phpmyadmin - count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable

Question

I've uploaded the backup to a table, opening the table I see this:

Warning in ./libraries/sql.lib.php#601
count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable

Backtrace

./libraries/sql.lib.php#2038: PMA_isRememberSortingOrder(array)
./libraries/sql.lib.php#1984: PMA_executeQueryAndGetQueryResponse(
array,
boolean true,
string 'alternativegirls',
string 'tgp_photo',
NULL,
NULL,
NULL,
NULL,
NULL,
NULL,
string '',
string './themes/pmahomme/img/',
NULL,
NULL,
NULL,
string 'SELECT * FROM `tgp_photo`',
NULL,
NULL,
)
./sql.php#216: PMA_executeQueryAndSendQueryResponse(
array,
boolean true,
string 'alternativegirls',
string 'tgp_photo',
NULL,
NULL,
NULL,
NULL,
NULL,
NULL,
string '',
string './themes/pmahomme/img/',
NULL,
NULL,
NULL,
string 'SELECT * FROM `tgp_photo`',
NULL,
NULL,
)
./index.php#53: include(./sql.php)

Inside phpMyAdmin...

PHP is 7.2, the server is Ubuntu 16.04, installed yesterday.

Looking for I saw that some have this error in their code, but I did not find anyone who received it in phpMyAdmin...

What should I do? Is that my error? A phpmyadmin error? wait update ? I go back to PHP 7.1?

Answer 1

Edit file /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php using this command:

sudo nano +613 /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php

On line 613 the count function always evaluates to true since there is no closing parenthesis after $analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']. Making the below replacements resolves this, then you will need to delete the last closing parenthesis on line 614, as it's now an extra parenthesis.

Replace:

((empty($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']))
    || (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1)
        && ($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*')))

With:

((empty($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']))
    || (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1)
        && ($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*'))

Restart the server apache:

sudo service apache2 restart

Answer 2

The Easiest Method:

Just run this below command line in terminal and come back to PhpMyAdmin. Now it works fine :)

sudo sed -i "s/|\s*\((count(\$analyzed_sql_results\['select_expr'\]\)/| (\1)/g" /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php

---

Manual Method:

Open sql.lib.php file

nano /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php

Find for count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] code on file. You can get this at line ~613. You can see this below wrong code

|| (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1)

Just replace that wrong code with this below one

|| ((count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1)

Save the file and come to PhpMyAdmin.

Now it works fine :)

Answer 3

I found this PHP 7.2 count() - SYNTAX error in sql.lib.php

That perfectly works on my config:

Debian 9, 
PHP 7.2.3-1+0~20180306120016.19+stretch~1.gbp81bf3b (cli) (built: Mar  6 2018 12:00:19) ( NTS )

Open /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php

Change line: Move parenthesis before ==

|| ((count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] ) == 1) && ($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*')))

in

function PMA_isRememberSortingOrder($analyzed_sql_results){

return $GLOBALS['cfg']['RememberSorting']
    && ! ($analyzed_sql_results['is_count']
        || $analyzed_sql_results['is_export']
        || $analyzed_sql_results['is_func']
        || $analyzed_sql_results['is_analyse'])
    && $analyzed_sql_results['select_from']
    && ((empty($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']))
        || ((count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] ) == 1)
            && ($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*')))
    && count($analyzed_sql_results['select_tables']) == 1;
 }

Answer 4

tested on Debian, should works on Ubuntu:

1.) First download latest phpMyadmin file.

2.) Delete (make a backup) all previous version file located in /usr/share/phpmyadmin directory.

3.) Uncompress to /usr/share/phpmyadmin/ directory all files of latest phpmyadmin.

4.) Modify file libraries/vendor_config.php and change line:

define('CONFIG_DIR', '');

to

define('CONFIG_DIR', '/etc/phpmyadmin/');

and

define('TEMP_DIR', './tmp/');

to

define('TEMP_DIR', '/tmp/');

5.) restart apache server and done.

Answer 5

Edit file: '/usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php'

Replace: (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1)

With: (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1

this worked for me

Answer 6

If someone have similar error in DB export page (I had this issue in Ubuntu 18.04), then replace line 551 in file /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/plugin_interface.lib.php with code

if ($options != null && (is_array($options) || $options instanceof Countable) && count($options) > 0) {

Answer 7

Works on UBUNTU 18.04 


Edit file: '/usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php'
Replace: (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1)
With:  ((count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1)

Restart the server
sudo service apache2 restart

Answer 8

phpmyadmin 4.7.4 is supposed to have "Fixed several compatibility issues with PHP 7.2"

Chances are you have an older version of phpmyadmin.

https://www.phpmyadmin.net/news/2017/8/24/phpmyadmin-474-released/

Answer 9

Proceed following steps at ubuntu-18.04:

Step 1) locate sql.lib.php

It will show something like:

/usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php

Step 2) Open terminal (Alt t) and write:

sudo /usr/sbin/pma-configure

Step 3)sudo gedit /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php and search below function:

 

    function PMA_isRememberSortingOrder($analyzed_sql_results)
     {
        return $GLOBALS['cfg']['RememberSorting']
            && ! ($analyzed_sql_results['is_count']
                || $analyzed_sql_results['is_export']
                || $analyzed_sql_results['is_func']
                || $analyzed_sql_results['is_analyse'])
            && $analyzed_sql_results['select_from']
            && ((empty($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']))
                || (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1)
                    && ($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*')))
            && count($analyzed_sql_results['select_tables']) == 1;
     }

Step 4) Replace above function with:

     function PMA_isRememberSortingOrder($analyzed_sql_results)
     {
        return $GLOBALS['cfg']['RememberSorting']
            && ! ($analyzed_sql_results['is_count']
                || $analyzed_sql_results['is_export']
                || $analyzed_sql_results['is_func']
                || $analyzed_sql_results['is_analyse'])
            && $analyzed_sql_results['select_from']
            && ((empty($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']))
                || (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1)
                    && ($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*'))
            && count($analyzed_sql_results['select_tables']) == 1;
     }

Step 4) Save & close file and below command on terminal

sudo /usr/sbin/pma-secure

Step 5) sudo service mysql reload

Step 6) sudo service apache2 reload

It works for me.. Goodluck

Answer 10

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

These are the steps which worked for me. Many, many thanks to William Desportes for providing the automatic updates on their Ubuntu PPA.

Step 1 (from William Desportes post)
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:phpmyadmin/ppa

Step 2
$ sudo apt-get --with-new-pkgs upgrade

Step 3
$ sudo service mysql restart

If you have issues restarting mysql, you can also restart with the following sequence
$ sudo service mysql stop;
$ sudo service mysql start;

Answer 11

open this file: '/usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php'

sudo nano /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php

press ctrl+w to search (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1)

Find: count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1)

Replace With:  (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1)

Restart the server

 sudo service apache2 restart

moreover, If you still facing same issue then do following.

open this file /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/plugin_interface.lib.php

sudo nano /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/plugin_interface.lib.php

Find : if ($options != null && count($options) > 0) {

Ctrl+w : if ($options != null && count($options) > 0) {

replace with following code

if ($options != null && count((array)$options) > 0) {

now save and restart the server

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Answer 12

Try replace this function in file: /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php

function PMA_isRememberSortingOrder($analyzed_sql_results)
{
    return $GLOBALS['cfg']['RememberSorting']
        && ! ($analyzed_sql_results['is_count']
            || $analyzed_sql_results['is_export']
            || $analyzed_sql_results['is_func']
            || $analyzed_sql_results['is_analyse'])
        && $analyzed_sql_results['select_from']
        && ((empty($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']))
            || (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1)
                && ($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*'))
        && count($analyzed_sql_results['select_tables']) == 1;
}

Answer 13

I think the best option is to update Phpmyadmin to a version which has this already fixed.

Until it is published as a deb, you could do it like in @crimson-501 answer which I will copy below:

• Your first step is to install PMA (phpMyAdmin) from the official Ubuntu repo: apt-get install phpmyadmin.
• Next, cd into usr/share directory: cd /usr/share.
• Third, remove the phpmyadmin directory: rm -rf phpmyadmin.
• Now we need to download the latest PMA version onto our system (Note that you need wget: apt-get install wget): wget -P /usr/share/ "https://files.phpmyadmin.net/phpMyAdmin/4.9.4/phpMyAdmin-4.9.4-english.zip" Let me explain the arguments of this command, -P defines the path and "the link.zip" is currently (7/17/18) the latest version of PMA. You can find those links HERE.
• For this next step you need unzip (apt-get install unzip): unzip phpMyAdmin-4.9.4-english.zip. We just unzipped PMA, now we will move it to it's final home.
• Lets use the cp (copy) command to move our files! Note that we have to add the -r argument since this is a folder. cp -r phpMyAdmin-4.9.4-english phpmyadmin.
• Now it's time to clean up: rm -rf phpMyAdmin-4.9.4-english.

Keep Reading!

You might now notice two errors after you log into PMA.

the configuration file now needs a secret passphrase (blowfish_secret). phpmyadmin
The $cfg['TempDir'] (./tmp/) is not accessible. phpMyAdmin is not able to cache templates and will be slow because of this.

However, these issues are relatively easy to fix. For the first issue all you have to do is grab your editor of choice and edit /usr/share/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php but there's a problem, we removed it! That's ok, all you have to do is: cd /usr/share/phpmyadmin & cp config.sample.inc.php config.inc.php.

• We will now add our Blowfish Secret! nano config.inc.php and copy the dynamically generated secret from near the bottom of this page: https://www.question-defense.com/tools/phpmyadmin-blowfish-secret-generator.

Example phpMyAdmin Blowfish Secret Variable Entry:

/*
 * This is needed for cookie based authentication to encrypt password in
 * cookie
 */
$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = '{^QP+-(3mlHy+Gd~FE3mN{gIATs^1lX+T=KVYv{ubK*U0V'; 
/* YOU MUST FILL IN THIS FOR COOKIE AUTH! */

Now save and close the file.

• Now we will create a tmp directory for PMA: mkdir tmp & chown -R www-data:www-data /usr/share/phpmyadmin/tmp. The last command allows the Apache web server to own the tmp directory and edit it's contents.

Answer 14

Ubuntu 18.10 (December, 2018)

Line 613, 614, 615, replace with:

        || count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1
            && ($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*'))
    && count($analyzed_sql_results['select_tables']) == 1;

Answer 15

Work for me.. Ubuntu 18.04

sudo nano /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php

Find for count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] code on file. You can get this at line ~613.

|| (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1)

Just replace with code :

|| ((count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1)

Save the file and reload PhpMyAdmin.

Done!!!

Answer 16

For my version of phpmyadmin (4.6.6deb5), I found line 613, and realized the count() parentheses were not closed properly. To fix this temporarily until the next release, just change:

|| (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1)

to:

|| (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1

Answer 17

This is fixed in later versions of PHPMyAdmin. The Ubuntu Software Repositories for Ubuntu 18.04.2 holds version 4.6.6.5, while they're currently at 4.9.0.1. Updating your PHPMyAdmin installation will fix this problem, but might prove to be riskier than just editing that one line of code. Here's how I did it on my Ubuntu Server. Steps are essentially the same (with a different path) for all operating systems.

1. Download PHPMyAdmin.

wget https://files.phpmyadmin.net/phpMyAdmin/4.9.0.1/phpMyAdmin-4.9.0.1-all-languages.zip
unzip phpMyAdmin-4.9.0.1-all-languages.zip

2. Backup your old PHPMyAdmin installation.

cp -r /usr/share/phpmyadmin ~/phpmyadmin-backup

3. Drop your new PHPMyAdmin on your old PHPMyAdmin

cd phpMyAdmin-4.9.0.1-all-languages
rm -r /usr/share/phpmyadmin/doc/html
cp -R * /usr/share/phpmyadmin/

Verify that it works. If it doesn't, welll... You have a backup, so restore it and manually edit the faulty line. In my own personal experience, I discovered after doing this that version 4.6.6.5 was not only riddled with bugs, but also incredibly slow compared to the new 4.9.0.1. The speed increase was pure magic for something I though was of "WordPress" quality.

Answer 18

Works on UBUNTU 16.04.3 Just open

usr/share/libraries/sql.lib.php

modify

|| (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1)

To

|| ((count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1)

Answer 19

This worked for me;

sudo nano /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php 

Line No : 614

Replace two codes :

Replace:

(count($analyzed_sql_results[‘select_expr’] == 1)

With:

(count($analyzed_sql_results[‘select_expr’]) == 1)

AND

Replace:

($analyzed_sql_results[‘select_expr’][0] == ‘*’)))

With:

($analyzed_sql_results[‘select_expr’][0] == ‘*’))

save, exit and run

sudo service apache2 restart

Answer 20

This worked well for me on Ubuntu 18.04.

Open sql.lib.php file

nano +613 /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php

Replace this wrong code:

|| (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1)

With this one:

|| ((count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1)

Save the file.

Restart your server with:

sudo service apache2 restart

And refresh PhpMyAdmin

Answer 21

Upgrade to phpMyAdmin 4.8.3. this solves the PHP 7.2 compatibility issues

Answer 22

Edit file '/usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php' Replace: (make backup)

"|| (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1) 
&&($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*'))) 
&& count($analyzed_sql_results['select_tables']) == 1;"

With:

"|| (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1) 
&& ($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*') 
&& (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_tables']) == 1));"

Answer 23

Hi the following solve my same problem absolutely (import/export and so on):

Fix Bug Phpmyadmin [plugin_interface.lib.php] + Php7.2 + Ubuntu 16.04

so... under ubuntu 18.04, mysql, php7.2: Terminal:

sudo gedit /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/plugin_interface.lib.php

Find the following line(ctrl+f):

if ($options != null && count($options) > 0) {

it was on line #551 for me

and change for following:

if ($options != null && count((array)$options) > 0) {

ctrl+s for save the changes

and in terminal: ctrl+c for get back promt...

and: sudo systemctl restart apache2

"I think in new php version.It can’t use count() or sizeof() with un array type. Force parameter to array is easy way to solve this bug,..."

Thanks for the original author for the problem solving! I try to share it!

Answer 24

|| ((count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1

This is what I changed in line 614 and phpmyadmin works without any error. Need one ( before count, and one ) before == . That's it.

Answer 25

Just correct the count() function and closing parentheses from line 604 till 615 in /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php file:

function PMA_isRememberSortingOrder($analyzed_sql_results)
{
    return $GLOBALS['cfg']['RememberSorting']
        && ! ($analyzed_sql_results['is_count']
            || $analyzed_sql_results['is_export']
            || $analyzed_sql_results['is_func']
            || $analyzed_sql_results['is_analyse'])
        && $analyzed_sql_results['select_from']
        && ((empty($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']))
            || (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1)
                && ($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*'))
        && count($analyzed_sql_results['select_tables']) == 1;
}

Answer 26

Open the /usr/share/phpmyadmin/sql.lib.php file with elevated privileges, and edit the following in the function PMA_isRememberSortingOrder():

1. ~ line 613 to fix the initial error:
   • Replace || count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1)
   • With || (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1)
2. ~ line 614 to fix the 500 error that will probably follow:
   • Replace && ($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*')))
   • With && ($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*'))

Restart your Apache server: sudo service apache2 restart.

Tested on Linux Mint 19.1 based on Ubuntu 18.04, with PhpMyAdmin 4.6.6 and PHP 7.2.

Answer 27

I tried all of above solution but didn't work for me.

Try this:-

Install required version of PHP(in my case 7.0) and then in terminal, type

sudo update-alternatives --config php

Output will be like this :-

Then you can switch to any version of PHP by simply entering the selection number(in my case 1).

Hope this may help other -:)

Answer 28

Replace Function:

function PMA_isRememberSortingOrder($analyzed_sql_results) {
return $GLOBALS['cfg']['RememberSorting']
    &&!(
        $analyzed_sql_results['is_count']
        || $analyzed_sql_results['is_export']
        || $analyzed_sql_results['is_func']
        || $analyzed_sql_results['is_analyse']
    )&&
    $analyzed_sql_results['select_from']&&
    (
        empty($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'])||
        count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'])==1&&
        $analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*'
    )
    && count($analyzed_sql_results['select_tables']) == 1;
}

Answer 29

Add the phpmyadmin ppa

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:phpmyadmin/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Answer 30

add-apt-repository ppa:phpmyadmin/ppa
apt-get clean
apt-get update
apt-get purge phpmyadmin
apt-get install phpmyadmin

Fixed it for me, on Ubuntu 18.04.