External guest link results in HTTP status 500

[thwien]

After upgrading from Ilias 7 to Ilias 8 we upgraded also this BBB plugin. We decided to use the latest master commit because other releases did not work unfortunately.

Now we noticed that BBB links for external users does not work anymore. An external user does not see any dialog to enter his name anymore. The user instead is directed immediately to the BBB server, but without the required API parameter "fullName" in its URL. Therefore the BBB server answers with HTTP status 500.

We would appreciate any suggestion, help or solution. Thank you in advance.

We use the following environment:

• Ilias 8.14
• PHP 7.4.33 (built: Sep 27 2024 04:10:38)
• MariaDB 10.11.6

[thwien]

We are running Ilias 8 still on a patched PHP 7.4. But I guess guest.php does not seem to be compatible with PHP 7.4. Am I right?

Ilias 8 recommends PHP 8.0 but is still compatible with PHP 7.4 (see https://docu.ilias.de/ilias.php?baseClass=illmpresentationgui&cmd=layout&ref_id=367&obj_id=141688#php-installation).

I will try running Ilias 8 on PHP 8.0 and let you know if it fix this issue.

[thwien]

Hi @xJuvi

I checked the master branch code against PHP 7.4 linter and it seems to be compatible fortunately.

Or does this issue depend on the open pr #46?

[D33M0N]

Had also external guest links issue with Ilias 8 and with the master branch plugin.
Found this 4 months newer than master and 3 commits ahead of master branch called "fixguest":
https://github.com/Minervis-GmbH/BigBlueButton-Ilias-Plugin/tree/fixguest

fixed it via:

cd Customizing/global/plugins/Services/Repository/RepositoryObject
sudo rm -r BigBlueButton
sudo -u www-data git clone https://github.com/Minervis-GmbH/BigBlueButton-Ilias-Plugin.git BigBlueButton/
cd BigBlueButton/
sudo -u www-data git checkout fixguest
sudo rm -r .git*

[xJuvi]

The branch was forked and merged into main. Can u test it again with the main branch?

[thwien]

Thanks a lot for your replies. Since march 2025 I am no longer responsible for the Ilias server any-more. Therefore I cannot test your solution. Keep up your good work.