Title: PHP 8 breaks page with plugin shortcode
Last modified: May 7, 2021

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# PHP 8 breaks page with plugin shortcode

 *  [Abigailm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abigailm/)
 * (@abigailm)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-8-breaks-page-with-plugin-shortcode/)
 * Just a head’s up — with PHP 8, the page on my site using the Author Avatars shortcode
   breaks. The page just came up blank & I could not access via edit screen. Unfortunately,
   there was no corresponding entry in my error logs, so I don’t know what created
   the problem — just that it went away and the page function was restored when 
   I reverted to PHP 7.4.
 * So you might want to test with PHP 8 on your own to see if you can replicate 
   the error.

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 *  Plugin Author [Paul Bearne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pbearne/)
 * (@pbearne)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-8-breaks-page-with-plugin-shortcode/#post-14411539)
 * Thanks [@abigailm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abigailm/)
 * I have just pushed an updated version with a fix for PHP 8 failing
 * Please update and confirm it fixes the problem.
 * Paul

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 * Last reply from: [Paul Bearne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pbearne/)
 * Last activity: [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-8-breaks-page-with-plugin-shortcode/#post-14411539)
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