Title: PHP incompatibility Last modified: September 25, 2023 --- # PHP incompatibility * Resolved [Ulfsby Webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sulfsby/) * (@sulfsby) * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-incompatibility-3/) * I scanned all pugins with PHP compatibility checker, and got the following errors on PHP 8.0: * ```wp-block-code PHP 8.0 incompatibilities: FILE: inc/class-encryption-mcrypt.php FOUND 24 ERRORS AND 0 WARNINGS AFFECTING 6 LINES 70 | ERROR | Extension 'mcrypt' is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use openssl (preferred) or pecl/mcrypt once available instead70 | ERROR | Function mcrypt_encrypt() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use OpenSSL instead70 | ERROR | The constant "MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256" is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.270 | ERROR | The constant "MCRYPT_MODE_CBC" is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.271 | ERROR | Extension 'mcrypt' is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use openssl (preferred) or pecl/mcrypt once available instead71 | ERROR | Function mcrypt_encrypt() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use OpenSSL instead71 | ERROR | The constant "MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256" is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.271 | ERROR | The constant "MCRYPT_MODE_CBC" is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2105 | ERROR | Extension 'mcrypt' is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use openssl (preferred) or pecl/mcrypt once available instead105 | ERROR | Function mcrypt_decrypt() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use OpenSSL instead105 | ERROR | The constant "MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256" is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2105 | ERROR | The constant "MCRYPT_MODE_CBC" is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2106 | ERROR | Extension 'mcrypt' is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use openssl (preferred) or pecl/mcrypt once available instead106 | ERROR | Function mcrypt_decrypt() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use OpenSSL instead106 | ERROR | The constant "MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256" is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2106 | ERROR | The constant "MCRYPT_MODE_CBC" is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2127 | ERROR | Extension 'mcrypt' is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use openssl (preferred) or pecl/mcrypt once available instead127 | ERROR | Function mcrypt_decrypt() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use OpenSSL instead127 | ERROR | The constant "MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256" is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2127 | ERROR | The constant "MCRYPT_MODE_CBC" is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2128 | ERROR | Extension 'mcrypt' is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use openssl (preferred) or pecl/mcrypt once available instead128 | ERROR | Function mcrypt_decrypt() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use OpenSSL instead128 | ERROR | The constant "MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256" is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2 128 | ERROR | The constant "MCRYPT_MODE_CBC" is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2 FILE: inc/class-job.php FOUND 1 ERRORS AND 0 WARNINGS AFFECTING 1 LINES 770 | ERROR | Since PHP 7.0, functions inspecting arguments, like debug_backtrace(), no longer report the original value as passed to a parameter, but will instead provide the current value. The parameter "$message" was changed on line 758. FILE: vendor/aws/aws-crt-php/src/AWS/CRT/NativeResource.php FOUND 1 ERRORS AND 0 WARNINGS AFFECTING 1 LINES 40 | ERROR | "$this" can no longer be unset since PHP 7.1. FILE: vendor/pear/pear-core-minimal/src/PEAR.php FOUND 1 ERRORS AND 0 WARNINGS AFFECTING 1 LINES 897 | ERROR | Since PHP 7.0, functions inspecting arguments, like debug_backtrace(), no longer report the original value as passed to a parameter, but will instead provide the current value. The parameter "$mode" was changed on line 887. FILE: vendor/phpseclib/phpseclib/phpseclib/Crypt/Common/SymmetricKey.php FOUND 46 ERRORS AND 0 WARNINGS AFFECTING 26 LINES 1276 | ERROR | Extension 'mcrypt' is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use openssl (preferred) or pecl/mcrypt once available instead1276 | ERROR | Function mcrypt_generic_init() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use OpenSSL instead1309 | ERROR | Extension 'mcrypt' is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use openssl (preferred) or pecl/mcrypt once available instead1309 | ERROR | Function mcrypt_generic_init() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use OpenSSL instead1312 | ERROR | Extension 'mcrypt' is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use openssl (preferred) or pecl/mcrypt once available instead1312 | ERROR | Function mcrypt_generic() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use OpenSSL instead1317 | ERROR | Extension 'mcrypt' is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use openssl (preferred) or pecl/mcrypt once available instead1317 | ERROR | Function mcrypt_generic() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use OpenSSL instead1326 | ERROR | Extension 'mcrypt' is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use openssl (preferred) or pecl/mcrypt once available instead1326 | ERROR | Function mcrypt_generic() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use OpenSSL instead1338 | ERROR | Extension 'mcrypt' is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use openssl (preferred) or pecl/mcrypt once available instead1338 | ERROR | Function mcrypt_generic() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use OpenSSL instead1341 | ERROR | Extension 'mcrypt' is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use openssl (preferred) or pecl/mcrypt once available instead1341 | ERROR | Function mcrypt_generic_init() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use OpenSSL instead1667 | ERROR | Extension 'mcrypt' is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use openssl (preferred) or pecl/mcrypt once available instead1667 | ERROR | Function mcrypt_generic_init() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use OpenSSL instead1695 | ERROR | Extension 'mcrypt' is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use openssl (preferred) or pecl/mcrypt once available instead1695 | ERROR | Function mcrypt_generic() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use OpenSSL instead1700 | ERROR | Extension 'mcrypt' is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use openssl (preferred) or pecl/mcrypt once available instead1700 | ERROR | Function mcrypt_generic() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use OpenSSL instead1711 | ERROR | Function mdecrypt_generic() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use OpenSSL instead1714 | ERROR | Extension 'mcrypt' is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use openssl (preferred) or pecl/mcrypt once available instead1714 | ERROR | Function mcrypt_generic_init() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use OpenSSL instead2267 | ERROR | Extension 'mcrypt' is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use openssl (preferred) or pecl/mcrypt once available instead2267 | ERROR | Function mcrypt_list_algorithms() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use OpenSSL instead2382 | ERROR | Extension 'mcrypt' is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use openssl (preferred) or pecl/mcrypt once available instead2382 | ERROR | Function mcrypt_module_close() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use OpenSSL instead2383 | ERROR | Extension 'mcrypt' is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use openssl (preferred) or pecl/mcrypt once available instead2383 | ERROR | Function mcrypt_module_close() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use OpenSSL instead2388 | ERROR | Extension 'mcrypt' is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use openssl (preferred) or pecl/mcrypt once available instead2388 | ERROR | Function mcrypt_module_close() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use OpenSSL instead2501 | ERROR | The constant "MCRYPT_MODE_ECB" is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.22502 | ERROR | The constant "MCRYPT_MODE_CBC" is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.22504 | ERROR | The constant "MCRYPT_MODE_CFB" is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.22505 | ERROR | The constant "MCRYPT_MODE_NOFB" is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.22506 | ERROR | The constant "MCRYPT_MODE_OFB" is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.22507 | ERROR | The constant "MCRYPT_MODE_STREAM" is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.22510 | ERROR | Extension 'mcrypt' is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use openssl (preferred) or pecl/mcrypt once available instead2510 | ERROR | Function mcrypt_module_open() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use OpenSSL instead2511 | ERROR | Extension 'mcrypt' is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use openssl (preferred) or pecl/mcrypt once available instead2511 | ERROR | Function mcrypt_module_open() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use OpenSSL instead2517 | ERROR | Extension 'mcrypt' is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use openssl (preferred) or pecl/mcrypt once available instead2517 | ERROR | Function mcrypt_module_open() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use OpenSSL instead2517 | ERROR | The constant "MCRYPT_MODE_ECB" is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.22522 | ERROR | Extension 'mcrypt' is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use openssl (preferred) or pecl/mcrypt once available instead 2522 | ERROR | Function mcrypt_generic_init() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use OpenSSL instead FILE: vendor/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/classes/Swift/ByteStream/FileByteStream.php FOUND 2 ERRORS AND 0 WARNINGS AFFECTING 2 LINES 87 | ERROR | INI directive 'magic_quotes_runtime' is deprecated since PHP 5.3 and removed since PHP 5.4 91 | ERROR | INI directive 'magic_quotes_runtime' is deprecated since PHP 5.3 and removed since PHP 5.4 FILE: vendor/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/classes/Swift/KeyCache/DiskKeyCache.php FOUND 4 ERRORS AND 0 WARNINGS AFFECTING 4 LINES 180 | ERROR | INI directive 'magic_quotes_runtime' is deprecated since PHP 5.3 and removed since PHP 5.4187 | ERROR | INI directive 'magic_quotes_runtime' is deprecated since PHP 5.3 and removed since PHP 5.4207 | ERROR | INI directive 'magic_quotes_runtime' is deprecated since PHP 5.3 and removed since PHP 5.4 213 | ERROR | INI directive 'magic_quotes_runtime' is deprecated since PHP 5.3 and removed since PHP 5.4 ``` Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) * [happyAnt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duongcuong96/) * (@duongcuong96) * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-incompatibility-3/#post-17083072) * [@sulfsby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sulfsby/) * Thank you for reporting, I have forwarded this to our devs about these warnings. 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