PHP8 Compatibility

The solution to this was highlighted to the developers four months ago and we are still waiting for them to acknowledge it:

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/recent-update-causing-php-error/#post-13223852

In other issues they mark it as “resolved”:

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/media_buttons_context-deprecated-2/

The log itself holds the answer:

PHP Deprecated:  media_buttons_context is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 3.5.0! Use media_buttons instead. in /path/to/wp-includes/functions.php on line 5234

Stacktrace:

/path/to/wp-includes/plugin.php(638): _deprecated_hook('media_buttons_c...', '3.5.0', 'media_buttons', '')
/path/to/wp-admin/includes/media.php(656): apply_filters_deprecated('media_buttons_c...', Array, '3.5.0', 'media_buttons')
/path/to/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(287): media_buttons('acf_content')
/path/to/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(311): WP_Hook->apply_filters('', Array)
/path/to/wp-includes/plugin.php(484): WP_Hook->do_action(Array)
/path/to/wp-includes/class-wp-editor.php(235): do_action('media_buttons', 'acf_content')
/path/to/wp-includes/general-template.php(3536): _WP_Editors::editor('', 'acf_content', Array)
/path/to/wp-content/plugins/advanced-custom-fields-pro/includes/assets.php(521): wp_editor('', 'acf_content')
/path/to/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(287): ACF_Assets->print_uploader_scripts('')
/path/to/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(311): WP_Hook->apply_filters(NULL, Array)
/path/to/wp-includes/plugin.php(484): WP_Hook->do_action(Array)
/path/to/wp-admin/admin-footer.php(78): do_action('admin_footer', '')
/path/to/wp-admin/post.php(369): require_once('/home/customer/...')
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@brianhenryie @bebablub
Can you update your Ninja Forms plugin to the latest version (3.5.1) and let me know if you continue to have the same issues with PHP 8?
If you are still having this issue, can you reach out to our official support channel (ninjaforms.com/contact)

Hi @jmcelhaney

No sorry i’m getting the same error with version 3.5.1:
Fatal error: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is no longer supported in /var/www/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/ninja-forms/deprecated/includes/admin/edit-field/li.php on line 247

If i’m change line 247 and replace the curly braces from:
} elseif ( !empty($v) && is_string($v) && ( ('{' == $v{0} && '}' == $v{strlen($v) - 1}) || ('[' == $v{0} && ']' == $v{strlen($v) - 1}) || preg_match('/^\(?function ?\(/', $v) ) ) {

to

} elseif ( !empty($v) && is_string($v) && ( ('{' == $v[0] && '}' == $v[strlen($v) - 1]) || ('[' == $v[0] && ']' == $v[strlen($v) - 1]) || preg_match('/^\(?function ?\(/', $v) ) ) {

then everything works…

It appears that you are still using the deprecated, 2.9.x codebase. You can upgrade to the 3 codebase by following this documentation. https://ninjaforms.com/docs/conversion/

If you are still having issues, can you contact our official Ninja Forms support channel. (ninjaforms.com/contact) so we can take a closer look.

Hey,

Thanks for your reply. After your message I updated our plugin (now at 3.5.1). We’re still getting in our logs (as above):

PHP Deprecated: media_buttons_context is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 3.5.0! Use media_buttons instead. in /path/to/wp-includes/functions.php on line 5234

To be clear: I’m on PHP 7.4. I just replied to this PHP 8 thread because the log messages matched.