Errors setting up SuiteCRM

pgr · 5 March 2023 17:51

This is tracked in this Issue here

Writing the whole GLOBALS variable will break in PHP 8.1

opened 05:32PM - 16 Feb 22 UTC

Type:Bug Priority:Important Area: Environment

#### Issue When we start working towards PHP 8.1 compatibility, we should pay a…ttention to lines like this: https://github.com/salesagility/SuiteCRM/blob/master/install/performSetup.php#L715 They will now cause a FATAL. https://www.php.net/releases/8.1/en.php#deprecations_and_bc_breaks #### Context Saw this come up in the Forums... I didn't check the rest of the codebase for more instances, but I thought it could be useful to leave this warning here... #### Your Environment * SuiteCRM Version used: 7.12.4

and the PR to fix it is this one

github.com/salesagility/SuiteCRM

Fix #9513 - support for PHP 8.1 / fixed installer

salesagility:hotfix ← JanSiero:bugfix_9513

opened 05:30PM - 19 Mar 22 UTC

JanSiero

+2 -1

## Description This fix fixes a PHP 8.1 compatibility issue for the installer. … PHP 8.1 doesn't allow overwriting $GLOBALS directly, see https://github.com/salesagility/SuiteCRM/issues/9513 ## Motivation and Context Solves installation on PHP version 8.1 The rest of SuiteCRM seems to be compatible to this PHP version ## How To Test This - Place the SuiteCRM code on a PHP 8.1 server - On the installation screen, click "I accept" for the GPL license, then "Next" - On the System Environment screen, click "Next" - Provide the details for Database Configuration and Site Configuration, click "Next" **Expected result** - SuiteCRM starts install sequence **Observed error** - Empty screen - in the webserver error log file: ``` PHP message: PHP Fatal error: $GLOBALS can only be modified using the $GLOBALS[$name] = $value syntax in /var/www/html/suite71205d/install/performSetup.php on line 715 ``` ## Types of changes - [x] Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue) - [ ] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality) - [ ] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to change) ### Final checklist - [x] My code follows the code style of this project found [here](https://docs.suitecrm.com/community/contributing-code/coding-standards/). - [ ] My change requires a change to the documentation. - [x] I have read the [**How to Contribute**](https://docs.suitecrm.com/community/contributing-code/) guidelines.