PHP 8 Compatibility

[ganigeorgiev]

I'm not sure if this is the correct package to report the issue, but I've just upgraded to PHP 8 and got the following error:

Fatal error: Declaration of Go\ParserReflection\Traits\ReflectionClassLikeTrait::getConstants() must be compatible with ReflectionClass::getConstants(?int $filter = null) in /var/www/html/vendor/goaop/parser-reflection/src/ReflectionClass.php on line 214

Is the library supposed to work with PHP 8 or I'm pulling some older transitive dependency?

Here is part of my dependencies tree:

• codeception/aspect-mock 3.1.0
• goaop/framework 2.3.0
• goaop/parser-reflection 2.1.2

[lisachenko]

Hello! I can confirm that goaop/framework doesn't support PHP8 yet. First, the goaop/parser-reflection should be updated to support PHP8, as there are some important changes in Refection API.

Would you like to work on this? )

[amuluowin]

From PHP8 News
The upgrading guide specifies that if you extend these classes, and still want to support both PHP 7 and PHP 8, the following signatures are allowed:

ReflectionClass::newInstance($arg = null, ...$args);
ReflectionFunction::invoke($arg = null, ...$args);
ReflectionMethod::invoke($object, $arg = null, ...$args);

When i use classMap some file for goaop/parser-reflection, it work well

[ganigeorgiev]

@lisachenko I'm not sure from where to start. Are you planning to deprecate goaop/parser-reflection (#465 (comment))? I also noticed that master is quite ahead of the latest stable parser-reflection 2.1.2 release.

[lisachenko]

Personally, I don't want to deprecate/abandon my own goaop/parser-reflection library, but I see that I don't have enough free time to develop/maintain it. Thus, it will be honest to highlight this and abandon it by switching to BetterReflection package.

Theoretically, I can make parser-reflection working with PHP8 without new features, this can give some time to test/play with current packages and unblock migration to PHP8.

[lisachenko]

Linked issue: Roave/BetterReflection#701.

So, there are no currently working static reflection libraries supporting PHP8 now, neither my, nor BR is not ready for that.

[jberculo]

FYI: It seems that BR portability is getting up to speed: Roave/BetterReflection#701

[lisachenko]

Yes, I’m looking forward to have this PHP8 support added to BR, then need one more step - to migrate my framework to BR

[ilminaev]

Hi! Are there any updates to that? It seems BetterReflection has added support for PHP 8.

[lisachenko]

Yep, BR has now PHP8 support, looking for someone who can do integration ) I don't have enough time to do it, so can't promise it will be ready soon...