{"id":15784,"date":"2012-03-14T06:58:04","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T10:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=15784"},"modified":"2017-08-16T10:59:33","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T14:59:33","slug":"joomla-troubleshooter-ivalid-token-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/joomla-troubleshooter-ivalid-token-error.html","title":{"rendered":"Joomla Troubleshooter. Invalid Token error"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Working with Joomla website you can see the Invalid Token error message. In this post we’ll describe the error and offer some way of solving it.<\/p>\r\n

What are Tokens anyway ?<\/h4>\r\n

Tokens first made their way into Joomla with Joomla 1.5.3. They were introduced as a security feature for forms. For any form submitted on a Joomla website, a token was expected to be passed. If this was incorrect or missing, you’d get an Invalid Token error. This is really good as it thwarts Spam & hack attempts.<\/p>\r\n

What’s affected ?<\/h4>\r\n

All forms in Joomla are affected by this. This error was more noticeable in the Login & Registration forms as these are the most used. <\/p>\r\n

Why are we getting Invalid Token Errors ?<\/h4>\r\n

There are many reasons for you to get this error, and here\u2019s a list of the most common ones: <\/p>\r\n

Expired cookie:<\/strong>\u00a0The cookie that Joomla expects you to have has expired. Deleting your cookies and trying to login again will fix the problem. <\/p>\r\n

Caching:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

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  1. Disable caching entirely. This is a two step process:\r\n
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    1. Login to your Joomla control panel, go to\u00a0Site<\/em>,\u00a0Global Configuration<\/em>,\u00a0System<\/em>, and click on “No” next to\u00a0Cache<\/em>\u00a0under Cache Settings<\/em>\u00a0and<\/li>\r\n
    2. Disable the System cache plugin, by going to\u00a0Extensions<\/em>,Plugins<\/em>, and then search for the\u00a0System \u2013 Cache<\/em>\u00a0and click the checkbox next to it, and finally click on\u00a0Disable<\/em>\u00a0on the top right.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n
    3. Fix the code for the login (or the other feature you’re having problem with) yourself, by commenting out the check for the token.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

      In form file locate the following code:<\/p>\r\n

        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"<?php echo JUtility::getToken(); ?>\" value=\"1\" \/>  <\/pre>\r\n
      and replace it with <\/p>\r\n
         <?php echo JHTML::_( 'form.token' ); ?>  <\/pre>\r\n
       Using legacy mode (Joomla 1.0 mode)<\/strong>: Using Joomla in Legacy mode is known to cause this problem. Just disable the legacy mode plugin. <\/p>\r\n
      Using legacy code for checking for tokens<\/strong>: Some versions of Joomla\/Joomla templates feature some legacy code to check for tokens. This code needs to be changed. Here\u2019s how to fix this problem:<\/p>\r\n