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Accessor magic method not working in PHP 8


I recently upgraded Ubuntu from 20.04 LTS to 22.04 LTS. I noticed that PHP was upgraded to the following version:

PHP 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.13 (cli) (built: Jun 28 2023 14:01:49) (NTS)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.1.2, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v8.1.2-1ubuntu2.13, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

My PHP application stopped working in this part:

public function __set($name, $value)
{
  $this->$name = $value;
}

public function DisplayMenu($buttons)
{
  echo "\t\t\t<nav>\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n";
  while (list($name, $url) = each($buttons)) {
    $this->DisplayButton($name, $url);
  }
  echo "\t\t\t\t</ul>\n\t\t\t</nav>\n";
}

The accessor magic method stopped working after the upgrade from PHP 7.x to 8.x. What is the new way to use the equivalent in PHP 8.x? Thank you.


Solution

  • It's not the accessor. The problem is that the each function was removed in PHP 8. You'll need to switch to a foreach loop.

    <?php
    class what 
    {
        public function __set($name, $value)
        {
            $this->$name = $value;
        }
    
        public function DisplayButton($name,$value)
        {
            $this->$name = $value;
        }
    
        public function DisplayMenu($buttons)
        {
          echo "\t\t\t<nav>\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n";
          foreach( $buttons as $name => $url ) {
            $this->DisplayButton($name, $url);
          }
          echo "\t\t\t\t</ul>\n\t\t\t</nav>\n";
        }
    }
    
    $x = new what();
    $x->DisplayMenu(['a'=>'b','c'=>'d']);
    print_r($x);
    ?>