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So I upgraded to PHP 8 and ran my script which gave me this error:
Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: count(): Argument #1 ($value) must be of type Countable|array, null given in C:\xampp\htdocs\app\includes\functions\create_session.php:78
Stack trace:
#0 C:\xampp\htdocs\public\front_desk.php(508): Session->check_subfeature_access(22, 0)
#1 {main} thrown in C:\xampp\htdocs\app\includes\functions\create_session.php on line 78
Which turned out to be due to a new update in PHP 8 that doesn't allow non-array values to be used in the count function and throws a fatal error stopping the further script execution. For example, if you have a$_POST['checkboxes_checked'] and you docount($_POST['checkboxes_checked']) then it will give the above error because by default it doesn't recognize it as an array. To fix this error, you can do:count((array)$_POST['checkboxes_checked'])), which fixes the problem.
However, the problem in my case is that I have a couple of hundred files that need this problem fixed, I don't want to go inside each file and fix this as that would be extremely time-consuming. Is there a way to configure PHP 8 to ignore this and still proceed with the count function with these $_POST parameters? or some sort of search/replace regex that I can run on all files that replacecount($_POST['some_parameter_name']) withcount((array)$_POST['some_parameter_name']))? Honestly, I have no idea how I can fix this problem without manually going into each file, and this is the part where I need your help.
One temporary solution would be to define your owncount() function. For instance:
/**
* @deprecated Temporary solution for count() TypeError on invalid countables
*/
function oldCount($input)
{
return isset($input) && is_array($input) ? count($input) : 0;
}
This is just a quick example. You can use your(array) thing as well.
Now all you need to do is replace all the occurrences ofcount( in your code byoldCount(, and you're done.
WARNING: This is only meant as a temporary solution. It requires an extra function call every time it is used and PHP 8 has not incorporated a stricter check for nothing: It's there to protect you. Update your code as soon as possible.
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