Title: Compat with PHP-8 Last modified: July 17, 2021 --- # Compat with PHP-8 * Resolved [beka47](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beka47/) * (@beka47) * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compat-with-php-8/) * Latest WP-version, latest Tribe-version on PHP 8.0.8 (July 17, 2021) * Similar to [Compatibility with PHP 8+ #1527](https://github.com/the-events-calendar/tribe-common/pull/1527/commits/f8aa141dc3e23db254eb64a09dd2dee9db57b663) but caused by the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe/Plugin_Meta_Links.php (__clone and __wakeup()) * I’ll get the following Warnigs: * ``` Warning: Private methods cannot be final as they are never overridden by other classes in /is/htdocs/.../wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe/Plugin_Meta_Links.php on line 127 Warning: Private methods cannot be final as they are never overridden by other classes in /is/htdocs/.../wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe/Plugin_Meta_Links.php on line 140 Warning: The magic method Tribe__Plugin_Meta_Links::__wakeup() must have public visibility in /is/htdocs/.../wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe/Plugin_Meta_Links.php on line 140 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /is/htdocs/.../wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe/Plugin_Meta_Links.php:127) in /is/htdocs/.../wp-includes/functions.php on line 6362 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /is/htdocs/.../wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe/Plugin_Meta_Links.php:127) in /is/htdocs/.../wp-admin/includes/misc.php on line 1310 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /is/htdocs/.../wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe/Plugin_Meta_Links.php:127) in /is/htdocs/.../wp-admin/admin-header.php on line 9 ``` * Remove ‘final’ on both methods for a quick fix. Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) * Thread Starter [beka47](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beka47/) * (@beka47) * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compat-with-php-8/#post-14796329) * WP 5.8, The Events Calendar, Version 5.8.2, **PHP Version 8.0.8** * I still get the following warnings with PHP 8+. If I change the ‘Private’ method in ‘Plugin_Meta_Links.php’ all warnings are gone! * ``` Warning: Private methods cannot be final as they are never overridden by other classes in /.../plugins/the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe/Plugin_Meta_Links.php on line 127 Warning: The magic method Tribe__Plugin_Meta_Links::__wakeup() must have public visibility in /...(plugins/the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe/Plugin_Meta_Links.php on line 140 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /is/htdocs/wp12214530_SSJU8CL5HJ/alcomet_dev/wp8/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe/Plugin_Meta_Links.php:127) in /.../wp-includes/functions.php on line 6584 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /is/htdocs/wp12214530_SSJU8CL5HJ/alcomet_dev/wp8/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe/Plugin_Meta_Links.php:127) in /.../wp-admin/includes/misc.php on line 1310 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /is/htdocs/wp12214530_SSJU8CL5HJ/alcomet_dev/wp8/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe/Plugin_Meta_Links.php:127) in /.../wp-admin/admin-header.php on line 9 ``` * **Any timetable to fix the PHP-8 problem?** * [Marho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matumu/) * (@matumu) * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compat-with-php-8/#post-14936106) * Hi there, * Thanks for reaching out, and my apologies for the delayed response. * We’ve released a few updates since you reported this issue. Can you please install them and check to see if you still get this warning message? * Best regards, * Marho * Thread Starter [beka47](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beka47/) * (@beka47) * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compat-with-php-8/#post-14936700) * thanx for yr answer. Tested again with WP-5.8.1, Event-Calendar: 5.9.1 I still get the notice: `Warning: Private methods cannot be final as they are never overridden by other classes...` pointig to the methods ‘__clone()’ and ‘__wakeup()’ in “/ common/src/Tribe/Plugin_Meta_Links.php”. * If I replace `final private function...` with `public function...` everything works fine. * [Marho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matumu/) * (@matumu) * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compat-with-php-8/#post-14939450) * Hi [@beka47](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beka47/), * Thanks for getting back to me and confirming this. * I’ll pass this information along to the dev team to see if they can implement a fix in our future release for the plugin. * Best regards, * Marho * Plugin Support [Masood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/masoodak/) * (@masoodak) * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compat-with-php-8/#post-15037980) * Hi there, * This thread has been pretty quiet for a while, so we’re going to go ahead and close it. If you’re still looking for help with this, please do open a new thread, reference this one and we’d be more than happy to continue the conversation over there. * Have a great day. * Kind regards, Masood Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) The topic ‘Compat with PHP-8’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/the-events-calendar/assets/icon-256x256.gif?rev=2516440) * [The Events Calendar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-events-calendar/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-events-calendar/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-events-calendar/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-events-calendar/reviews/) * 5 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Masood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/masoodak/) * Last activity: [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compat-with-php-8/#post-15037980) * Status: resolved