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From PHP 7.3 Deprecated Features
Namespaced assert()
Declaring a function called assert() inside a namespace is deprecated. The assert() function is subject to special handling by the engine, which may lead to inconsistent behavior when defining a namespaced function with the same name.
I'm working on Drupal 7.72, I was checking the process to migrate to PHP 7.3, when it comes to deprecated features I found thatassert()
function is used by Drupal core in several files in the folder\misc\typo3\
. The ones I have identified as potential risks are the following:
I'm really confused about how Drupal is declaring assert functions even though they are deprecated, maybe I'm misreading the Documentation? There's some way to test these files to be sure that everything will be working on PHP 7.3?
Those files should not cause any problems regarding the deprecated namespacedassert()
.
That deprecation refers to a namespacedassert()
function, but what you have in those files are class methods.
Here's a basic example of the difference in case my explanation is not clear:
Namespaced assert function (deprecated)
<?php
namespace Foo;
function assert() {}
This will cause:
Deprecated: Defining a custom assert() function is deprecated, as the function has special semantics
Class method (not deprecated)
<?php
namespace Foo;
class Something
{
public function assert() {}
}
No problem because the assert function is contained in a class.
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