Re: What is needed to make sure the squirrel is ready for PHP 7?

On 2016年03月23日 19:00, David C. Rankin wrote:
> Paul, All,
> 
>   I have updated a production box to PHP7 briefly on Archlinux server and
> promptly broke an older install of eGroupware, I did not check squirrelmail at
> that time. I downgraded to PHP 5.6 until I can get the groupware issue resolved.
> 
>   squirrelmail.org still shows the announcement that it supports PHP 5.4-5.5,
> (which I chuckled, since it is more current than my site even though that was
> the update from 2013 :)
> 
>   I have updated squirrelmail to svn revision 14549 and setup squirrelmail on
> another Arch server with PHP7. I am receiving the following errors:
> 
> SquirrelMail notice messages
> Category: 	PHP
> Message: 	mb_strtolower() [function.mb-strtolower]: Unknown encoding "(null)"
> FILE: 	/srv/http/htdocs/squirrelmail/class/template/Template.class.php
> LINE: 	1310
> Category: 	PHP
> Message: 	mb_strtolower() [function.mb-strtolower]: Unknown encoding "(null)"
> FILE: 	/srv/http/htdocs/squirrelmail/class/template/Template.class.php
> LINE: 	1310
> Category: 	PHP
> Message: 	mb_strtolower() [function.mb-strtolower]: Unknown encoding "(null)"
> FILE: 	/srv/http/htdocs/squirrelmail/class/template/Template.class.php
> LINE: 	1310
> Category: 	PHP
> Message: 	mb_strtolower() [function.mb-strtolower]: Unknown encoding "(null)"
> FILE: 	/srv/http/htdocs/squirrelmail/functions/template/general_util.php
> LINE: 	39
> Category: 	PHP
> Message: 	mb_stristr() [function.mb-stristr]: Unknown encoding "(null)"
> FILE: 	/srv/http/htdocs/squirrelmail/functions/template/general_util.php
> LINE: 	41
> Category: 	PHP
> Message: 	mb_stristr() [function.mb-stristr]: Unknown encoding "(null)"
> FILE: 	/srv/http/htdocs/squirrelmail/functions/template/general_util.php
> LINE: 	45
> 
>   The 39, 41, 45 messages repeat several more times. It looks like it is really
> close. Is there something else I can send or test to help out? (unfortunately
> I'm not a php programmer, but I can work a keyboard and get whatever you may
> think will help)
> 
>   Above all messages look like they are mbstring complaints about an encoding
> not being set. Do I need to set encoding to UTF-8 or set something to make
> mbstring happy?
> 
>   The only mbstring setting I have in php.ini is:
> 
> mbstring.func_overload = 7
> 
> (which is a groupware requirement)
> 
>   Is there something I should try to resolve these messages on my end?
> 
>   Thanks and keep up the great work.

By the way, these errors have nothing to do with PHP 7 compatibility.
You've asked about these same errors at least twice before.  Once you
solved the problem yourself.  For example, see:

https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg31206.html


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