PhpMyAdmin Error on index page : Undefined index: REQUEST_METHOD

[foufouboy]

I've got an issue on the last release of phpMyAdmin (5.1.1). I'm on Ubuntu 21.04, and trying to make it work locally; i did install phpmyadmin and mysql but i've got that notice on the index page of my phpmyadmin interface, and i'm simply trying to access my databases :

The notices are :

./libraries/common.inc.php#178: PhpMyAdmin\Core::checkTokenRequestParam()
./index.php#15: require_once(./libraries/common.inc.php)

and

Notice in ./libraries/classes/Core.php#1323
Undefined index: REQUEST_METHOD

When i try to register, it will merely loop on the index page, even though my ids are good; and clicking the "Rapporter" (Report) or "Ignorer tout" (Ignore all) button loads forever with the loading yellow band

I've already tried :

• Reinstalling phpmyadmin and mysql via the official Ubuntu repos
• Reinstalling phpmyadmin manually
• Checked systemctl status apache2; status is okay
• Trying to debug the problem of my own following what it says (in vain)...

I have no clue on what it could be that i did wrong, any help is welcome, Thanks :)

P.S: I originally posted on Stack Overflow to get help, and someone adviced me to ask here as it could be a bug in the product.

[williamdes]

Bonjour @foufouboy
Could you post the link to the Stack Overflow post ?

Do you have a special apache2 config, could you send your configuration files and the apache2 version you have ?

The $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] variable is not supposed to be missing: https://www.php.net/manual/reserved.variables.server.php

I found one similar report about this missing variable: https://stackoverflow.com/q/12754388/5155484

But nothing about why this occurs

Did you install phpMyAdmin from the Ubuntu PPA ? (Ref: Wiki for install methods on Ubuntu/Debian)

[foufouboy]

Hi, thanks for your answer!
I didn't change anything of my apache2 config, i got apache2.4.46
what specific configuration files would you want ?

Here is already my apache2.conf file : https://pastebin.com/Se8Y0fpp
Here is the link of my original post of Stack Overflow : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/68247551/phpmyadmin-error-on-index-page-undefined-index-request-method

Thanks again !

[foufouboy]

Is the issue solved ?
Would i have to do the changes manually as in the fixes given by @MauricioFauth if i want it to work on my side ?
Thanks in advance :)

UPDATE :

I finally made the changes myself, and figured out (somehow) that the problem came partly from my php.ini file, so i downloaded the latest production file, replaced it and the loop problem was solved. I let that here in case it would happen to someone 👍

[williamdes]

Hi @foufouboy

I finally made the changes myself, and figured out (somehow) that the problem came partly from my php.ini file, so i downloaded the latest production file, replaced it and the loop problem was solved. I let that here in case it would happen to someone +1

Let us know if phpMyAdmin works fine after applying the fix :)

Is the issue solved ?

From a code point of view, yes
But I would like to understand it

[foufouboy]

Hi ! Sorry not answering earlier. phpMyAdmin works just fine now.

The error and warning notices vanished after applying the fixes, but not the loop on the login page.
I think the looping effect was due to a config of my own (and i admit not having a precise idea of what it could be) that i resolved replacing my php.ini by the latest stable one.

Hope this help, have a good week end (well where i live it's week end :)) !

[williamdes]

Hi ! Sorry not answering earlier. phpMyAdmin works just fine now.

The error and warning notices vanished after applying the fixes, but not the loop on the login page.
I think the looping effect was due to a config of my own (and i admit not having a precise idea of what it could be) that i resolved replacing my php.ini by the latest stable one.

Hope this help, have a good week end (well where i live it's week end :)) !

Thank you for letting us know, that will be very useful when someone else has this issue too

Have a nice week end!

[vovarudomanenko]

In my case this problem was caused because in php.ini I had set variables_order="E". When i changed this value to "GPCS" the problem was gone.

[williamdes]

In my case this problem was caused because in php.ini I had set variables_order="E". When i changed this value to "GPCS" the problem was gone.

Thank you for letting us know, that will help other people

Ref: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1312891/5155484