[Admin module?] PHP Error with Wordpress 6.7 in the admin: Translation loading for the qtranslate domain was triggered too early

[yoancutillas]

Describe the bug
With Wordpress 6.7, this PHP error appears in PHP logs:

[13-Nov-2024 10:48:29 UTC] PHP Notice:  Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called <strong>incorrectly</strong>. Translation loading for the <code>qtranslate</code> domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the <code>init</code> action or later. Please see <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/debug/debug-wordpress/">Debugging in WordPress</a> for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in \wp-includes\functions.php on line 6114
[13-Nov-2024 10:48:29 UTC] PHP Stack trace:
[13-Nov-2024 10:48:29 UTC] PHP   1. {main}() \wp-admin\admin.php:0
[13-Nov-2024 10:48:29 UTC] PHP   2. require_once() \wp-admin\admin.php:34
[13-Nov-2024 10:48:29 UTC] PHP   3. require_once() \wp-load.php:50
[13-Nov-2024 10:48:29 UTC] PHP   4. require_once() \wp-config.php:102
[13-Nov-2024 10:48:29 UTC] PHP   5. do_action($hook_name = 'plugins_loaded') \wp-settings.php:559
[13-Nov-2024 10:48:29 UTC] PHP   6. WP_Hook->do_action($args = [0 => '']) \wp-includes\plugin.php:517
[13-Nov-2024 10:48:29 UTC] PHP   7. WP_Hook->apply_filters($value = '', $args = [0 => '']) \wp-includes\class-wp-hook.php:348
[13-Nov-2024 10:48:29 UTC] PHP   8. qtranxf_init_language('') \wp-includes\class-wp-hook.php:324
[13-Nov-2024 10:48:29 UTC] PHP   9. qtranxf_admin_load() \wp-content\plugins\qtranslate-xt\src\init.php:129
[13-Nov-2024 10:48:29 UTC] PHP  10. qtranxf_admin_load_config() \wp-content\plugins\qtranslate-xt\src\admin\admin.php:834
[13-Nov-2024 10:48:29 UTC] PHP  11. qtranxf_admin_set_default_options($options = ['front' => ['int' => [...], 'bool' => [...], 'str' => [...], 'text' => [...], 'array' => [...]], 'default_value' => ['default_language' => NULL, 'enabled_languages' => NULL, 'qtrans_compatibility' => FALSE, 'disable_client_cookies' => FALSE, 'flag_location' => NULL, 'filter_options' => 'blogname blogdescription widget_%', 'ignore_file_types' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,png,svg,pdf,swf,tif,rar,zip,7z,mpg,divx,mpeg,avi,css,js,mp3,mp4,apk', 'domains' => NULL], 'languages' => ['language_name' => 'qtranslate_language_names', 'locale' => 'qtranslate_locales', 'locale_html' => 'qtranslate_locales_html', 'not_available' => 'qtranslate_na_messages', 'date_format' => 'qtranslate_date_formats', 'time_format' => 'qtranslate_time_formats', 'flag' => 'qtranslate_flags'], 'admin' => ['int' => [...], 'bool' => [...], 'str' => [...], 'text' => [...], 'array' => [...], 'admin_enabled_modules' => [...]]]) \wp-content\plugins\qtranslate-xt\src\admin\admin_options.php:54
[13-Nov-2024 10:48:29 UTC] PHP  12. QTX_Admin_Module::get_modules() \wp-content\plugins\qtranslate-xt\src\admin\admin_options.php:44
[13-Nov-2024 10:48:29 UTC] PHP  13. QTX_Admin_Module::get_builtin_setup() \wp-content\plugins\qtranslate-xt\src\modules\admin_module.php:148
[13-Nov-2024 10:48:29 UTC] PHP  14. __($text = 'Slugs translation', $domain = 'qtranslate') \wp-content\plugins\qtranslate-xt\src\modules\admin_module.php:130
[13-Nov-2024 10:48:29 UTC] PHP  15. translate($text = 'Slugs translation', $domain = 'qtranslate') \wp-includes\l10n.php:306
[13-Nov-2024 10:48:29 UTC] PHP  16. get_translations_for_domain($domain = 'qtranslate') \wp-includes\l10n.php:194
[13-Nov-2024 10:48:29 UTC] PHP  17. _load_textdomain_just_in_time($domain = 'qtranslate') \wp-includes\l10n.php:1385
[13-Nov-2024 10:48:29 UTC] PHP  18. _doing_it_wrong($function_name = '_load_textdomain_just_in_time', $message = 'Translation loading for the <code>qtranslate</code> domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the <code>init</code> action or later.', $version = '6.7.0') \wp-includes\l10n.php:1347
[13-Nov-2024 10:48:29 UTC] PHP  19. wp_trigger_error($function_name = '', $message = 'Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called <strong>incorrectly</strong>. Translation loading for the <code>qtranslate</code> domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the <code>init</code> action or later. Please see <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/debug/debug-wordpress/">Debugging in WordPress</a> for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.)', $error_level = *uninitialized*) \wp-includes\functions.php:6054
[13-Nov-2024 10:48:29 UTC] PHP  20. trigger_error($message = 'Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called <strong>incorrectly</strong>. Translation loading for the <code>qtranslate</code> domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the <code>init</code> action or later. Please see <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/debug/debug-wordpress/">Debugging in WordPress</a> for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.)', $error_level = 1024) \wp-includes\functions.php:6114

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Update to Wordpress 6.7
2. Use qTranslate XT

Expected behavior
No PHP error should appear.

Screenshots

Debug info

Versions
{
  "PHP_VERSION": "8.2.23",
  "WP_VERSION": "6.7",
  "QTX_VERSION": "3.15.2",
  "Plugins": [
    "Booking Activities - Advanced Forms 1.4.6",
    "Booking Activities - Display Pack 1.5.6",
    "Booking Activities - Licenses & Updates 1.2.12",
    "Booking Activities - Notification Pack 1.3.7",
    "Booking Activities - Order For Customers 1.3.3",
    "Booking Activities - Prices and Credits 1.8.20",
    "Booking Activities - Resource Availability 1.1.8",
    "Booking Activities 1.16.22",
    "Check & Log Email 2.0.3",
    "qTranslate-XT 3.15.2",
    "User Role Editor 4.64.2",
    "Payment Plugins for Stripe WooCommerce 3.3.77",
    "WooCommerce 9.4.1"
  ]
}
Configuration
{
  "default_language": "fr",
  "enabled_languages": [
    "fr",
    "en"
  ],
  "locale": {
    "fr": "fr_FR",
    "en": "en_US"
  },
  "date_format": {
    "fr": "%A %e %B %Y",
    "en": "%A %B %e%q, %Y"
  },
  "time_format": {
    "fr": "%H:%M",
    "en": "%I:%M %p"
  },
  "url_mode": 2,
  "use_strftime": 3,
  "filter_options_mode": 0,
  "language_name_case": 0,
  "detect_browser_language": true,
  "hide_untranslated": false,
  "show_menu_alternative_language": false,
  "show_displayed_language_prefix": true,
  "show_alternative_content": false,
  "hide_default_language": true,
  "use_secure_cookie": false,
  "header_css_on": true,
  "text_field_filters": [],
  "disable_client_cookies": false,
  "url_info": {
    "cookie_lang_front": "fr",
    "cookie_lang_admin": "fr",
    "cookie_front_or_admin_found": true,
    "scheme": "http",
    "host": "dev.booking-activities.yc",
    "path": "/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php",
    "query": "action=admin_debug_info",
    "path-base": "",
    "wp-path": "/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php",
    "language_neutral_path": true,
    "http_referer": "http://dev.booking-activities.yc/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=qtranslate-xt",
    "referer_admin": true,
    "doing_front_end": false,
    "lang_cookie_admin": "fr",
    "lang_admin": "fr",
    "language": "fr",
    "set_cookie": false
  },
  "language": "fr",
  "editor_mode": 0,
  "highlight_mode": 1,
  "auto_update_mo": true,
  "hide_lsb_copy_content": false,
  "lsb_style": "simple-buttons.css",
  "config_files": [
    "./i18n-config.json",
    "./plugins/booking-activities/i18n-config.json",
    "./plugins/ba-advanced-forms/i18n-config.json",
    "./plugins/ba-display-pack/i18n-config.json",
    "./plugins/ba-notification-pack/i18n-config.json",
    "./plugins/ba-order-for-customers/i18n-config.json",
    "./plugins/ba-prices-and-credits/i18n-config.json",
    "./plugins/ba-resource-availability/i18n-config.json"
  ],
  "custom_fields": [],
  "custom_field_classes": [],
  "post_type_excluded": [],
  "admin_enabled_modules": {
    "woo-commerce": true,
    "acf": false,
    "all-in-one-seo-pack": false,
    "events-made-easy": false,
    "jetpack": false,
    "google-site-kit": false,
    "gravity-forms": false,
    "wp-seo": false,
    "slugs": false
  },
  "translator": {},
  "qtrans_compatibility": false
}
Browser
{
  "cookies": [],
  "navigator": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/130.0.0.0 Safari/537.36",
  "Javascript built-in RegExp: @@split": "supported"
}

Edit: This issue is not related to the string that were not translated, and to the Slug module, so I have updated the bug description.

[rg-]

Having that problem after updated WP TO 6.7, and i ended changing (src/init.php)

qtranxf_load_plugin_textdomain();

TO JUST:

add_action( 'init', function(){
qtranxf_load_plugin_textdomain();
} );

And for now, everything is working ok. I hope!

[bagaweb]

At the moment I can't see any error messages with WP 6.7 and QTX 3.15.2.

[yoancutillas]

I confirm that replacing https://github.com/qtranslate/qtranslate-xt/blob/3.15.2/src/init.php#L112-L117

    // TODO delay to `init` action?
    // See https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/load_plugin_textdomain/
    // Loading the plugin translations should not be done during plugins_loaded action since that is too early and prevent
    // other language related plugins from correctly hooking up with load_textdomain() function and doing whatever they want to do.
    // Calling load_plugin_textdomain() should be delayed until init action.
    qtranxf_load_plugin_textdomain();

with

add_action( 'init', 'qtranxf_load_plugin_textdomain' );

fixes the issue.

[jamesjohnmcguire]

If using (in wp-config.php)
defined('WP_DEBUG') OR define('WP_DEBUG', true);

It totally breaks logging into wp-admin, with the error message:

Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called <strong>incorrectly</strong>. Translation loading for the <code>qtranslate</code> domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the <code>init</code> action or later. Please see <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/debug/debug-wordpress/">Debugging in WordPress</a> for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in C:\Util\xampp\htdocs\wp-includes\functions.php on line 6114

If WP_DEBUG not defined, admin loads just fine.

[Eric-llos]

I confirm that replacing https://github.com/qtranslate/qtranslate-xt/blob/3.15.2/src/init.php#L112-L117

    // TODO delay to `init` action?
    // See https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/load_plugin_textdomain/
    // Loading the plugin translations should not be done during plugins_loaded action since that is too early and prevent
    // other language related plugins from correctly hooking up with load_textdomain() function and doing whatever they want to do.
    // Calling load_plugin_textdomain() should be delayed until init action.
    qtranxf_load_plugin_textdomain();

with

add_action( 'init', 'qtranxf_load_plugin_textdomain' );

fixes the issue.

Same here