[Resolved] "This form can not edit users with a role of"

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[marcialB]

Hi there

When a users on our platform want to change something in their profile, they see that message:

This form can not edit users with a role of

But there is no role added at the end of that text.

I'm pretty sure it worked a few days ago. I since added a new custom user field to the users and to that CRED form. But I can't imagine how this could affect this.

I'd like to provide more information but have no idea what you need next. But I can grant you backend access.

Best,
Marcial

[Christian Cox]

Hi, I'll be glad to take a closer look. Please provide login credentials here and let me know where I can find the Form on the front-end of the site.

[Christian Cox]

Okay I can see another similar report here: https://toolset.com/forums/topic/user-form-this-form-can-not-edit-users-with-a-role-of-blank/

The issue seems to occur when multiple roles are used, and we have escalated the problem to our developers. I don't think it will be a quick resolution, because it affects quite a large amount of our codebase. I will be glad to connect this ticket to our internal bug tracker so I can keep you posted as we work to resolve the situation.

Waqar proposed one possible solution, but it requires manually updating the database for each User that has this problem.

[marcialB]

Hi Christian

Thanks for your feedback. I was hoping there was a simpler solution. But for now, I'll check the database and get back to you in case I'm unsure what to change.

Best,
Marcial

[Christian Cox]

Thanks, I'll stand by for your update.

[marcialB]

Hi Christian

The code in the affected user looks like this:

 a:3:{s:8:"Mitglied";b:1;s:8:"mitglied";b:1;s:6:"editor";b:1;} 

That user had two roles. When removing the "editor" role via wordpress backend, it looks like this:

 a:2:{s:8:"Mitglied";b:1;s:8:"mitglied";b:1;} 

In other users with only one role it's like this:

 a:2:{s:8:"Mitglied";b:1;s:8:"mitglied";b:1;} 

So there's no difference now. But it still doesn't work for that user. The same error message pops up.

What now?

[Shane]

Hi Marcial,

Christian is currently out today, however he will be back tomorrow to continue working on this issue with you.

Thank you for the continued patience.

[Christian Cox]

So if a User only has one role "Mitglied", then the capability value should be:

a:1:{s:8:"mitglied";b:1;}

Lowercase "m", and not repeated.

[marcialB]

Hi Christian

Thank you very much. I was able to find/replace the faulty entries in phpMyAdmin and thus solved the problem for all the users.

I assume the problem started when importing the users (WP ALL Import with an Excel-Sheet). The user role was written with an uppercase first letter.

Thanks again!