I am working on a bug ticketing module, for release in a number of weeks, for some reason in XOOPS 2.5.9 I am not sure how long this bug has existed by for example in xoops_version.php the following is specified:



and in include/install.php the following function is specified but not being called by the installation in system:-



the problem is the call is incorrect on line 98 of /system/admin/modulesadmin/modulesadmin.php when backtracking it for some reason the call for single parthensis is being used in double quote

ie with the code


Should read as follows


it doesn't require double brackets from PHP 2

What version of PHP were you using?

@wishcraft,

I haven't checked to see if the pre_install function is being called but the line you called out above is perfectly valid. The "double brackets" (curly braces) {} is only there for code clarity and does not affect the string's interpretation by the PHP compiler. If the string's within the double-quote then the brackets are preferred by most PHP coding standards.

In fact, it makes it much easier to read if you want to include an array element in the string directly. Something like: