PHP 7.4 throwing offset syntax with curly braces is deprecated message

[remorhaz]

Hello!

PHP_CodeSniffer/src/Config.php

Line 420 in f6fd848

if ($arg{0} === '-') {

Current version of PHP 7.4 (PHP 7.4.0-dev (cli) (built: Jul 19 2019 10:22:49) ( ZTS )) considers practice of using curly braces to address offset of a string/array as deprecated. PHPCS still works okay now but emits warnings:

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in /my-project-path/vendor/squizlabs/php_codesniffer/src/Config.php on line 420

Changing brackets to square ones in src/Config.php should solve the problem.

[neomerx]

The problem exists for squizlabs/php_codesniffer 2.9.2 on PHP 7.4.2

PHP Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated

• squizlabs/php_codesniffer/CodeSniffer.php on line 2028
• squizlabs/php_codesniffer/CodeSniffer.php on line 2033
• squizlabs/php_codesniffer/CodeSniffer.php on line 2079

I've made a few changes locally and those warnings disappear.

[jrfnl]

@neomerx PHPCS 2.9.2 was the last release in the PHPCS 2.x series and AFAIK there will be no further updates.

Please upgrade to PHPCS 3.5.0 or higher for compatibility with PHP 7.4 or to PHPCS 3.5.4 (or higher once released) for support in sniffs for PHP 7.4 syntaxes.

[neomerx]

@jrfnl That's a very easy fix and if you're OK to accept a PR I will send it.

As for upgrade to v3 it's not a great option for me because of #1908 so I have to wait for v4.

[jrfnl]

That's a very easy fix and if you're OK to accept a PR I will send it.

Not up to me, but I very much doubt it would be accepted.

As for upgrade to v3 it's not a great option for me because of #1908 so I have to wait for v4.

To be honest, that should not be a reason not to upgrade. More than anything, that's an IDE configuration issue and if I remember correctly, the thread already contains info on how to get round it.

[neomerx]

Thanks for the answer. You do underestimate how painful those true(),false(),null() and etc in global namespace. But thanks for the support. I'm currently sticking to v2 until v4 is available and probably just fork and fix v2 until v4.

[jrfnl]

@neomerx What's stopping you from configuring your IDE correctly to ignore the vendor/squizlabs folder for the purposes of autocompletion ?

[neomerx]

Many projects. It's easier to not to upgrade. Also, it would mean sorta accepting global namespace pollution.

[mkhandal]

Where Excel file import in codeigniter, the problem exists for phpexcel 1.8.0 on PHP 7

A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: 8192

Message: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated

Filename: Shared/String.php

Line Number: 529

Backtrace:

File: /opt/lampp/htdocs/example/application/third_party/PHPExcel/Autoloader.php
Line: 82
Function: _error_handler

File: /opt/lampp/htdocs/example/application/third_party/PHPExcel/Autoloader.php
Line: 82
Function: require

File: /opt/lampp/htdocs/example/application/third_party/PHPExcel/Autoloader.php
Line: 36
Function: spl_autoload_call

File: /opt/lampp/htdocs/example/application/third_party/PHPExcel.php
Line: 6
Function: require

File: /opt/lampp/htdocs/example/application/controllers/Flats.php
Line: 4
Function: require_once

File: /opt/lampp/htdocs/example/index.php
Line: 318
Function: require_once

[ravinegi17]

Where Excel file import in codeigniter, the problem exists for phpexcel 1.8.0 on PHP 7

A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: 8192

Message: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated

Filename: Shared/String.php

Line Number: 529

Backtrace:

File: /opt/lampp/htdocs/example/application/third_party/PHPExcel/Autoloader.php
Line: 82
Function: _error_handler

File: /opt/lampp/htdocs/example/application/third_party/PHPExcel/Autoloader.php
Line: 82
Function: require

File: /opt/lampp/htdocs/example/application/third_party/PHPExcel/Autoloader.php
Line: 36
Function: spl_autoload_call

File: /opt/lampp/htdocs/example/application/third_party/PHPExcel.php
Line: 6
Function: require

File: /opt/lampp/htdocs/example/application/controllers/Flats.php
Line: 4
Function: require_once

File: /opt/lampp/htdocs/example/index.php
Line: 318
Function: require_once

hi did you find the solution..if yes pls provide me I am unable to export the data in excel format it showing error same of deprecated

[jrfnl]

@ravinegi007 You're asking in the wrong repo about a project which is no longer maintained and has been replaced.
https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet
https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPExcel

[joyantabd]

Check this out https://github.com/joyantabd/Laravel-5.6-Import-Export-to-Excel-and-CSV

[ilanh]

If you get this error and you installed via composer, chances are that you have v2 installed,
verify with:
phpcs --version

Try to run:
composer global require "squizlabs/php_codesniffer=3.*"
For me the problem was missing php-xml extension,
squizlabs/php_codesniffer[3.0.0, ..., 3.7.1] require ext-xmlwriter * -> it is missing from your system. Install or enable PHP's xmlwriter extension