Elementor causing 500 error

Loops & Logic
#1

Hey guys, I recently ran into an issue on one of my sites adding a basic field loop that is causing 500 error and breaking my elementor templates.

See here: Dropbox Capture

Here is the server errors:

Uncaught TypeError: Argument 1 passed to Elementor\Controls_Stack::sanitize_settings() must be of the type array, null given, called in /home/495230.cloudwaysapps.com/aqjhjhnvnj/public_html/wp-content/plugins/elementor/includes/base/controls-stack.php on line 1109 and defined in /home/495230.cloudwaysapps.com/aqjhjhnvnj/public_html/wp-content/plugins/elementor/includes/base/controls-stack.php:2414
Stack trace:
#0 /home/495230.cloudwaysapps.com/aqjhjhnvnj/public_html/wp-content/plugins/elementor/includes/base/controls-stack.php(1109): Elementor\Controls_Stack->sanitize_settings()
#1 /home/495230.cloudwaysapps.com/aqjhjhnvnj/public_html/wp-content/plugins/elementor/includes/base/controls-stack.php(2163): Elementor\Controls_Stack->get_data()
#2 /home/495230.cloudwaysapps.com/aqjhjhnvnj/public_html/wp-content/plugins/elementor/core/base/base-object.php(142): Elementor\Controls_Stack->get_init_settings()
#3 /home/495230.cloudwaysapps.com/aqjhjhnvnj/public_html/wp-content/plugins/elementor/core/base/base-object.php
#2

Hey there,

Thanks for letting us know! I will also test this and see how it behaves and if it’s indeed a bug, I’ll let the developers know and I will update you as soon as I get feedback from the devs. :slight_smile:

#3

Hey Shae,
I wasn’t able to replicate your issue on my end, however, I know sometimes L&L don’t show up or don’t work as expected with Elementor the way you are displaying it, so try using the shortcode block by Elementor and in that block put your L&L template and it should look something like this: [template id="123"]

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Let me know if this workaround works for you!

#4

Thanks @emma I’ve copied my site over to a staging environment. Deactivated all plugins except for the the core ones needed and activated the elementor hello theme to eliminate any custom functions I’ve added. I did what you recommend with the shortcode, and I am still getting the 500 error.

See here: Dropbox Capture

I’m adding this to try and see if there is an issue with what I am doing with loops & logic. Just want to make sure I avoid things like this in future builds. I can provide access to this staging site if it helps.

#5

Thank you for reporting the issue. I’m looking into where this error comes from within Elementor, and apparently users have been seeing it for a few years.

The above issues are all closed, but reading through them didn’t give any insight into how to solve it.

From the error message, it sounds like L&L’s Template widget needs to somehow pass an array value to the Elementor function Controls_Stack->sanitize_settings(). But the widget is already passing an array of default settings, as explained in their documentation for Control Settings. I guess something more is necessary, maybe an Elementor-specific filter.

Well, I’ll keep you updated when this is hopefully solved soon.

(Tagging @nicolas, in case you might know something about this Controls_Stack.)

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#6

I can provide access to this staging site if it helps.

Sure - maybe you could send me a link in a private message on Discourse.

It would be helpful to create a Duplicator export (zip package) of the site. Would that be OK for me to install it on the staging site and export the site? That way I can download and run the site locally, and study the issue in more depth - for example, by adding debug statements in L&L and Elementor’s code, which is easier to do if they’re local files.

#7

I’ve continued looking into this issue, and it seems to be a bug in Elementor itself.

I haven’t been able to reproduce the error, but I followed each step in the stack trace you posted. The error is coming from the Elementor class Controls_Stack. The only thing related to it in the L&L plugin is the Template control (which is distinct from Template widget and I suspect it’s not used by anyone). It’s a small piece of code based on an example in the Elementor docs, and it doesn’t do anything that could possibly cause the issue - which is that the control stack’s settings is null instead of an array.

I think the only way I can dig further is to see the issue in action, by running a local copy of the site where it’s happening.

#8

Hi Eliot. Sorry for the late response. Where can I send you the backup directly?

#9

Hi Shae - You can try sending it to me in a direct message on Discourse, or by email: eliot@teamtangible.com.