# Unable to Continue Editing Proposal/Invoice After Adding First Line Item **URL:** \ **Category:** Using my Dolibarr\ **Tags:** Issue\ **Created:** [December 16, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/unable-to-continue-editing-proposal-invoice-after-adding-first-line-item/29726 "2024-12-16T18:30:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![James.Amett](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@James.Amett](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/James.Amett)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/unable-to-continue-editing-proposal-invoice-after-adding-first-line-item/29726/1 "2024-12-16T18:30:56Z")
I am currently experiencing an issue in Dolibarr where once I add the first line item to a proposal or invoice, I am unable to continue editing that document. Specifically, after saving or validating the first product/service line, any attempt to add additional lines or modify existing ones is simply not possible. Find attached screenshot. ![image](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/uploads/dolibarrorg/original/2X/a/a359be8c899b1c60689d0872b503d4f37d016062.png) Has anyone encountered a similar issue, and if so, how did you resolve it? Any guidance on troubleshooting this problem or pointers to relevant configuration/settings that might cause this would be greatly appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![dndwtech4life](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7ba0ec/32.png) [@dndwtech4life](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/dndwtech4life)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/unable-to-continue-editing-proposal-invoice-after-adding-first-line-item/29726/2 "2024-12-16T18:38:44Z")
I’m having the same issue, will try to re-install the previous version to work for the moment, did the change on Dec 6th and today it won’t work ---
**Author:** ![James.Amett](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@James.Amett](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/James.Amett)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/unable-to-continue-editing-proposal-invoice-after-adding-first-line-item/29726/3 "2024-12-16T18:41:00Z")
I noticed it on the version 20.0.0… I thought there would be a fix in v20.0.2 but it seems the issue persists. I have reinstalled my dolibarr twice already and I still face the same issue. @eldy Can you please comment on this? ---
**Author:** ![James.Amett](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@James.Amett](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/James.Amett)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/unable-to-continue-editing-proposal-invoice-after-adding-first-line-item/29726/4 "2024-12-16T19:08:15Z")
@dndwtech4life i just figured it out… it’s an issue with the PHP Version. I was running on 8.3. I lowered it to 7.3 and it works without issues. You can try other PHP versions. ---
**Author:** ![dndwtech4life](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7ba0ec/32.png) [@dndwtech4life](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/dndwtech4life)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/unable-to-continue-editing-proposal-invoice-after-adding-first-line-item/29726/5 "2024-12-16T19:23:35Z")
I think i solve mine as well. The issue I faced was due to the large text I was attempting to enter in the description. Since it doesn’t show a limit, I thought I could use it instead of creating a new product. ---
**Author:** ![eldy](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/user_avatar/www.dolibarr.org/eldy/32/12_2.png) [@eldy](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/eldy)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 9:18am UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/unable-to-continue-editing-proposal-invoice-after-adding-first-line-item/29726/6 "2024-12-17T09:18:51Z")
No trouble on my side with PHP 8.3 and Dolibarr v20, 20.0.1 or 20.0.2. You probably have something else. May be an external module ? I recommend to have a look at your apache error.log to get more information. ---
**Author:** ![James.Amett](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@James.Amett](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/James.Amett)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/unable-to-continue-editing-proposal-invoice-after-adding-first-line-item/29726/7 "2025-03-31T16:59:37Z")
Hi @eldy, I am using namecheap shared hosting and I have not been able to view any of the logs. I have upgraded to 21.0 and this issue persists. ---
**Author:** ![eldy](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/user_avatar/www.dolibarr.org/eldy/32/12_2.png) [@eldy](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/eldy)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/unable-to-continue-editing-proposal-invoice-after-adding-first-line-item/29726/8 "2025-03-31T17:51:59Z")
I’m afraid without the error.log file of the server, we can’t find any reason as this seems specific to your case. May be you have installed an external module ? ---
**Author:** ![James.Amett](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@James.Amett](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/James.Amett)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 9:43am UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/unable-to-continue-editing-proposal-invoice-after-adding-first-line-item/29726/9 "2025-04-01T09:43:04Z")
Finally, after enabling error reporting, I was able to locate the issue where PHP 8…x is stricter with `sprintf()` formatting, and some translation strings contain `%` without proper format specifiers (e.g., `%s` , `%d` ). Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: Missing format specifier at end of string in /core/class/translate.class.php:691 So I replaced line 688 - 695 on the translate.class.php with the following. if (strpos($key, ‘Format’) !== 0) { try { // @phan-suppress-next-line PhanPluginPrintfVariableFormatString $str = sprintf($str, $param1, $param2, $param3, $param4); } catch (ValueError $e) { // Handle PHP 8’s strict sprintf errors if (strpos($e-\>getMessage(), ‘Missing format specifier’) !== false) { return $str; // Return unformatted string if formatting fails } throw $e; // Re-throw other ValueErrors } catch (Exception $e) { // Keep existing exception handling } } Please do let me know if there’s a better way to handle this as it works now and could be incorporated into future changes. ---
**Author:** ![eldy](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/user_avatar/www.dolibarr.org/eldy/32/12_2.png) [@eldy](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/eldy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/unable-to-continue-editing-proposal-invoice-after-adding-first-line-item/29726/10 "2025-04-01T17:01:19Z")
Which language code do you use ? (xx\_XX) ---
**Author:** ![James.Amett](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@James.Amett](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/James.Amett)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/unable-to-continue-editing-proposal-invoice-after-adding-first-line-item/29726/11 "2025-04-01T19:35:56Z")
I use php. (Xx\_xX) ---
**Author:** ![eldy](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/user_avatar/www.dolibarr.org/eldy/32/12_2.png) [@eldy](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/eldy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/unable-to-continue-editing-proposal-invoice-after-adding-first-line-item/29726/12 "2025-04-02T14:37:40Z")
Yes but your language code ? It must be something like xx\_XX for example fr\_FR for french language, or es\_MX for mexican language. You can see the information in the popup on your user name once logged. ---
**Author:** ![James.Amett](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@James.Amett](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/James.Amett)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/unable-to-continue-editing-proposal-invoice-after-adding-first-line-item/29726/13 "2025-04-02T14:48:28Z")
Oh you mean the default language? I am english speaking so I have defaulted to en\_US. ![{638D6225-2771-4A4A-92BF-61304A4A981D}](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/uploads/dolibarrorg/original/2X/b/bf85e7f81519199deacc2caaff770211f35baa7e.png)