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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-70745

Prepare Moodle for PHP 8.0

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    • Type: Epic
    • Status: Open
    • Priority: Minor
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • Affects Version/s: 3.11, 4.0
    • Fix Version/s: None
    • Component/s: General
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      A) Verify the docs have been updated with the information about PHP 8.0 support., at very least:

      B) Verify that 311_STABLE and master can be installed using PHP 8.0

      C) Verify that a 36_STABLE site can be upgraded to 311_STABLE and master using PHP 8.0

      D) Check that all CI jobs are passing ok with PHP 8.0.

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      A) Verify the docs have been updated with the information about PHP 8.0 support., at very least: PHP 8.x support: https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_and_PHP Release notes in all the branches affected, see: for existing release series: https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.11_release_notes#Server_requirements future to be created: https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_4.0_release_notes#Server_requirements as example B) Verify that 311_STABLE and master can be installed using PHP 8.0 C) Verify that a 36_STABLE site can be upgraded to 311_STABLE and master using PHP 8.0 D) Check that all CI jobs are passing ok with PHP 8.0.
    • Affected Branches:
      MOODLE_311_STABLE, MOODLE_400_STABLE
    • Epic Name:
      Prepare Moodle for PHP 8.0

      Description

      (master)
      (311_STABLE)

      Accumulative branches (with all the pending stuff still not upstream) are:

      An, hopefully, small epic to turn Moodle ready for PHP 8.0.

      When: Being cristal clear (aka transparent), the ideal target release for this is Moodle 3.11.0 (aka, supported since the very beginning of the branch), but be warned that full support may arrive later in any Moodle 3.11.x minor release in the branch, depending of a number of factors (extensions availability and bugs, 3rd part libraries, last minute surprises...).

      Some initial links:

      Some basic requirements for this:

      • get unit and acceptance tests passing against all databases (may imply the need of upgrading phpunit/behat...).
      • check all the changes details have been reviewed and fixed (attached file).
      • ensure older versions of Moodle don't work with PHP 8.0 (MDL-68735)
      • get travis and gha working with the new php version (MDL-70900)
      • verify that there apache logs are clean of PHP 8.0 notices/warnings/errors (MDL-70986)
      • get moodle-php-apache docker images working with the new php version
      • Update docs (and others, see testing instructions) once this is ready.
      • ...

      And some tasks to do once this is upstream:

      TODO 1: Review the travis and/or github actions configuration for various repositories. The new PHP version needs to be covered. Known to need review / fix repos include:

      TODO 2: Verify that this PR has been fixed/hopefully released @ MinkExtension (new PHP 8 warning) and update our dependencies to it.

      All the issues belonging to this epic should be pulled into both MOODLE_311_STABLE and master (unless they are bug fixes requiring patching older, still supported, branches)

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-70543 xmlrpc and PHP8

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-71637 mb_substitute_character ValueError for PHP 8.0

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed

          Task - A task that needs to be completed. Tasks usually refer to work that must be done outside the product. MDL-71747 Decide Moodle 4.1 requirements and push them to environment.xml (due date: 2021-11-29)

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Open

          Task - A task that needs to be completed. Tasks usually refer to work that must be done outside the product. MDL-70594 Decide Moodle 4.0 requirements and push them to environment.xml (due date: 2021-06-09)

          • Major - Major loss of function, incorrect output
          • Closed

          Task - A task that needs to be completed. Tasks usually refer to work that must be done outside the product. MDL-69308 Decide Moodle 3.11 requirements and push them to environment.xml (due date: 2020-12-21)

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed

          Improvement - An enhancement to an existing Moodle feature. MDL-71036 Upgrade PHPUnit to 9.5.x

          • Major - Major loss of function, incorrect output
          • Closed
          is a clone of

          Epic - Created by Jira Software - do not edit or delete. Issue type for a big user story that needs to be broken down. MDL-66260 Prepare Moodle for PHP 7.4

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed
          Testing discovered

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-70889 XMLRPC to be or not to be

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Open

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              Reporter:
              stronk7 Eloy Lafuente (stronk7)
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              Component watchers:
              Adrian Greeve, Jake Dallimore, Mathew May, Mihail Geshoski, Peter Dias, Sujith Haridasan
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