Issue with plugin search bar cause E_ERROR with line 260

[Nico13100]

Prerequisites

• I have carried out troubleshooting steps and I believe I have found a bug.
• I have searched for similar bugs in both open and closed issues and cannot find a duplicate.

Describe the bug

Hi,
When I'm entering the name of a plugin in the search bar of the plugin page, nothing happens, it keeps to search on and on and in the same time, I receive an email saying :

Détails de l’erreur

Une erreur de type E_ERROR a été causée dans la ligne 260 du fichier /homepages/17/d840579272/htdocs/Martin-dumagny.myfactory.asia/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/src/Packages.php. Message d’erreur : Uncaught Error: Call to a member function get_column_count() on null in /homepages/17/d840579272/htdocs/Martin-dumagny.myfactory.asia/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/src/Packages.php:260
Stack trace:
#0 /homepages/17/d840579272/htdocs/Martin-dumagny.myfactory.asia/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(326): Automattic\WooCommerce\Packages::display_notice_for_merged_plugins()
#1 /homepages/17/d840579272/htdocs/Martin-dumagny.myfactory.asia/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(348): WP_Hook->apply_filters()
#2 /homepages/17/d840579272/htdocs/Martin-dumagny.myfactory.asia/wp-includes/plugin.php(517): WP_Hook->do_action()
#3 /homepages/17/d840579272/htdocs/Martin-dumagny.myfactory.asia/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php(1491): do_action()
#4 /homepages/17/d840579272/htdocs/Martin-dumagny.myfactory.asia/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php(711): WP_Plugins_List_Table->single_row()
#5 /homepages/17/d840579272/htdocs/Martin-dumagny.myfactory.asia/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php(1712): WP_Plugins_List_Table->display_rows()
#6 /homepages/17/d840579272/htdocs/Martin-dumagny.myfactory.asia/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php(1639): WP_List_Table->display_rows_or_placeholder()
#7 /homepages/17/d840579272/htdocs/Martin-dumagny.myfactory.asia/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php(4834): WP_List_Table->display()
#8 /homepages/17/d840579272/htdocs/Martin-dumagny.myfactory.asia/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(324): wp_ajax_search_plugins()
#9 /homepages/17/d840579272/htdocs/Martin-dumagny.myfactory.asia/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(348): WP_Hook->apply_filters()
#10 /homepages/17/d840579272/htdocs/Martin-dumagny.myfactory.asia/wp-includes/plugin.php(517): WP_Hook->do_action()
#11 /homepages/17/d840579272/htdocs/Martin-dumagny.myfactory.asia/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php(192): do_action()
#12 {main}
thrown

Do you have an idea of how I can fix that ?

Thank you for your help,

Nicolas

Expected behavior

No response

Actual behavior

No response

Steps to reproduce

1. Go tu Plugin in backend
2. Enter a plugin name in search bar
3. It keeps on searching on and on
4. Then I receive the email error

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Isolating the problem

• I have deactivated other plugins and confirmed this bug occurs when only WooCommerce plugin is active.
• This bug happens with a default WordPress theme active, or Storefront.
• I can reproduce this bug consistently using the steps above.

[rodelgc]

Hi @Nico13100

While our goal is to address all the issues reported in this repository, GitHub should be treated as a place to report confirmed bugs only.

The type of issue you submitted looks like a support request. In order to confirm the bug, please reach out to our support channels below:

• Review WooCommerce Self-Service Guide to see if the solutions listed there apply to your case;
• If you are a paying customer of WooCommerce, contact WooCommerce support by opening a ticket or starting a live chat;
• Make a post on WooCommerce community forum

Also, plugin search is already outside of WooCommerce's functionalities. There might be something else in your site that causes this behavior in your site.

I am closing this issue for now as it seems to be a support request and not a bug. If I missed something, please leave a comment and we will take a second look.

[Shahzeen-amjad]

Hi! @rodelgc I'm experiencing the same issue on a site where only the WooCommerce plugin is enabled. Rolling back to version 9.3.3 fixed the issue, but updating the plugin back to version 9.4.2 triggers the same fatal error.

[ozgurkazancci]

Hello, I have the same issue.

"E_ERROR was caused in line 260 of the file plugins/woocommerce/src/Packages.php. Error message: Uncaught Error: Call to a member function get_column_count() on null in plugins/woocommerce/src/Packages.php:260"

Any idea?

[vaka2vaka]

Hello Regarding this problem here are the topics
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/woocommerce-blocks-search-by-installed-plugins/#post-18154223
The behavior is extremely strange. Switching delivery parameters, periodically, once out of ten, the search works. Then it stops working again. We changed everything – Hide delivery cost before entering the address – Delivery zones – and much more. If we understand the rules by which this works, we will let you know.
For now, the options for fixing it are:
1 Disable the plugin
2 Roll back to version 9 9 3
3 Select the line define(‘DISABLE_WP_CRON’, true);

[rootlabaunz]

Having same issue, the search on plugin page keeps going for ever, but i think the error is received when i deactivate any plugin.

An error of type E_ERROR was caused in line 260 of the file /home/aurootlab/public_html/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/src/Packages.php. Error message: Uncaught Error: Call to a member function get_column_count() on null in /home/aurootlab/public_html/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/src/Packages.php:260
Stack trace:

[PanosSynetos]

Hey everyone - I wanted to acknowledge that we are tracking this on

• Fatal error in display_notice_for_merged_plugins #53057

Our team is working on fixing this. Please follow the GitHub issue above for updates.

[rodelgc]

Thanks everyone for confirming the bug. Thank you @PanosSynetos for working on the fix. Reopening the issue now since the PR to fix this is still open.

[nathanss]

This is fixed by #53438 and will be released in 9.5.