Error After Upgrading To PHP8.0
Belinda Frylinck
Hello
My hosting company is forcing all clients to move to PHP8. I made a copy of the site and updated all the components and plugins and theme.
So I have: Joomla 3.10.11 System - Helix Ultimate Framework 2.0.11 System - Helix Framework 2.5
with Template:
shaper_helixultimate 2.0.11
When I enable full error reporting on PHP7.4 I get the following message, but it's not causing any problems on the site. Warning: Creating default object from empty value in /usr/www/users/omrccjzdzv/testphp/plugins/system/helix/core/wpshortcodes.php on line 97
When I upgrade to PHP8 I cannot get into the backend and the frontend just shows the folllowing error message: Attempt to modify property "shortcodetags" on null
So it looks like the shortcode tags is the problem.
How can I solve this problem? I urgently need to get the site to work with PHP8. There are no other error messages pertaining to any other components, modules or plugins.
The test site is in a sub-domain at the moment, so I cannot leave the domain on PHP8
The test url is: https://omrc.co.za/testphp/
Thank you
Paul Frankowski
Accepted AnswerHi Belinda,
This error is probably from very OLD helix plugin. We do not use shortcodes in new Helix Ultimate or even in Helix3, they are not supported anymore and won't be.
Please set PHP 7.4 for few minutes and then disable and uninstall all old extensions, for example, with name wpshortcodes or helix only !
Keep plugin with Helix Ultimate name only (System - Helix Ultimate Framework), all others > trash.
yes, it will help