We would have to make a list of things that do not work in PHP 7.1 and above to go "patching" to fix them one by one.

By CopyRight we cannot publish complete plugins, but patches.

Actually there are few changes.

For example, the list () function has changed, but I think it is not used in any plugin or core.

But for example, foreach () does use a lot and requires detailed research.

This code

<? php

$array = [0, 1, 2];

foreach ($array as &$val) {

    var_dump (current ($array));

}

?>

in PHP 5 it generates:

int (1)

int (2)

bool (false)

and in PHP 7 generate:

int (0)

int (0)

int (0)

And this is because the foreach internal pointer no longer advances.

Another difference from foreach() is that it now works with a copy of the array and not with the array. Example:

<? php

$array = [0];

foreach ($array as &$val) {

    var_dump ($val);

    $array[1] = 1;

}

?>

PHP5:

int (0)

PHP7:

int (0)

int (1)

Changes in string:

<? php

var_dump ("0x123" == "291");

var_dump (is_numeric ("0x123"));

var_dump ("0xe" + "0x1");

var_dump (substr ("foo", "0x1"));

?>

PHP5:

bool (true)

bool (true)

int (15)

string (2) "oo"

PHP7:

bool (false)

bool (false)

int (0)

Functions removed:

call_user_method ()

call_user_method_array ()

ereg ()

mcrypt_generic_end ()

set_magic_quotes_runtime ()

dl ()

...

And there are many more things .... For example, the results returned by the whole family of sort () functions vary if the items compared turn out to be the same.

With this panorama, reading the source code (thousands of lines) is going to be very slow, I think we should be communicating through the forum "this does not work" and we all review it.

Maybe we can ask Ox Germany if he could possibly add a section to the development section of the forum called Patches, then we could post the patches there for users to get.  

The patches have to be based off of a clean 1.8.4 install, i dont see how or why we would be able to promise patches to customized core installs that people have.  So just as before we have to limit our support to just 1.8.4 and then on top of that if they have one of our patches they can list that.

So what i mean is that if someone has an issue we ask them what version they have and they say 

1.8.4  patches  1,2,3,4  

and so on.   That way we can install exactly what they have and test it.  Otherwize its going to be a nightmare to manage and support.  If they have made other custom mods to the core we cant support that.  We could display which patch on the footer. 

We also need to get Puru involved if he is back, and also Ebonezer would be a great help as well, once SD gets some time on his hands im sure he will be glad to offer up some fixes as well. 

All of us are overall pretty good coders but some specialize, i think so anyway.  SD and Puru are good at JS, Ebonezer is good at class management and design, you Patricia have your C background and you understand the big picture pretty well, i dont know your experience with JS.   So with all of us i think we could put together some patches leaning on each others skills to keep users up and running.

Do you think that would work asking Ox Germany to add a new section to the forum for Patches?

I think it would be a good idea.

It would be good to publish the files to replace instead of having to edit them manually because there may be an error.

For example, if you write

$avatars = BOL_AvatarService;:getInstance()->getAvatarsUrlList( array( $userId ) );

it may take many hours to find that it does not work because there is ;: instead of ::

so it is convenient to send the files already checked, and of course add as comments who has modified it, when, why and what lines it affects.

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