In general it has been a very difficult problem to debug, as it says in the title the error occurs when the main class of the child theme has spaces or line breaks at the end of the file where it is defined (that is, if the index.php of the theme son has spaces or line breaks, no problem). Particularly I do not know how to correct the problem in the source code for future users using a child theme or give a more specific warning so this does not happen. For this I publish this petition (due to my own ignorance).
The easiest way to replicate the error is to add a child theme and in its main class ThemePlugin.inc.php add spaces or line breaks and then go to the page index.php / / submissions, in this there will be a 500 error in the console followed by other errors chained to it.
The apache log show some like that:
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘RuntimeException’ with message ‘Unexpected data in output buffer. Maybe you have characters before an opening <?php tag?’ in /var/www/html/siteojs/lib/pkp/lib/vendor/slim/slim/Slim/App.php:622\nStack trace:\n#0 /var/www/html/siteojs/lib/pkp/lib/vendor/slim/slim/Slim/App.php(334): Slim\App->finalize(Object(APIResponse))\n#1 /var/www/html/siteojs/lib/pkp/classes/core/APIRouter.inc.php(109): Slim\App->run()\n#2 /var/www/html/siteojs/lib/pkp/classes/core/Dispatcher.inc.php(134): APIRouter->route(Object(Request))\n#3 /var/www/html/siteojs/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPApplication.inc.php(247): Dispatcher->dispatch(Object(Request))\n#4 /var/www/html/siteojs/index.php(68): PKPApplication->execute()\n#5 {main}\n thrown in /var/www/html/siteojs/lib/pkp/lib/vendor/slim/slim/Slim/App.php on line 622, referer: http:///index.php//submissions
The page of the api in which the error occurs is in the following one (as can be seen in the console if the error is replicated):
http: // /index.php/ / api / v1 / _submissions? status% 5B% 5D = 4 & status% 5B% 5D = 3 & searchPhrase = & count = 20 & offset = 0 & _ = 15493062312
Of course the errors are corrected by erasing the spaces and line breaks of the main class of the child theme, but for others it could be a real headache to get to the source of the problem.
In this repo can find a dummy theme with brakspaces on the main theme class for reply the error.