <strong>CInlineAction</strong>-><strong>runWithParams</strong>() </div> <div class="code"><pre><span class="ln">303</span> { <span class="ln">304</span> $priorAction=$this->_action; <span class="ln">305</span> $this->_action=$action; <span class="ln">306</span> if($this->beforeAction($action)) <span class="ln">307</span> { <span class="error"><span class="ln error-ln">308</span> if($action->runWithParams($this->getActionParams())===false) </span><span class="ln">309</span> $this->invalidActionParams($action); <span class="ln">310</span> else <span class="ln">311</span> $this->afterAction($action); <span class="ln">312</span> } <span class="ln">313</span> $this->_action=$priorAction; </pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr class="trace core collapsed"> <td class="number"> #7 </td> <td class="content"> <div class="trace-file"> <div class="plus">+</div> <div class="minus">–</div>  /media/shnoulle/data/webdev/master/vendor/yiisoft/yii/framework/web/CController.php(286): <strong>CController</strong>-><strong>runAction</strong>() </div> <div class="code"><pre><span class="ln">281</span> @see runAction <span class="ln">282</span> / <span class="ln">283</span> public function runActionWithFilters($action,$filters) <span class="ln">284</span> { <span class="ln">285</span> if(empty($filters)) <span class="error"><span class="ln error-ln">286</span> $this->runAction($action); </span><span class="ln">287</span> else <span class="ln">288</span> { <span class="ln">289</span> $priorAction=$this->_action; <span class="ln">290</span> $this->_action=$action; <span class="ln">291</span> CFilterChain::create($this,$action,$filters)->run(); </pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr class="trace core collapsed"> <td class="number"> #8 </td> <td class="content"> <div class="trace-file"> <div class="plus">+</div> <div class="minus">–</div>  /media/shnoulle/data/webdev/master/vendor/yiisoft/yii/framework/web/CController.php(265): <strong>CController</strong>-><strong>runActionWithFilters</strong>() </div> <div class="code"><pre><span class="ln">260</span> { <span class="ln">261</span> if(($parent=$this->getModule())===null) <span class="ln">262</span> $parent=Yii::app(); <span class="ln">263</span> if($parent->beforeControllerAction($this,$action)) <span class="ln">264</span> { <span class="error"><span class="ln error-ln">265</span> $this->runActionWithFilters($action,$this->filters()); </span><span class="ln">266</span> $parent->afterControllerAction($this,$action); <span class="ln">267</span> } <span class="ln">268</span> } <span class="ln">269</span> else <span class="ln">270</span> $this->missingAction($actionID); </pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr class="trace app collapsed"> <td class="number"> #9 </td> <td class="content"> <div class="trace-file"> <div class="plus">+</div> <div class="minus">–</div>  /media/shnoulle/data/webdev/master/application/controllers/LSBaseController.php(145): <strong>CController</strong>-><strong>run</strong>() </div> <div class="code"><pre><span class="ln">140</span> $this->redirect(array('/admin/authentication/sa/login')); <span class="ln">141</span> } <span class="ln">142</span> } <span class="ln">143</span> } <span class="ln">144</span> <span class="error"><span class="ln error-ln">145</span> parent::run($action); </span><span class="ln">146</span> } <span class="ln">147</span> <span class="ln">148</span> /* <span class="ln">149</span> * Load and set session vars <span class="ln">150</span> * </pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr class="trace core collapsed"> <td class="number"> #10 </td> <td class="content"> <div class="trace-file"> <div class="plus">+</div> <div class="minus">–</div>  /media/shnoulle/data/webdev/master/vendor/yiisoft/yii/framework/web/CWebApplication.php(282): <strong>LSBaseController</strong>-><strong>run</strong>() </div> <div class="code"><pre><span class="ln">277</span> { <span class="ln">278</span> list($controller,$actionID)=$ca; <span class="ln">279</span> $oldController=$this->_controller; <span class="ln">280</span> $this->_controller=$controller; <span class="ln">281</span> $controller->init(); <span class="error"><span class="ln error-ln">282</span> $controller->run($actionID); </span><span class="ln">283</span> $this->_controller=$oldController; <span class="ln">284</span> } <span class="ln">285</span> else <span class="ln">286</span> throw new CHttpException(404,Yii::t('yii','Unable to resolve the request "{route}".', <span class="ln">287</span> array('{route}'=>$route===''?$this->defaultController:$route))); </pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr class="trace core collapsed"> <td class="number"> #11 </td> <td class="content"> <div class="trace-file"> <div class="plus">+</div> <div class="minus">–</div>  /media/shnoulle/data/webdev/master/vendor/yiisoft/yii/framework/web/CWebApplication.php(141): <strong>CWebApplication</strong>-><strong>runController</strong>() </div> <div class="code"><pre><span class="ln">136</span> foreach(array_splice($this->catchAllRequest,1) as $name=>$value) <span class="ln">137</span> $_GET[$name]=$value; <span class="ln">138</span> } <span class="ln">139</span> else <span class="ln">140</span> $route=$this->getUrlManager()->parseUrl($this->getRequest()); <span class="error"><span class="ln error-ln">141</span> $this->runController($route); </span><span class="ln">142</span> } <span class="ln">143</span> <span class="ln">144</span> /** <span class="ln">145</span> * Registers the core application components. <span class="ln">146</span> * This method overrides the parent implementation by registering additional core components. </pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr class="trace core collapsed"> <td class="number"> #12 </td> <td class="content"> <div class="trace-file"> <div class="plus">+</div> <div class="minus">–</div>  /media/shnoulle/data/webdev/master/vendor/yiisoft/yii/framework/base/CApplication.php(185): <strong>CWebApplication</strong>-><strong>processRequest</strong>() </div> <div class="code"><pre><span class="ln">180</span> public function run() <span class="ln">181</span> { <span class="ln">182</span> if($this->hasEventHandler('onBeginRequest')) <span class="ln">183</span> $this->onBeginRequest(new CEvent($this)); <span class="ln">184</span> register_shutdown_function(array($this,'end'),0,false); <span class="error"><span class="ln error-ln">185</span> $this->processRequest(); </span><span class="ln">186</span> if($this->hasEventHandler('onEndRequest')) <span class="ln">187</span> $this->onEndRequest(new CEvent($this)); <span class="ln">188</span> } <span class="ln">189</span> <span class="ln">190</span> /** </pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr class="trace app collapsed"> <td class="number"> #13 </td> <td class="content"> <div class="trace-file"> <div class="plus">+</div> <div class="minus">–</div>  /media/shnoulle/data/webdev/master/index.php(161): <strong>CApplication</strong>-><strong>run</strong>() </div> <div class="code"><pre><span class="ln">156</span> require_once APPPATH . 'core/LSYii_Application' . EXT; <span class="ln">157</span> <span class="ln">158</span> $config = require_once(APPPATH . 'config/internal' . EXT); <span class="ln">159</span> <span class="ln">160</span> Yii::$enableIncludePath = false; <span class="error"><span class="ln error-ln">161</span> Yii::createApplication('LSYii_Application', $config)->run(); </span><span class="ln">162</span> <span class="ln">163</span> /* End of file index.php / <span class="ln">164</span> / Location: ./index.php / </pre></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> <div class="version"> 2025-06-24 16:14:39 nginx/1.22.1 <a href="https://www.yiiframework.com/">Yii Framework</a>/1.1.30 </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> /<![CDATA[/ var traceReg = new RegExp("(^\|\\s)trace-file(\\s\|$)"); var collapsedReg = new RegExp("(^\|\\s)collapsed(\\s\|$)"); var e = document.getElementsByTagName("div"); for(var j=0,len=e.length;j<len;j++){ if(traceReg.test(e[j].className)){ e[j].onclick = function(){ var trace = this.parentNode.parentNode; if(collapsedReg.test(trace.className)) trace.className = trace.className.replace("collapsed", "expanded"); else trace.className = trace.className.replace("expanded", "collapsed"); } } } /]]>*/ </script> </body></html> Exception.html (20,080 bytes)

Bug heat	8
Complete LimeSurvey version number (& build)	6.15.0
I will donate to the project if issue is resolved	No
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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2025-06-24 18:29	DenisChenu	New Issue
2025-06-24 18:29	DenisChenu	File Added: Exception.html
2025-06-24 18:31	DenisChenu	Note Added: 82941
2025-06-24 18:31	DenisChenu	File Added: Capture d’écran du 2025-06-24 18-30-49.png
2025-06-24 18:31	DenisChenu	Bug heat	0 => 2
2025-06-25 05:47	guest	Bug heat	2 => 8

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DenisChenu 2025-06-24 18:31 developer ~82941	OK, No idea when is set to No on inherit, i just create it today Capture d’écran du 2025-06-24 18-30-49.png (27,797 bytes) Capture d’écran du 2025-06-24 18-30-49.png (27,797 bytes)