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PHP Upgrading from PHP 7.3 to 8.1 - Wordpress showing critical error

Discussion in 'Nginx and PHP-FPM news & discussions' started by runos, Dec 22, 2021.

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  1. Dec 22, 2021 #1
    runos

    runos Member

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    Hi all!

    I tried upgrading from PHP 7.3 to 8.1 and 2 out of 4 wordpress websites failed to load. Now I'm setting up a new Linode test server with latest PHP 8.1 to test the failed websites.

    From what I read, I should try to disable all plugins and themes first. Any other advice besides what's posted by admin himself here:
    https://community.centminmod.com/threads/php-8-1-0-ga-stable-release.22166/#post-90784

    Thanks!
    -J
     
  2. Dec 22, 2021 #2
    savvasha

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    You can check your php error log to see which files cause the errors. That way you can disable only the affected plugins until you solve the issue.
     
  3. Dec 22, 2021 #3
    buik

    buik “The best traveler is one without a camera.”

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  4. Dec 22, 2021 #4
    runos

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    Thanks for the reply guys. I just found out I've got 2 old plugins that gave critical error after upgrading. Will revert back to 7.4 for now
     
  5. Dec 23, 2021 #5
    eva2000

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    Yeah Wordpress only supports PHP 8.0 right now
     
  6. Dec 28, 2021 #6
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    Even beta 8.0 only.

    According to PHP Compatibility and WordPress Versions – Make WordPress Core

    PHP 8.0 is beta support only from WordPress 5.6: Added “beta support” for PHP 8.0 and also 5.8.

    Make sure that your theme and plugins are comptatible with php 8.0

    If not, you will get an email what cause the problem, in email you will find link to rescue mode when you can click and turn off or check plugins.
     
  7. Dec 29, 2021 #7
    buik

    buik “The best traveler is one without a camera.”

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    Not a Wordpress user.
    As Wordpress is not compatible with PHP 8.*

    Is WordPress able to send you a mail in case of incompatibility?
    As the Wordpress core itself is also not compatible and so on, it can crash when it tries to mail you. Via the same incompatible PHP code, running on PHP 8.*.
     
  8. Dec 29, 2021 #8
    adamus007p

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    PHP 8.0 is beta compatible with Wordpress.
    PHP 8.1 it is not compatible with Wordpress at all.
    This is an official info from Wordpress website.

    To try use PHP 8.0 you need to:
    check if your theme is compatible with PHP 8.0
    check if your plugins are compatible with PHP 8.0
    and update it.

    When it will crash, you will get email that your website has technical problems.
    You will get info which plugins caused the problem.
    Error log
    and link to rescue mode, where Wordpress will disable problem plugin and you can update or remove it.

    Alternatively you can in FTP rename (name to _name for example) one by one plugin name to detect what cause the problem.

    Make sure to make a backup.

    The best way is update everything (Wordpresss, Theme, Plugins) and update PHP to 8.0

    Last week I have done it and now I use PHP 8.0 with Wordpress.
     
  9. Dec 29, 2021 #9
    savvasha

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    In my experience, most of the popular plugins and themes are compatible with PHP8.0. Some deprecated warnings may be appear here and there. I made the upgrade to my sites a couple of months ago and everything is ok. It depends ofcourse from your plugins and/or any custom code you integrated :)
     
  10. Jan 26, 2022 #10
    buik

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  11. Jan 27, 2022 #11
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  12. Jan 28, 2022 #12
    Jay Chen

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    I was in similar situation a few weeks back, good thing is I know some php development, so I ended up deleting the incompatible plugin and wrote my own. Now my sites are all running on PHP 8.0 with no issues for a few weeks now
     
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