Re: Checking code for PHP 8.1.6 compatibility before upgrade

On Mon, May 30, 2022, 4:30 PM , <[email protected]> wrote:

> One thing i noticed when I upgraded from 5 - 8 I had to change the opening
> text
>
> I had   <?
>
> but I had to change it to <?php   to avoid errors (it wouldn't compile at
> all)
>
> Godon.
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 3:07 AM Ian Evans <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Long story short, due to some health issues in the past few years, I am
> WAY behind in upgrading my server and PHP. Still running php 5.5.9!
> >
> > Is there a script that can "lint" my code and tell me what is completely
> broken if I move to 8.1 and what can wait for a weekend and a pot of
> coffee? And if so, can that script be run on a 5.5.9 system or do I need to
> spin up a cheap VPS with 8.1 and run it against the code there?
> >
> > Thanks for any advice.
>

Thanks.
Yes, my code has opened with
 <?php since the beginning. Biggest concern is deprecated or renamed
functions.

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