Submission step 1 issue

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ojs version 3.3.0.15
Cant pass step 1 on submission stuck when I press save and exit (always loading) and when I refresh the “You must agree to the terms of the privacy statement” notification pop up
here is the inspect on the browser error:

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and this is the log error:

[22-May-2025 09:35:11 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught TypeError: count(): Argument #1 ($value) must be of type Countable|array, null given in /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/cache/t_compile/cfac7d723fa83a8468f3fec3577c93a53cdab919^4ef1996850f75e89a53007d1a8243f48d8f4148f_0.app.submissionformcategories.tpl.php:24
Stack trace:
#0 /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/lib/pkp/lib/vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_template_resource_base.php(123): content_6759bf14532b05_57345733()
#1 /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/lib/pkp/lib/vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_template_compiled.php(114): Smarty_Template_Resource_Base->getRenderedTemplateCode()
#2 /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/lib/pkp/lib/vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_template.php(217): Smarty_Template_Compiled->render()
#3 /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/lib/pkp/lib/vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_template.php(386): Smarty_Internal_Template->render()
#4 /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/cache/t_compile/cfac7d723fa83a8468f3fec3577c93a53cdab919^c7d6d017cda209d97dfa69aba1e0226666e0255e_0.core.submissionformstep1.tpl.php(66): Smarty_Internal_Template->_subTemplateRender()
#5 /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/lib/pkp/lib/vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_template_resource_base.php(123): content_6759bf144f55a8_14341011()
#6 /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/lib/pkp/lib/vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_template_compiled.php(114): Smarty_Template_Resource_Base->getRenderedTemplateCode()
#7 /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/lib/pkp/lib/vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_template.php(217): Smarty_Template_Compiled->render()
#8 /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/lib/pkp/lib/vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_template.php(386): Smarty_Internal_Template->render()
#9 /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/cache/t_compile/cfac7d723fa83a8468f3fec3577c93a53cdab919^d4a7db69d40565910b7236a1c96ad325268f4ab6_0.app.submissionformstep1.tpl.php(53): Smarty_Internal_Template->_subTemplateRender()
#10 /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/lib/pkp/lib/vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_template_resource_base.php(123): content_6759bf144755a5_70378377()
#11 /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/lib/pkp/lib/vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_template_compiled.php(114): Smarty_Template_Resource_Base->getRenderedTemplateCode()
#12 /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/lib/pkp/lib/vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_template.php(217): Smarty_Template_Compiled->render()
#13 /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/lib/pkp/lib/vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatebase.php(238): Smarty_Internal_Template->render()
#14 /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/lib/pkp/lib/vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatebase.php(116): Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase->_execute()
#15 /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/lib/pkp/classes/template/PKPTemplateManager.inc.php(1090): Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase->fetch()
#16 /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/lib/pkp/classes/form/Form.inc.php(203): PKPTemplateManager->fetch()
#17 /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/lib/pkp/classes/submission/form/SubmissionSubmitForm.inc.php(69): Form->fetch()
#18 /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/lib/pkp/classes/submission/form/PKPSubmissionSubmitStep1Form.inc.php(179): SubmissionSubmitForm->fetch()
#19 /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/classes/submission/form/SubmissionSubmitStep1Form.inc.php(63): PKPSubmissionSubmitStep1Form->fetch()
#20 /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/lib/pkp/pages/submission/PKPSubmissionHandler.inc.php(198): SubmissionSubmitStep1Form->fetch()
#21 /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPRouter.inc.php(397): PKPSubmissionHandler->saveStep()
#22 /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPPageRouter.inc.php(246): PKPRouter->_authorizeInitializeAndCallRequest()
#23 /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/lib/pkp/classes/core/Dispatcher.inc.php(144): PKPPageRouter->route()
#24 /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPApplication.inc.php(362): Dispatcher->dispatch()
#25 /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/index.php(68): PKPApplication->execute()
#26 {main}
  thrown in /home/jurnalcs/abdimas.jurnalcsm.com/cache/t_compile/cfac7d723fa83a8468f3fec3577c93a53cdab919^4ef1996850f75e89a53007d1a8243f48d8f4148f_0.app.submissionformcategories.tpl.php on line 24
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Hi @Letare_Deo,

I’m not 100% sure, but I think this is caused by recent releases of PHP getting pickier about parameters passed to built-in functions like count. It’s extremely likely that this error will go away if you upgrade to a more recent release of OJS, including the latest 3.3.0-x build, which should be an easy upgrade; I’d recommend doing that anyway, just to keep your system running smoothly and securely.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

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