PR test successfully but Warning: Undefined property: stdClass::$value in /mnt/data/vhosts/casite-1466051.cloudaccess.net/httpdocs/components/com_contact/tmpl/contact/default_user_custom_fields.php on line 27.

I have tested this item successfully. But it should go into 4.4, as the issue is already in 4.4.

With the PR the user gets this when he opens the contact form and fills the form

There should be something more informative for a user.

on Joomla 5.1 rc2, PHP 8.2.17

I just tried 3 times to create a new user, then create a new contact and link that contact to the new user and then I deleted the user in question and never received an error so therefore I was not able to test this PR for no error message [I have debug and error reporting to maximum].

I created a new user, then a new contact and linked that contact to the new user and then I deleted the user in question and never received an error.

using v5.1 RC1 - i also followed the instructions, "Create a contact and select a 'Linked User', then delete that user." But did not run into any issues deleting the user. going back to the contact, the ID is still listed as the linked user

I have tested this item ✅ successfully on 9979a19

There seem to be no errors present. All good.

@fgsw did you have some custom fields on com_contact ?
@chmst what should looks like as a more informative msg ? and didn't check yet on 4...

strange that others in 5 could not reproduce it

I have tested this item ✅ successfully on 9979a19

@fgsw did you have some custom fields on com_contact ?

Yes.

strange that others in 5 could not reproduce it

I also could not reproduce an error in first tries until i looked at frontend.

Hi @fgsw, I looked at the front end each of the 3 times, I tested this and found no errors [with error reporting to maximum and debug mode on] ;(

@exlemor I have only error-reporting set on maximum, but i don't know if this is a real difference. I'm a user, not a developer.

strange that others in 5 could not reproduce it

I think the testers were not aware that the error occurs in frontend, not in backend

As a user I would expect the first message like "[contact_title] This contact is not found in the system. Please contact your system administrator" or something like that - native speaker required. The secind message should not appear at all.

Perhaps the contact form should not be generated if the user is not found

@fgsw did you have some custom fields on com_contact ? @chmst what should looks like as a more informative msg ? and didn't check yet on 4...

strange that others in 5 could not reproduce it

not strange at all - your testing instructions were extremely vague!!

Perhaps the contact form should not be generated if the user is not found

That would be the most sensible behaviour. Just the same as when there is no email address in the contact information

not strange at all - your testing instructions were extremely vague!!

@brianteeman You're right. In my opinion this happens cause developers think different than a non-developer-tester.

To be honest i had given up to test this pr until i thought "maybe 'frontend' is missing in the instructions".

i apologize