From 03e2e2b13a30d306a6b826c4e5ed9416e2d48707 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Edwin Noorlander <edwin@noorlander.info>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:42:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add size limit to sidebar HTML to prevent large output
 causing 500 errors

---
 config.php | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/config.php b/config.php
index 8d97779..50a4543 100755
--- a/config.php
+++ b/config.php
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ try {
     }
 
     $sidebarHtml = '<ul class="category-tree">' . renderTree($categoryTree) . '</ul>';
+    if (strlen($sidebarHtml) > 50000) { // If too large, use menu
+        $sidebarHtml = '<ul class="nav flex-column nav-pills"><li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="#" data-route="/">Overview</a></li><li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="#" data-route="/categories">Categories</a></li><li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="#" data-route="/parts">Parts</a></li></ul>';
+    }
 } catch (Exception $e) {
     error_log('Error building category tree: ' . $e->getMessage());
     $sidebarHtml = '<ul class="nav flex-column nav-pills"><li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="#" data-route="/">Overview</a></li><li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="#" data-route="/categories">Categories</a></li><li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="#" data-route="/parts">Parts</a></li></ul>';