Unable to save change on any page using Translate git master: "Call to undefined method WikitextContent::getText()" on MW1.32/1.33
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Hello,

After follonwing this setup guide, https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Language_Extension_Bundle
all extension are correctly setup and database is updated correcty.

Im on mediawiki 1.32

I get this message in frontend :

Caught exception of type Error

i get in debug this message :

[exception] [bd5ca323b78d710f11791c0c] /index.php?title=Accueil&action=submit Error from line 896 of /var/www/custs/hopla.cloud/wikipp/extensions/Translate/TranslateHooks.php: Call to undefined method WikitextContent::getText()

im unable to save a page if translate is enabled

can reproduce on production and preproduction

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	Project	Branch	Lines +/-	Subject
	mediawiki/extensions/Translate	master	+7 -1	Call TextContent::getNativeData when getText is unavailable

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		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Resolved		KartikMistry	T236167 Release MLEB 2019.10
		Resolved		abi_	T233200 Unable to save change on any page using Translate git master: "Call to undefined method WikitextContent::getText()" on MW1.32/1.33

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Rviauiilyo created this task.Sep 18 2019, 10:12 AM

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setup detail :
MediaWiki 1.32.2
PHP 7.3.6-1+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 (fpm-fcgi)
MariaDB 10.3.16-MariaDB-1:10.3.16+maria~bionic
ICU 64.1

Looking at the TranslateHooks file in REL1_32, there's no call to getText. That's because it was introduced with https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/mediawiki/extensions/Translate/+/500243/, which is in master, but not even in 1.33. Since you said you're using MediaWiki 1.32, that would explain the problem here. You should use the 1.32 version of Translate with it.

Leaving open in case I missed something.

Closing as per last comment; basically: don't mix the git master branch of an extension with an old stable MediaWiki version. :)

Our master branch should be compatible with 1.32 (likely 1.33 after next MLEB release).

• Nikerabbit moved this task from Backlog to 2019.10 on the MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle board.Sep 18 2019, 11:40 AM

Aklapper renamed this task from Unable to save change on any page after Translate setup: "Call to undefined method WikitextContent::getText()" to Unable to save change on any page using Translate git master: "Call to undefined method WikitextContent::getText()" on MW1.32/1.33.Sep 18 2019, 3:07 PM

Hello @Pginer-WMF

I had to test backward compatibility for another task - T228675: Remove direct access to the text table from the Translate extension. and for that I had to fix this issue. This was a fairly simple fix, and since we need to fix it as part of the next MLEB release I've submitted a patch to fix this.

Change 538756 had a related patch set uploaded (by Abijeet Patro; owner: Abijeet Patro):
[mediawiki/extensions/Translate@master] Call TextContent::getNativeData when getText is unavailable

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/538756

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Sep 24 2019, 7:51 AM

Pginer-WMF triaged this task as Medium priority.Sep 24 2019, 9:26 AM

Pginer-WMF added a project: Language-Team (Language-2019-July-September).

Pginer-WMF moved this task from Backlog to Priority backlog on the Language-Team (Language-2019-July-September) board.

Change 538756 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/Translate@master] Call TextContent::getNativeData when getText is unavailable

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/538756

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.34-notes (1.34.0-wmf.24; 2019-09-24).Sep 24 2019, 7:00 PM

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• Nikerabbit assigned this task to abi_.Sep 25 2019, 6:21 AM

• Nikerabbit moved this task from Priority backlog to Needs QA on the Language-Team (Language-2019-July-September) board.

@Nikerabbit how can I test this?

Jpita moved this task from Needs QA to Pending input for QA on the Language-Team (Language-2019-July-September) board.Sep 25 2019, 11:35 AM

@Jpita - You would need to setup a new instance of MediaWiki 1.32 locally, install the Translate extension, mark the pages for translation and then try to translate. If you are able to do that successfully, then we can be certain that this bug is fixed.

abi_ moved this task from Pending input for QA to Needs QA on the Language-Team (Language-2019-July-September) board.Sep 25 2019, 2:44 PM

Pginer-WMF edited projects, added Language-Team (Language-2019-October-December); removed Language-Team (Language-2019-July-September).Oct 9 2019, 11:51 AM

Pginer-WMF moved this task from Backlog to Needs QA on the Language-Team (Language-2019-October-December) board.

• Nikerabbit added a parent task: T236167: Release MLEB 2019.10.Oct 22 2019, 2:14 PM