Error: Cannot use string offset as an array in Eva->getPath() (line 278 of src/Plugin/views/display/Eva.php)
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<h3 id="summary-problem-motivation">Problem/Motivation</h3>
<p>When I create an EVA display for a view, and add exposed filters, and then try to view a node with the EVA on it, I get the following errors:</p>
<pre>Warning: Illegal string offset 'options' in modules/contrib/eva/src/Plugin/views/display/Eva.php on line 278<br>Error: Cannot use string offset as an array in Drupal\eva\Plugin\views\display\Eva->getPath() (line 278 of modules/contrib/eva/src/Plugin/views/display/Eva.php).</pre><p>The full stack trace is:</p>
<pre>Drupal\eva\Plugin\views\display\Eva->getPath() (Line: 2020)<br>Drupal\views\ViewExecutable->getPath() (Line: 1943)<br>Drupal\views\ViewExecutable->getUrl() (Line: 114)<br>Drupal\views\Form\ViewsExposedForm->buildForm(Array, Object)<br>call_user_func_array(Array, Array) (Line: 514)<br>Drupal\Core\Form\FormBuilder->retrieveForm('views_exposed_form', Object) (Line: 271)<br>Drupal\Core\Form\FormBuilder->buildForm('views_exposed_form', Object) (Line: 135)<br>Drupal\views\Plugin\views\exposed_form\ExposedFormPluginBase->renderExposedForm(1) (Line: 115)<br>eva_entity_view(Array, Object, Object, 'full')<br>call_user_func_array('eva_entity_view', Array) (Line: 402)<br>Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandler->invokeAll('entity_view', Array) (Line: 270)<br>Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityViewBuilder->buildMultiple(Array) (Line: 220)<br>Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityViewBuilder->build(Array)<br>call_user_func(Array, Array) (Line: 376)<br>Drupal\Core\Render\Renderer->doRender(Array, ) (Line: 195)<br>Drupal\Core\Render\Renderer->render(Array, ) (Line: 226)<br>Drupal\Core\Render\MainContent\HtmlRenderer->Drupal\Core\Render\MainContent\{closure}() (Line: 574)<br>Drupal\Core\Render\Renderer->executeInRenderContext(Object, Object) (Line: 227)<br>Drupal\Core\Render\MainContent\HtmlRenderer->prepare(Array, Object, Object) (Line: 117)<br>Drupal\Core\Render\MainContent\HtmlRenderer->renderResponse(Array, Object, Object) (Line: 90)<br>Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber\MainContentViewSubscriber->onViewRenderArray(Object, 'kernel.view', Object) (Line: 111)<br>Drupal\Component\EventDispatcher\ContainerAwareEventDispatcher->dispatch('kernel.view', Object) (Line: 149)<br>Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernel->handleRaw(Object, 1) (Line: 64)<br>Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernel->handle(Object, 1, 1) (Line: 57)<br>Drupal\Core\StackMiddleware\Session->handle(Object, 1, 1) (Line: 47)<br>Drupal\Core\StackMiddleware\KernelPreHandle->handle(Object, 1, 1) (Line: 99)<br>Drupal\page_cache\StackMiddleware\PageCache->pass(Object, 1, 1) (Line: 78)<br>Drupal\page_cache\StackMiddleware\PageCache->handle(Object, 1, 1) (Line: 47)<br>Drupal\Core\StackMiddleware\ReverseProxyMiddleware->handle(Object, 1, 1) (Line: 50)<br>Drupal\Core\StackMiddleware\NegotiationMiddleware->handle(Object, 1, 1) (Line: 23)<br>Stack\StackedHttpKernel->handle(Object, 1, 1) (Line: 656)<br>Drupal\Core\DrupalKernel->handle(Object) (Line: 19)</pre><p>The code in <code>getPath()</code> reads as follows:</p>
<div class="codeblock">
<pre><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br></span><span style="color: #007700">public function </span><span style="color: #0000BB">getPath</span><span style="color: #007700">() {<br> if (isset(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$this</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">view</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">current_entity</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$uri </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$this</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">view</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">current_entity</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">url</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br> if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$uri</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$uri</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'options'</span><span style="color: #007700">][</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'absolute'</span><span style="color: #007700">] = </span><span style="color: #0000BB">TRUE</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br> return </span><span style="color: #0000BB">url</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$uri</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'path'</span><span style="color: #007700">], </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$uri</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'options'</span><span style="color: #007700">]);<br> }<br> }<br> return </span><span style="color: #0000BB">parent</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">getPath</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br>}<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span></span></pre></div>
<p>The issue is that <code>$this->view->current_entity->url()</code> returns a string (in my case, the string "/node/2"), but other statements in that function (<code>$uri['options']['absolute']</code>, <code>$uri['path']</code>, <code>$uri['options']</code>) assume it is some kind of array structure. I think this code might not have been ported from D7 properly (potentially relevant change entries: <a href="https://www.drupal.org/node/2614344">Many methods for generating URLs and links deprecated; EntityInterface::toUrl() and EntityInterface::toLink() added</a>).</p>
<p>Also worth noting: <a href="https://www.drupal.org/node/2346779">the url() function no longer exists</a>.</p>
<h4>Steps to reproduce</h4>
<p>Environment:</p>
<ul>
<li>Apache/2.2.31 (Unix) mod_wsgi/3.5 Python/2.7.13 PHP/7.0.15 mod_ssl/2.2.31 OpenSSL/1.0.2j DAV/2 mod_fastcgi/2.4.6 mod_perl/2.0.9 Perl/v5.24.0</li>
<li>PHP: 7.0.15, Memory limit: -1 (Unlimited)</li>
<li>MySQL 5.6.35</li>
</ul>
<p>Instructions:</p>
<ol>
<li>Clone Drupal core on branch 8.3.x. I am on commit <code>5d6ea2c5ec</code> from 2017-05-01.</li>
<li>Clone EVA on branch 8.x-1.x. I am on commit <code>66a6412</code> from 2017-03-16.</li>
<li>Install Drupal using the Standard install profile.</li>
<li>Log in as <code>/user/1</code>.</li>
<li>Go to <code>/admin/structure/views/add</code>. Enter the following data:
<ul>
<li>View basic information:
<ul>
<li>View name: <code>Test</code></li>
<li>Machine name: <code>test</code></li>
<li>Leave <em>Description</em> unchecked.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>View settings:
<ul>
<li>Show <code>Content</code> of type <code>Article</code> tagged with: (leave blank) sorted by: <code>Newest first</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Page settings
<ul>
<li>Leave <em>Create a page</em> unchecked.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Block settings
<ul>
<li>Leave <em>Create a block</em> unchecked.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Click <em>Save and edit</em></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>You are taken to a view edit page. Under <em>Displays</em>, next to <em>Master</em>, click <em>Add</em>, and click <em>EVA</em>.</li>
<li>Under <em>Entity content settings</em> set:
<ul>
<li>Entity type: <code>Content</code>.</li>
<li>Bundles: <code>Basic page</code>.</li>
<li>Arguments: <code>Use the ID of the entity the view is attached to</code>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Next to <em>Filter criteria</em>, click <em>Add</em>. From the <em>Content</em> category, check <em>Title</em>, then click <em>Add and configure filter criteria</em>. Set:
<ul>
<li>Check <em>Expose this filter to visitors, to allow them to change it</em>.</li>
<li>Filter type to expose: <code>Single filter</code></li>
<li>Ensure <em>Required</em> is unchecked.</li>
<li>Label: <code>Title</code>.</li>
<li>Description: (leave empty).</li>
<li>Operator: <code>Is equal to</code>.</li>
<li>Ensure <em>Expose operator</em> is unchecked.</li>
<li>Value: (leave empty).</li>
<li>Ensure <em>Remember the last selection</em> is unchecked.</li>
<li>Administrative title: (leave empty)</li>
<li>Click <em>Apply</em>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Under <em>Displays</em>, next to <em>EVA</em>, click <em>Add</em>, and click <em>Page</em>.</li>
<li>Under <em>Page settings</em>, set Path = <code>test</code>.</li>
<li>Under <em>Displays</em>, click <em>EVA</em> to go back to that display.</li>
<li>Under <em>Pager</em>, click <em>More link</em> and set:
<ul>
<li>Set For = <code>This entity_view (override)</code>.</li>
<li>Check <em>Create more link</em>.</li>
<li>Leave <em>Always display the more link</em> checked.</li>
<li>Leave More link text = <code>more</code>.</li>
<li>Click <em>Apply (this display)</em>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Click <em>Save</em> on the main view.</li>
<li>Go to <code>/admin/structure/types/manage/page/display</code>. Ensure the EVA is displayed on the <em>Default</em> and/or <em>Full content</em> display modes.</li>
<li>Go to <code>/node/add/article</code>. Create an Article. Lorem ipsum text is fine.</li>
<li>Go to <code>/node/add/page</code>. Create a Basic page. Lorem ipsum text is fine.</li>
<li>You should end up on the basic page node view page (if you do not, go to <code>/admin/content</code> and click the basic page's title to view it). You see the fatal errors mentioned in this issue.</li>
</ol>
<h3 id="summary-proposed-resolution">Proposed resolution</h3>
<p>To be determined.</p>
<h3 id="summary-remaining-tasks">Remaining tasks</h3>
<ol>
<li>Add steps to reproduce on on <code>8.x-1.x</code> HEAD</li>
<li>Propose a resolution</li>
<li>Write a patch</li>
<li>Review and feedback</li>
<li>RTBC and feedback</li>
<li>Commit</li>
</ol>
<h3 id="summary-ui-changes">User interface changes</h3>
<p>Likely none.</p>
<h3 id="summary-api-changes">API changes</h3>
<p>Likely none.</p>
<h3 id="summary-data-model-changes">Data model changes</h3>
<p>Likely none.</p>
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