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Why

After a theme was chosen once with ?xoops_theme_select= in a URL, the theme selector block stopped working: every theme picked in the selector was replaced by the URL-chosen one on the next page.

xos_opal_ThemeFactory::createInstance() remembered the GET choice under its own session key ($_SESSION['xos_opal_ThemeFactory']['defaultTheme']) and read that key before the configured theme. The kernel's selector (POST) and login store the user's theme in $_SESSION['xoopsUserTheme'], so the two stores disagreed and the factory's copy always won.

What

  • class/theme.php: the factory reads and writes $_SESSION['xoopsUserTheme'], the same key the kernel selector and login use, so there is one store.
  • The folder-name resolution moves from createInstance() into protected resolveFolderName(array $options): array, with unchanged order (explicit folderName, POST, GET, remembered theme, default) and unchanged validation. This makes it testable without bootstrapping a theme.
  • tests/unit/htdocs/class/XoopsThemeFactoryTest.php: 13 tests covering every branch: explicit folder name (including "0"), POST over GET, GET remembered in the shared key, a selector choice after a GET selection (the regression), disallowed and invalid names, stale and poisoned session values, no selection, allowUserSelection = false, no session, empty allowed list.
  • docs/changelog.270.txt: entry under a new 2.7.5 NOT RELEASED section (2.7.4 is tagged).

Verification

  • phpunit --filter XoopsThemeFactoryTest: 13 tests, 21 assertions, green.
  • Proven red then green: with the old session key restored in resolveFolderName(), 4 tests fail (including selectorChoiceAfterAGetSelectionIsNotOverridden); with the fix, all pass.
  • Full unit suite: the only failures are 4 in LanguageManagerSmokeTest, which fail identically on master without this change.
  • Manually on a 2.8 site: switched by URL, then by the selector block, then by URL again; each choice stuck on the following pages.

Checklist

  • docs/changelog.270.txt has an entry (the root CHANGELOG.md is generated - never hand-edit it)
  • Changed conditionals have both branches covered by a test, including the failure paths
  • New or changed tests pass with their file run alone and leave no process-global state behind ($_GET, $_POST, $_SESSION are saved in setUp and restored in tearDown)
  • No diagnostic, log line, or error message emits a full server path - N/A, no messages added
  • Production code handles failures explicitly - N/A, no new failure paths
  • Factual claims in the description, comments, and changelog were verified by running them, not inferred
  • The description matches the implementation
  • Commits use the conventional-commit dialect in use, fixups squashed

Summary by Sourcery

Unify theme selection state and sanitize selector redirects so users can reliably switch themes across requests.

Bug Fixes:

  • Ensure URL- and selector-based theme choices use the shared user-theme session value so later selections are not overridden by stale choices.
  • Prevent redirected theme-selector URLs from reapplying an existing xoops_theme_select query parameter.

Enhancements:

  • Extract theme-folder resolution into a separately testable factory method while preserving selection precedence and validation.
  • Make redirect-header theme rendering explicit so it is not affected by a remembered user theme.

Documentation:

  • Document the theme-selection fix in the 2.7.5 unreleased changelog.

Tests:

  • Add comprehensive theme factory coverage for selection precedence, session validation, disabled selection, and the regression case.
  • Add redirect URL coverage for removing theme-selection parameters and preserving unrelated URL components.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed theme selection so choices persist consistently across requests.
    • Ensured selector choices take precedence and invalid or unavailable themes fall back safely.
    • Preserved explicitly selected theme folders, including edge-case names.
    • Removed theme-selection parameters from redirect URLs while preserving other parameters and fragments.
    • Ensured redirects render using the selected theme rather than a previously remembered theme.
  • Documentation
    • Documented the fixes in the upcoming release changelog.

xos_opal_ThemeFactory remembered a theme chosen with
?xoops_theme_select= under its own session key and read that key
before anything else. The kernel's theme selector and login store
the choice in $_SESSION['xoopsUserTheme'], so after one GET
selection every later choice made in the theme selector block was
overridden on the next page.

The factory now reads and writes $_SESSION['xoopsUserTheme'] as
well. The folder resolution moves into resolveFolderName() so it
can be covered by unit tests without bootstrapping a theme.
Copilot AI balanced review requested due to automatic review settings October 20, 2026 21:20
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The PR fixes theme-selector persistence by making the theme factory use the same xoopsUserTheme session key as the kernel and login, extracts resolution logic for direct testing, adds comprehensive regression and edge-case coverage, and records the change in the changelog.

Sequence diagram for shared theme selection persistence

sequenceDiagram
    participant User
    participant Selector as ThemeSelector
    participant Factory as xos_opal_ThemeFactory
    participant Session

    User->>Selector: POST xoops_theme_select
    Selector->>Factory: resolveFolderName(options)
    Factory->>Session: Write xoopsUserTheme
    Factory-->>Selector: Resolved folderName
    User->>Factory: Request next page
    Factory->>Session: Read xoopsUserTheme
    Session-->>Factory: Selected theme
    Factory-->>User: Create selected theme
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Flow diagram for theme folder resolution order

flowchart TD
    A["resolveFolderName(options)"] --> B{Explicit folderName?}
    B -->|Yes| C[Return options]
    B -->|No| D[Read POST xoops_theme_select]
    D --> E{Valid and allowed?}
    E -->|No| F[Read GET xoops_theme_select]
    E -->|Yes| G[Set folderName and write xoopsUserTheme]
    F --> H{Valid and allowed?}
    H -->|Yes| G
    H -->|No| I[Read xoopsUserTheme]
    I --> J{Valid and allowed?}
    J -->|Yes| K[Set remembered folderName]
    J -->|No| L[Set defaultTheme]
    G --> M[Return resolved options]
    K --> M
    L --> M
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Change Details Files
Unify theme persistence with the kernel and login session store while preserving selection precedence and validation.
  • Read and write the selected theme through $_SESSION['xoopsUserTheme'].
  • Extract request/session/default folder resolution into a protected, independently testable method.
  • Retain explicit folder names, POST-over-GET precedence, allowed-theme checks, poisoned-session handling, and final path-safety validation.
htdocs/class/theme.php
Add focused coverage for all theme-folder resolution branches and the reported regression.
  • Cover explicit names including "0", request precedence, shared-session persistence, stale or invalid values, disabled selection, missing sessions, and empty allowlists.
  • Verify a later selector choice is not overridden by an earlier URL selection.
  • Save and restore request and session globals around each test.
tests/unit/htdocs/class/XoopsThemeFactoryTest.php
Document the fix in the unreleased changelog.
  • Add the change under the new 2.7.5 NOT RELEASED section.
docs/changelog.270.txt

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Walkthrough

The theme factory now resolves theme folders from explicit values, validated request selections, the shared xoopsUserTheme session value, or the configured default. Redirect URLs remove theme-selection parameters, and redirect rendering receives the selected theme folder.

Changes

Theme selection and redirects

Layer / File(s) Summary
Theme folder resolution and coverage
htdocs/class/theme.php, tests/unit/htdocs/class/XoopsThemeFactoryTest.php
resolveFolderName() applies selection precedence, validates allowed themes, stores valid request selections in $_SESSION['xoopsUserTheme'], and falls back to the configured default. createInstance() uses the resolved folder before existing validation. Tests cover selection, persistence, validation, and fallback.
Theme selector redirect sanitization
htdocs/class/xoopskernel.php, tests/unit/htdocs/class/XoopsKernelThemeRedirectTest.php
getThemeRedirectUrl() removes xoops_theme_select query pairs after same-site validation while preserving unrelated parameters and fragments. Tests cover parsed key forms and unsafe targets.
Redirect theme rendering and release notes
htdocs/include/functions.php, docs/changelog.270.txt
redirect_header() passes the selected theme folder to createInstance(). The changelog documents the theme selection and redirect fixes.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 3ad65

The change is mergeable with owner awareness of a narrow case: selecting an allowed theme without a template can leave its name in the session, and a later redirect may use it for asset URLs. The POST test does not require the proposed cleanup.

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Title check Passed The title clearly describes the main change: using one shared session store for the selected theme. It is concise and specific.
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Hey - I've found 3 issues

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Please address the comments from this code review:

## Individual Comments

### Comment 1
<location path="htdocs/class/theme.php" line_range="83" />
<code_context>
+            if (isset($_SESSION) && $this->allowUserSelection) {
+                $_SESSION['xoopsUserTheme'] = $req;
             }
+        } elseif (isset($_SESSION['xoopsUserTheme'])) {
+            // Stale session theme names can outlive an admin change
+            // to the allowed list; validate AND check membership
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Remembered themes are lost**

When a returning session has its selected theme only under the pre-upgrade factory key, `resolveFolderName()` checks only `xoopsUserTheme` and falls back to `defaultTheme`, so returning users lose their remembered selection after upgrade.

When `xoopsUserTheme` is absent, read and validate the legacy factory `defaultTheme` session value before falling back to the configured default.

Also at `htdocs/class/theme.php:91`.
</issue_to_address>

### Comment 2
<location path="htdocs/class/theme.php" line_range="76" />
<code_context>
-        if (!isset($options['folderName']) || $options['folderName'] === '') {
-            $req = xoops_validateThemeName(Request::getString('xoops_theme_select', '', 'POST'));
-            if ($req === '') {
-                $req = xoops_validateThemeName(Request::getString('xoops_theme_select', '', 'GET'));
-            }
-            if ($req !== '' && $this->isThemeAllowed($req)) {
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Selector choice is overridden by stale URL**

When a user selects a theme from the block while viewing a URL containing `?xoops_theme_select=alpha`, the theme block submits the current URL as its redirect target, including any `xoops_theme_select` query parameter. After the kernel stores the selector’s POST choice and redirects back, `resolveFolderName()` reads that old GET value first and replaces the stored choice, so the user sees the URL-selected theme again.

Remove `xoops_theme_select` from the selector’s return URL, or otherwise ensure the POST choice takes precedence on the redirected request.
</issue_to_address>

### Comment 3
<location path="htdocs/class/theme.php" line_range="81" />
<code_context>
+        if ($req !== '' && $this->isThemeAllowed($req)) {
+            $options['folderName'] = $req;
+            if (isset($_SESSION) && $this->allowUserSelection) {
+                $_SESSION['xoopsUserTheme'] = $req;
             }
+        } elseif (isset($_SESSION['xoopsUserTheme'])) {
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Concurrent theme choices are lost**

When two requests for the same session select different themes concurrently, a page request selecting alpha and a selector request selecting beta can both read the same session snapshot. The custom session handler writes the entire serialized session without locking, so whichever request saves last overwrites the other choice; later pages can show the losing theme. Add per-session locking or conflict-safe updates for the shared theme value.

Serialize session reads and writes with a per-session lock, or merge theme updates without overwriting newer session state.
</issue_to_address>

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Blocking findings: htdocs/class/theme.php:83, htdocs/class/theme.php:76, htdocs/class/theme.php:81


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if (isset($_SESSION) && $this->allowUserSelection) {
$_SESSION['xoopsUserTheme'] = $req;
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🟡 Medium · Remembered themes are lost

When a returning session has its selected theme only under the pre-upgrade factory key, resolveFolderName() checks only xoopsUserTheme and falls back to defaultTheme, so returning users lose their remembered selection after upgrade.

When xoopsUserTheme is absent, read and validate the legacy factory defaultTheme session value before falling back to the configured default.

Also at htdocs/class/theme.php:91.

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In `htdocs/class/theme.php` at line 83:

**Remembered themes are lost**

When a returning session has its selected theme only under the pre-upgrade factory key, `resolveFolderName()` checks only `xoopsUserTheme` and falls back to `defaultTheme`, so returning users lose their remembered selection after upgrade.

When `xoopsUserTheme` is absent, read and validate the legacy factory `defaultTheme` session value before falling back to the configured default.

Also at `htdocs/class/theme.php:91`.

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if ($req !== '' && $this->isThemeAllowed($req)) {
$options['folderName'] = $req;
if (isset($_SESSION) && $this->allowUserSelection) {
$_SESSION['xoopsUserTheme'] = $req;

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🟡 Medium · Concurrent theme choices are lost

When two requests for the same session select different themes concurrently, a page request selecting alpha and a selector request selecting beta can both read the same session snapshot. The custom session handler writes the entire serialized session without locking, so whichever request saves last overwrites the other choice; later pages can show the losing theme. Add per-session locking or conflict-safe updates for the shared theme value.

Serialize session reads and writes with a per-session lock, or merge theme updates without overwriting newer session state.

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In `htdocs/class/theme.php` at line 81:

**Concurrent theme choices are lost**

When two requests for the same session select different themes concurrently, a page request selecting alpha and a selector request selecting beta can both read the same session snapshot. The custom session handler writes the entire serialized session without locking, so whichever request saves last overwrites the other choice; later pages can show the losing theme. Add per-session locking or conflict-safe updates for the shared theme value.

Serialize session reads and writes with a per-session lock, or merge theme updates without overwriting newer session state.

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Review comments at @htdocs/class/theme.php:
- Around line 74-81: Validate the selected theme files before persisting the
request in $_SESSION['xoopsUserTheme']. In the theme selection flow around
isThemeAllowed(), derive the theme path from options['themesPath'] when
available or XOOPS_THEME_PATH otherwise, and require theme.tpl or theme.html
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The change to one shared $_SESSION['xoopsUserTheme'] is the right direction. Extracting resolveFolderName() keeps the old precedence, and the final else is equivalent to the old elseif. Two follow-ups are needed before merge, plus a few notes.

1. The selector choice is still lost while the page URL carries ?xoops_theme_select= (P2)

  • The selector block's onchange posts xoops_theme_redirect = location.pathname + location.search + location.hash (modules/system/blocks/system_blocks.php).
  • XoopsKernel::themeSelect() stores the POSTed beta and 303-redirects back to /index.php?xoops_theme_select=alpha.
  • On that GET, resolveFolderName() applies GET alpha and writes it back to the session.

This is the original bug again, reached through the redirect. selectorChoiceAfterAGetSelectionIsNotOverridden misses it because it clears $_GET. The no-JS path is not affected: the stock form posts with an empty redirect field.

Suggested fix: strip the parameter once, in getThemeRedirectUrl(), after the same-site validation. Leave the other pairs and the fragment as they are. Key matching has to follow PHP's request-name normalisation, so it also catches xoops.theme.select, xoops+theme+select, percent-encoded and [] forms:

protected function getThemeRedirectUrl(): string
{
    $url = $this->validateThemeRedirectUrl(
        \Xmf\Request::getString('xoops_theme_redirect', '', 'POST'),
        XOOPS_URL
    );
    // The page URL may still carry ?xoops_theme_select=; on the redirected
    // GET it would override the theme just chosen in the selector.
    $parts = explode('#', $url, 2);
    $pq    = explode('?', $parts[0], 2);
    if (isset($pq[1])) {
        $kept = array_filter(explode('&', $pq[1]), static function (string $pair): bool {
            $key = strtr(urldecode(explode('=', $pair, 2)[0]), ' .', '__');
            return preg_replace('/\[.*\z/s', '', $key) !== 'xoops_theme_select';
        });
        $parts[0] = $pq[0] . ($kept === [] ? '' : '?' . implode('&', $kept));
    }

    return implode('#', $parts);
}

The fix needs a kernel test: /x.php?a=1&xoops_theme_select=alpha#top → /x.php?a=1#top, /x.php?xoops.theme.select=alpha → /x.php, and /x.php?a=1 unchanged. parse_str/http_build_query would rewrite unrelated parameters, so they are avoided on purpose.

2. The admin redirect_header() now renders the user's theme with default asset URLs (P2)

In include/functions.php, redirect_header() sets $theme = 'default' when XOOPS_CPFUNC_LOADED is defined. It passes that only as $xoopsThemeFactory->defaultTheme, then assigns xoops_theme / xoops_imageurl / xoops_themecss for default. The factory now reads $_SESSION['xoopsUserTheme'] before defaultTheme, and login and the selector fill that key for every user with a non-default theme. The admin redirect page therefore renders that user's theme with default template variables. Before this PR, only a GET-selected theme could do that.

Fix: name the folder explicitly on that path:

$xoTheme = $xoopsThemeFactory->createInstance([
    'folderName'   => $theme,
    'plugins'      => [],
    'renderBanner' => false,
]);

On the front end $theme is already theme_set, which themeSelect() has set from the session, so passing it there too changes nothing.

Notes (no change needed for this PR)

  • Checking theme files before saving to the session: old theme.php, themeSelect() and login all save after a name/allow-list check only. Adding a disk check in just one of the three writers would make them disagree. If it is wanted, it belongs in a follow-up that covers all of them.
  • Remembered themes lost after upgrade / concurrent requests: the first loses only a GET choice in a session open during the upgrade, once. The second is the normal last-write-wins behaviour of whole-session writes. Neither is a blocker.
  • allowUserSelection = false: the flag guards only the session write. GET/POST and the session theme still apply, and the session key is now filled by login. No core caller disables it. A docblock line, or a follow-up, would make that explicit.
  • Nit: the createInstance() comment still says "skipping the empty()-branch" and "bypass resolveFolderName()". Every call now goes through resolveFolderName(), which tests === ''. Reword it as "callers that pass folderName or set defaultTheme directly".

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mambax7 merged commit c7a9e9d into XOOPS:master Oct 21, 2026
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