[azParticipant]

I would like to upgrade to php 7 as it’s much faster etc.

My host (WP Engine) recommended the upgrade and offered a plugin to test site compatibility with PHP 7.

All my plugins & themes are compatible apart of cornerstone, the errors in specific are with preg_replace() as shown here: https://snag.gy/tPxIo2.jpg

Can we expect an update anytime soon?

[DarshanaModerator]

Hi there,

Thank you for submitting this issue. I have forwarded this to our development team for further review.

Thanks!

[davidleefishParticipant]

Same issue. Here are the errors I get with the php 7 compatibility checker for Cronerstone:

FILE: /nas/content/live/gb2017/wp-content/plugins/cornerstone/includes/utility/jsqueeze.php
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FOUND 3 ERRORS AFFECTING 3 LINES
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387 | ERROR | preg_replace() – /e modifier is deprecated since PHP 5.5 and removed since PHP 7.0
465 | ERROR | preg_replace() – /e modifier is deprecated since PHP 5.5 and removed since PHP 7.0
480 | ERROR | preg_replace() – /e modifier is deprecated since PHP 5.5 and removed since PHP 7.0
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[RadModerator]

Hi there,

Their compatibility checker isn’t accurate, they doesn’t really check the compatibility. They only check the existence of certain string.

From that jsqueeze.php file

Line 387 : $code = preg_replace("'(?<![\$.a-zA-Z0-9_])while\('", '3#(', $code);
Line 465 : $f = preg_replace("'(?<![\$.a-zA-Z0-9_])else\n'", "\n", $f);
Line 480 : $f = preg_replace("'(?<![a-zA-Z0-9_\$])for\neach\('", 'for each(', $f);

As you’ll notice, the compatibility tester doesn’t check if it’s really a /e modifier ( http://php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php Errors/Exceptions ). It only checks the existence of letter e from preg_replace() regex string.

Thanks.

[AlexanderKeymaster]

Hi everyone,

I’ve reported this to the plugin developers on wordpress.org

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-positive-preg_replace-e-modifier/

Hopefully they can make an update to address this soon.

[bttrym8Participant]

Are these similar errors to the above? As in are they false positives:

Slider Revolution:
458 | ERROR | ‘clone’ is a reserved keyword introduced in PHP version 5.0 and cannot be invoked as a function (T_CLONE)

The Grid:
86 | ERROR | Visibility for magic method __sleep must be public. Found: private

Envira
2246 | WARNING | INI directive ‘safe_mode’ is deprecated since PHP 5.3 and removed since PHP 5.4.
2323 | WARNING | INI directive ‘safe_mode’ is deprecated since PHP 5.3 and removed since PHP 5.4.

[ChristianModerator]

No, they are not the same. We’ll forward this to the specified plugins for investigation. Please stay tuned.

Thanks.

[bttrym8Participant]

Much appreciated Christian! I’m chomping at the bit to go PHP 7, and multiple people on the X theme users FB have said they’ve done it with the same errors. But the process for downgrading PHP if it doesn’t work isn’t the simplest.

[cudafunkParticipant]

Has anyone made the switch to php 7 to see if it causes any issues?

[bttrym8Participant]

I’ve seen people in the FB group switch, but none with my same set of plugins as above

[RadModerator]

Hi there,

PHP 7 could surely cause troubles to some plugins and all we could do for now is forward it to each respective author/developer. But as by checking with cornerstone, there should be no issues, at least on my test.

Thanks!

[nielsteunisParticipant]

I have tried to upgrade to PHP7 and it caused major problems for me. I use Siteground, which I think is a solid host. I have to say that I find it more than disappointing that this hasn’t been addressed yet. This issue has been raised since the Fall of last year. I am now going to switch to another theme, one that allows me to upgrade to the newer, faster and safer version of PHP7.

[JoaoModerator]

We certainly appreciate the feedback! Our developers are working on it.

We are sorry to hear you go. We have plenty of good reports of X working Well with PHP 7, but it is still not 100% supported.

Thanks for understanding,

Joao

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