Just upgraded to 13.8.0 and there are still deprecated messages:

stderr: PHP Deprecated: strncmp(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string1) of type string is deprecated in /root_of_piwigo_installation/include/functions_url.inc.php on line 447

the line is this one:
  if (strncmp(@$tokens[$next_token], 'categor', 7)==0 )

dont quiet warnings with '@'!
they still show up in the logs and should be fixed.

Zentalquabula wrote:

PHP is maturing, Piwigo is not.

These strong words require an answer and I'm going to provide it. But I want first to make things clear: Piwigo is maturing, and a lot on the User Interface side, but maybe not on the way we write code :-) I'll explain why and why we're not going to embrace the "run after every new shining new PHP feature" race.

plg wrote:

It's a bit sad that PHP decides to break existing code. And I would even more say that they're doing to at a much higher speed these last years than before :-/

PHP is maturing, Piwigo is not. Rewrite everything as OOP, take advantage of all the features, and don’t get stuck in the past. Piwigo could be 10x as fast with 10x smaller footprint.

plg wrote:

As written on https://piwigo.org/guides/install/requirements :

PHP 7.4+. Piwigo can run with PHP 7.0+ but these end-of-life versions are no longer maintained and may expose your site to security vulnerabilities.

Piwigo 13.8.0 is compatible with PHP 8.1 but some plugins are not. Piwigo 14 will be compatible with PHP 8.2 but some plugins won't :-/

Any idea which plugins will fail with newer versions of PHP? Or is this going to be a 'try it and see what breaks' exercise?

Best bet currently is PHP 8.0
Unmaintained plugins will become more and more a problem.

Hi,

What is the minimum php level required so it will work with piwigo and with a php supported version?

My concern is:
-PHP7.4 still ok to run but problem as this version is no more supported
  as written there: https://piwigo.org/guides/install/requirements
- is 8.2 really Ok with Piwigo?

In a few word what is the recommendation from Piwigo Team?

Thank you
Phil

executive wrote:

@Ewgeniy
please post your issue in the troubleshooting secion, not announcements. Thank you.

It's okay, I set the theme too old. )

@Ewgeniy
please post your issue in the troubleshooting secion, not announcements. Thank you.