Topic: How to resolve deprecated error?

[La_Lafayette]

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I'm at a loss with this error

using SMF 2.0.15

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

SMF 2.0.15 only supports up to PHP 7.1 as PHP 7.2 is deprecating create_function() and this is used by the BBCode parser.

See discussion from this post on https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=558072.msg3955359#msg3955359

[La_Lafayette]

// Disable PHP 7.2 "Function create_function() is deprecated"  errors from filling the forum error logs
   if (defined('E_DEPRECATED') && $error_level == E_DEPRECATED && phpversion() == '7.2.0' && strpos($error_string, 'Function create_function() is deprecated') !== false)
      return;

this is the function i have to add to suppress it right?

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

That would be for php 7.2.0 specifically.

That's not really an ideal solution though, as it will only work on that specific version, and it will only stop SMF from logging the error. It won't do anything to stop your server still probably having thousands of those errors logged.

Something like

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E_DEPRECATED && (version_compare(phpversion(), '7.2') >= 0) would probably be better for the version comparison.

Officially, SMF 2.0 does not support 7.2

[SpacePhoenix]

Version 7.0 of PHO went EOL at the start of the week. Version 5.6 (the very last 5.x version) goes EOL at the end of this month. It might be worth the OP asking their host if they plan on migrating some or all of their servers over to a 7.x version of PHP and which one they intend to migrate to

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

Version 7.0 of PHO went EOL at the start of the week. Version 5.6 (the very last 5.x version) goes EOL at the end of this month. It might be worth the OP asking their host if they plan on migrating some or all of their servers over to a 7.x version of PHP and which one they intend to migrate to

Unless I am greatly mistaken, the error is _because_ the server has been migrated to 7.2. Not the other way around.

[SpacePhoenix]

Version 7.0 of PHO went EOL at the start of the week. Version 5.6 (the very last 5.x version) goes EOL at the end of this month. It might be worth the OP asking their host if they plan on migrating some or all of their servers over to a 7.x version of PHP and which one they intend to migrate to

Unless I am greatly mistaken, the error is _because_ the server has been migrated to 7.2. Not the other way around.

It's possible that the OPs host might have some servers that won't be migrated to 7.2 (or at least have other PHP versions available), only the OPs host would know what the plans are for PHP version migration

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

That is true, and on any better host also likely.

[a10]

7.1 works perfect for 2.0.15

Any host worthy of ones money offers some php version choice.

[SpacePhoenix]

Back when 4 went EOL did every host migrate all their servers over to 5 very shortly afterwards?

[Arantor]

No, it took YEARS. There’s plenty of hosting still on 5.3.