When PHP 8 or higher will be supported?

derive_lab

When PHP 8 or higher will be supported? or how to work with a downgraded eol version

I am trying to install CA but not being able to install php7.4 version as it EOL and when trying terminal states is unable to locate or fin proper packages.
When trying installation with php8, I manage to complete steps and when entering "http://<your server ip>/ca." it displays: Fatal error: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is no longer supported in /var/www/html/ca/app/helpers/utilityHelpers.php on line 347

Cannot move forward.
I've tried different OS but the results are always the same.
Right now I am trying it in a Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS server

Thanks for any advice

darrigan

Hi,
Look here for a branch adapted to PHP 8:
Providence: https://github.com/collectiveaccess/providence/tree/dev/php8
and
Pawtucket2: https://github.com/collectiveaccess/pawtucket2/tree/dev/php8

derive_lab

Thanks, @darrigan

I had not noticed they were already available.
Will give it a try.

derive_lab

I'va managed, trhough several attempts to go as far as i'm capable through the installation instructions:
https://manual.collectiveaccess.org/providence/user/setup/install/Ubuntu_20.04.html#install-ubuntu-20-04
https://github.com/collectiveaccess/providence/blob/dev/php8/README.md

Once done, when visiting: http://<your server ip>/ca

I now get:

connected()) { $opa_error_messages = array("Could not connect to database. Check your database configuration in setup.php."); require_once(CA_BASE_DIR."/themes/default/views/system/configuration_error_html.php"); exit(); } // // do a sanity check on application and server configuration before servicing a request // require_once(CA_APP_DIR.'/lib/ConfigurationCheck.php'); ConfigurationCheck::performQuick(); if(ConfigurationCheck::foundErrors()){ if (defined('CA_ALLOW_AUTOMATIC_UPDATE_OF_DATABASE') && CA_ALLOW_AUTOMATIC_UPDATE_OF_DATABASE && $REQUEST['updateSchema']) { ConfigurationCheck::updateDatabaseSchema(); } else { ConfigurationCheck::renderErrorsAsHTMLOutput(); } exit(); } if(isset($REQUEST['processIndexingQueue']) && $REQUEST['processIndexingQueue']) { require_once(CA_MODELS_DIR.'/ca_search_indexing_queue.php'); ca_search_indexing_queue::process(); exit(); } // run garbage collector GarbageCollection::gc(); $app = AppController::getInstance(); $g_request = $req = $app->getRequest(); $g_response = $resp = $app->getResponse(); // Prevent caching $resp->addHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate"); $resp->addHeader("Expires", "Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT"); // Security headers $resp->addHeader("X-XSS-Protection", "1; mode=block"); $resp->addHeader("X-Frame-Options", "SAMEORIGIN"); $resp->addHeader("Content-Security-Policy", "script-src 'self' maps.googleapis.com cdn.knightlab.com nominatim.openstreetmap.org ajax.googleapis.com tagmanager.google.com www.googletagmanager.com www.google-analytics.com www.google.com/recaptcha/ www.gstatic.com 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval';"); $resp->addHeader("X-Content-Security-Policy", "script-src 'self' maps.googleapis.com cdn.knightlab.com nominatim.openstreetmap.org ajax.googleapis.com tagmanager.google.com www.googletagmanager.com www.google-analytics.com www.google.com/recaptcha/ www.gstatic.com 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval';"); // // Don't try to authenticate when doing a login attempt or trying to access the 'forgot password' feature // if ((AuthenticationManager::supports(CA_AUTH_ADAPTER_FEATURE_USE_ADAPTER_LOGIN_FORM) && !preg_match("/^[\/]{0,1}system\/auth\/callback/", strtolower($req->getPathInfo()))) !preg_match("/^[\/]{0,1}system\/auth\/(dologin|login|forgot|requestpassword|initreset|doreset|callback)/", strtolower($req->getPathInfo()))) { $vb_auth_success = $req->doAuthentication(array('noPublicUsers' => true)); if(!$vb_auth_success) { $resp->sendResponse(); $req->close(); exit; } } // TODO: move this into a library so $, $g_ui_locale_id and $g_ui_locale gets set up automatically $g_ui_locale_id = $req->user->getPreferredUILocaleID(); // get current UI locale as locale_id (available as global) $g_ui_locale = $req->user->getPreferredUILocale(); // get current UI locale as locale string (available as global) $g_ui_units_pref = $req->user->getPreference('units'); // user's selected display units for measurements (available as global) if((!isset($locale)) || ($g_ui_locale != $COOKIE['CA'.CA_APP_NAME.'ui_locale'])) { if(!initializeLocale($g_ui_locale)) die("Error loading locale ".$g_ui_locale); $req->reloadAppConfig(); } // // PageFormat plug-in generates header/footer shell around page content // require_once(CA_APP_DIR.'/lib/PageFormat.php'); if (!$req->isAjax() && !$req->isDownload()) { $app->registerPlugin(new PageFormat()); } // // Dispatch the request // $app->dispatch(true); // // Send output to client // $resp->sendResponse(); $req->close(); } catch (Exception $e) { caDisplayException($e); }

When looking the setup.php file I cannot manage to find the required info: CA_BASE_DIR; CA_APP_DIR.; CA_MODELS_DIR; etc.

Once again, im struggling.
Thanks for any help and advide, Im quite new on trying to accomplish this for an artistic project, so no prior knowledge.

darrigan

Hi,
You are right, these variables do not appear in setup.php. This is my case too but despite this, my site works very well! Probably these variables are calculated elsewhere...

But your error seems to come more from the connection to the database. Have you checked the variables?
Like:
define("CA_DB_HOST", '127.0.0.1');
define("CA_DB_USER", 'my_ca_user');
define("CA_DB_PASSWORD", 'dkrogjgjs46DSDJOZANE6992823');
define("CA_DB_DATABASE", 'my_ca_database');

In my case I had to add these lines:
define("CA_URL_ROOT", "/ca"); // because this is the name of my public access to providence
define("CA_SITE_HOSTNAME", $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);
define("CA_SITE_PROTOCOL", "https");