Errors in PHP 8.3.6 Creation of dynamic property CI_URI::$config is deprecated

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I am getting errors after install. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

“Creation of dynamic property CI_URI::$config is deprecated”

“Creation of dynamic property CI_DB_mysqli_driver::$failover is deprecated”

Do I need to downgrade php to an older version?

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Hi there, welcomd,

CodeIgniter, which is what InvoicePlane was built upon is NOT compatible with PHP 8.2 and beyond.

We’ve prepared InvoicePlane just in case that ever happens.

You’re in luck. Someone made a pull-request which would make InvoicePlane work with PHP 8.3 (In your caae)
It should be a fairly easy fix: CodeIgniter3 for php-8.2+ and maintained by pocketarc by sudwebdesign · Pull Request #1161 · InvoicePlane/InvoicePlane · GitHub

  • adjust composer.json for a maintained version of CodeIgniter (and composer update
  • adjust index.php for that maintained version of CodeIgniter
  • 1 or 2 fixes in InvoicePlane’s codebase

We have 1 more version to go (version 1.6.3) and then we’ll release a beta version with that PR merged

Hope it helps!

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I do not understand what you are saying? Do I need to install Codeigniter3? How do I adust compose.json? Help is appreciated.

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In order for InvoicePlane to work with PHP 8.3 i would do the following:

  • open `composer.json
  • replace "codeigniter/framework": "3.1.13", with "pocketarc/codeigniter": "3.3",
  • run composer update
  • open application/libraries/MY_Form_validation.php
    Apply the changes you see in the pull-request. This should be your new code:
    function run($config = null, &$data = null)
    {
        (is_object($config)) AND $this->CI = &$config;
        return parent::run($data);
    }

Open index.php:

  • Replace $system_path = 'vendor/codeigniter/framework/system'; with
    $system_path = 'vendor/pocketarc/codeigniter/system';

  • Replace error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_STRICT & ~E_USER_NOTICE); with ~error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_DEPRECATED & ~E_STRICT & ~E_USER_NOTICE & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED);`

Keep looking at this pull-request for your example, it has tk look exactly like this:

Only application/third_party/MX/Controller.php doesn’t need to be changed, that was only differences in spaces.

Disclaimer:
Until InvoicePlane is on version PHP 8.3 we can only help you once in a while.
But i hope by copying these few lines and running composer update you won’t run into any problems for a while…

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did the same mistake (on php 8.1.12), and maybe found an easy way to fix “Creation of dynamic property … is deprecated” temporarily.

according to stackoverflow you need just to allow dynamic properties:

add in this two files #[\AllowDynamicProperties] above the class

\ip\vendor\codeigniter\framework\system\core\URI.php
(line 53)

#[\AllowDynamicProperties]

class CI_URI {

\ip\vendor\codeigniter\framework\system\database\DB_driver.php
(line 54)

#[\AllowDynamicProperties]

abstract class CI_DB_driver {
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Codeigniter 3 is incompatible with PHP 8.2+ abd therefore also PHP8.3

See all the unmerged pull-requests on their github.

Someone made a fork of CodeIgniter to make it compatible with PHP 8.2+ and therefore PHP 8.3

We’ll adopt that fork after we release 1.6.3

Roadmap:
1.6.3 => e-invoicing
1.7.0 => compatibility with PHP 8.2 and PHP 8.3

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