php 7.4 compatibility for SMF 2.0.x?

[vbgamer45]

SMF 2.0.16 handles php 7.3 from what I can tell. I have been running SMF on php 7.3 for many months now.

[spiros]

Yes, actually, did you try to update to SMF 2.0.16 in an install with your compat mod on? It gave me errors in installation. That is why I thought that it needs some edits to support installing on 2.0.16.

[vbgamer45]

NO. I would uninstall the compat mod.

[spiros]

So, I guess you will adapt it to support SMF 2.0.16?

[vbgamer45]

Not planning to, since the new SMF release fixes the issues.

[spiros]

I thought it offers support only up to php 7.2 while yours up to 7.3

[vbgamer45]

It supports 7.3 as well. Just doesn't note it. I am running 2.0.16 on PHP 7.3

[spiros]

Lol, quite weird that they don't mention it... Is it just suppressing the errors or fixing the problematic code?

[vbgamer45]

Well for both 7.2 and 7.3 it is mainly just suppressing errors so that is the difference.

[spiros]

That sounds like your mod + 2.0.15 is a better option for php 7.3

[m4z]

Lol, quite weird that they don't mention it... Is it just suppressing the errors or fixing the problematic code?

I believe 7.3 hasn't been tested explicitly and thorougly, so no (full) 7.3 support is claimed.
I believe vbgamer means "it happens to work with 7.3 too, by happy accident".

[Kindred]

Also, 2.0.16 includes security patches...   so continuing to run 2.0.15 is not recommended.

[spiros]

It supports 7.3 as well. Just doesn't note it. I am running 2.0.16 on PHP 7.3

Testing with 7.3 and SMF 2.0.17 I get:

8192: strpos(): Non-string needles will be interpreted as strings in the future. Use an explicit chr() call to preserve the current behavior
public_html/forum/Sources/Load.php
Line: 1398

Apparently php 7.3 compatibility:
https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper/issues/770

[SpacePhoenix]

Just giving 2.0.17 a quick try (clean install) with PHP 7.4, no errors so far (with error reporting cranked up full)