PHP error if GOV server is not responding

[Jefferson49]

Observed with vesta vesta 2.1.16.1.3, webtrees 2.1.16

Currently the computergenealogy servers have severe problems and the GOV server does not respond, see error message. If a shared place is opened, which contains a GOV-id, vesta shows a PHP error after some seconds. As a result, the shared place cannot be opened/viewed any more. The only possibility seems to be to deactivate the vesta GOV module.

Proposals:

• Catch the exception and continue without using the information from the GOV server. Maybe, it could result in the same behaviour like if the GOV module is not activated. Additionally, a warning could be shown that GOV cannot be used.
• Show an error message that the shared places can currently only be used if the GOV module is deactivated.

GOV error.txt PHP error open _LOC Jablanica.txt

[ric2016]

Catch the exception and continue without using the information from the GOV server. Maybe, it could result in the same behaviour like if the GOV module is not activated. Additionally, a warning could be shown that GOV cannot be used.

This is already implemented in several places, apparently I missed at least this one.

[ric2016]

Hopefully fixed (cannot actually test this easily) in Release 2.1.16.1.4.