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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-73016

Prepare Moodle for PHP 8.1

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    • Epic
    • Status: Open
    • Minor
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • 4.1
    • None
    • General
    • MOODLE_401_STABLE
    • Prepare Moodle for PHP 8.1
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      A) Verify the docs have been updated with the information about PHP 8.1 support., at very least:

      B) Verify that both 401_STABLE and master (4.2dev) can be installed using PHP 8.1

      C) Verify that a 401_STABLE site can be upgraded to master (4.2dev) using PHP 8.1

      D) Check that all CI jobs are passing ok with PHP 8.1.

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      A) Verify the docs have been updated with the information about PHP 8.1 support., at very least: PHP 8.1 support: https://moodledev.io/general/development/policies/php Release notes in all the branches affected, see: (to be created)for 4.1: https://moodledev.io/general/releases/4.1#server-requirements B) Verify that both 401_STABLE and master (4.2dev) can be installed using PHP 8.1 C) Verify that a 401_STABLE site can be upgraded to master (4.2dev) using PHP 8.1 D) Check that all CI jobs are passing ok with PHP 8.1.

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

      The, hopefully small, epic to turn Moodle ready for PHP 8.1.

      When: Being cristal clear (aka transparent), the ideal target release for this is Moodle 4.1.0 (aka, supported since the very beginning of the branch), but be warned that full support may arrive later in any Moodle 4.1.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...).
        • phpunit upgrade: MDL-75776 (just small updates to 9.5.x)
        • behat upgrade: MDL-75776 (just small updates to 3.11.x, and moving to upstream mink-extension).
      • check all the changes details have been reviewed and fixed (attached file). Note that, until release, this file is considered WIP and subject to changes!
      • ensure older versions of Moodle don't work with PHP 8.1 (MDL-73017)
      • verify that the apache logs are clean of PHP 8.1 notices/warnings/errors (MDL-73019)
      • get moodle-php-apache docker images working with the new php version
      • verify that php-parallel-lint/php-parallel-lint and others pass for all php versions (MDL-73406)
      • verify that all the issues found by the dev version of PHPCompatibility are fixed or false positives (MDL-73587).
      • search in the tracker for any issue created about "php 8.1" or "php81". Add them to this epic after analysing them.
      • Update docs (and others, see testing instructions) once this is ready.
      • FINAL: get travis and gha working with the new php version (MDL-73018)
      • ...

      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:

      All the issues belonging to this epic should be pulled into master and MOODLE_401_STABLE (unless they are bug fixes requiring patching older, still supported, branches)

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          has a clone

          Epic - Created by Jira Software - do not edit or delete. Issue type for a big user story that needs to be broken down. MDL-76405 Prepare Moodle for PHP 8.2

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Open
          has a non-specific relationship to

          Epic - Created by Jira Software - do not edit or delete. Issue type for a big user story that needs to be broken down. MDL-76373 Review third party libraries for new versions (4.2 release)

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

          Epic - Created by Jira Software - do not edit or delete. Issue type for a big user story that needs to be broken down. MDL-73715 Review third party libraries for new versions (4.1 release)

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed
          has been marked as being related by

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-76080 mod_data: Test for create_field does not test anything

          • 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-76724 Decide Moodle 4.3 requirements and push them to environment.xml (due date: 2023-05-08)

          • Blocker - Blocks development and/or testing, prevents Moodle from running (applicable to bugs only)
          • Open

          Task - A task that needs to be completed. Tasks usually refer to work that must be done outside the product. MDL-74905 Decide Moodle 4.2 requirements and push them to environment.xml (due date: 2022-12-26)

          • Blocker - Blocks development and/or testing, prevents Moodle from running (applicable to bugs only)
          • Waiting for testing

          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: 2022-06-01)

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • 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-70745 Prepare Moodle for PHP 8.0

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

          LMS - Ideas for Moodle LMS IDEA-147 PHP version compatibility

          • Medium -
          • In development
          Testing discovered

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-75952 Remove all Reflection setAccessible() uses from core once php81 is the minimum

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

          Epic - Created by Jira Software - do not edit or delete. Issue type for a big user story that needs to be broken down. MDL-70889 XMLRPC to be or not to be

          • Blocker - Blocks development and/or testing, prevents Moodle from running (applicable to bugs only)
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-75760 Explicitly set MYSQLI_REPORT_OFF in the mysql native driver

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

          Improvement - An enhancement to an existing Moodle feature. MDL-75761 Consider modernising the mysql (and children) native database drivers

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Open
          will be (partly) resolved by

          Task - A task that needs to be completed. Tasks usually refer to work that must be done outside the product. MDL-67733 Upgrade Google APIs client library to latest version

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Waiting for peer review

          Task - A task that needs to be completed. Tasks usually refer to work that must be done outside the product. MDL-76089 Upgrade Horde to latest version

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Waiting for testing

          Task - A task that needs to be completed. Tasks usually refer to work that must be done outside the product. MDL-75468 Upgrade TCPDF to 6.5.0

          • 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-75487 Upgrade CFPropertyList to 2.0.3

          • 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-74823 Upgrade HTML Purifier to 4.16.0

          • 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-75466 Upgrade PHPMailer to 6.6.5

          • 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-75481 Upgrade MongoDB to 1.13.1

          • 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-75776 Bump behat and phpunit (composer) dependencies to current ones

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

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              stronk7 Eloy Lafuente (stronk7)
              Adrian Greeve, David Woloszyn, Huong Nguyen, Jake Dallimore, Meirza, Michael Hawkins, Raquel Ortega, Safat Shahin, Stevani Andolo
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