Bug 35423 - AuthoritiesMarc: Warnings substr outside of string and Use of uninitialized value $type in string eq
Summary: AuthoritiesMarc: Warnings substr outside of string and Use of uninitialized v...
Status: Needs Signoff
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Product: Koha
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Architecture, internals, and plumbing (show other bugs)
Version: Main
Hardware: All All
: P5 - low enhancement
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QA Contact: Testopia
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Blocks: 2505
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Reported: 2023-11-28 15:19 UTC by Marcel de Rooy
Modified: 2025-10-21 19:40 UTC (History)
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Bug 35423: Fix substr outside of string warning (1.76 KB, patch)
2025-10-21 19:40 UTC, Lari Taskula
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Description Marcel de Rooy 2023-11-28 15:19:04 UTC
In full:

substr outside of string at /usr/share/koha/C4/AuthoritiesMarc.pm line 1041.
Use of uninitialized value $type in string eq at /usr/share/koha/C4/AuthoritiesMarc.pm line 1044.

May be found in your logs (depending on data) when calling SearchAuthorities.
Comment 1 Lari Taskula 2025-10-21 19:40:10 UTC
Created attachment 188258 [details] [review]
Bug 35423: Fix substr outside of string warning

To test:

Before applying patch

1. Create an authority record, fill field 400$w with "n"
2. Search for the authority you just created
3. Observe a warning has been logged

"substr outside of string"

4. Apply patch
5. Refresh the search results from step 2
6. Observe no warnings have been logged