Title: php8 error
Last modified: November 14, 2022

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# php8 error

 *  [andreu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andreu/)
 * (@andreu)
 * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php8-error-7/)
 * Hi,
 * When trying the plugin with php8 we get this error:
 *     ```
       An error of type E_ERROR was caused in line 52 of the file /www/canadaw_104/public/wp-content/plugins/packlink-pro-shipping/vendor/packlink/integration-core/src/Infrastructure/Utility/GuidProvider.php. Error message: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function Logeecom\Infrastructure\Utility\getmypid() in /www/canadaw_104/public/wp-content/plugins/packlink-pro-shipping/vendor/packlink/integration-core/src/Infrastructure/Utility/GuidProvider.php:52
       Stack trace:
       #0 /www/canadaw_104/public/wp-content/plugins/packlink-pro-shipping/vendor/packlink/integration-core/src/Infrastructure/TaskExecution/TaskRunnerWakeupService.php(105): Logeecom\Infrastructure\Utility\GuidProvider->generateGuid()
       #1 /www/canadaw_104/public/wp-content/plugins/packlink-pro-shipping/vendor/packlink/integration-core/src/Infrastructure/TaskExecution/TaskRunnerWakeupService.php(53): Logeecom\Infrastructure\TaskExecution\TaskRunnerWakeupService->doWakeup()
       #2 /www/canadaw_104/public/wp-content/plugins/packlink-pro-shipping/Components/Utility/class-task-queue.php(82): Logeecom\Infrastructure\TaskExecution\TaskRunnerWakeupService->wakeup()
       #3 /www/canadaw_104/public/wp-content/plugins/packlink-pro-shipping/Controllers/class-packlink-frontend-controller.php(30): Packlink\WooCommerce\Components\Utility\Task_Queue::wakeup()
       #4 /www/canadaw_104/public/wp-content/plugins/packlink-pro-shipping/class-plugin.php(279): Packlink\WooCommerce\Controllers\Packlink_Frontend_Controller->__construct()
       #5 /www/canadaw_104/public/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(307): Packlink\WooCommerce\Plugin->create_admin_submenu('')
       #6 /www/canadaw_104/public/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(331): WP_Hook->apply_filters(NULL, Array)
       #7 /www/canadaw_104/public/wp-includes/plugin.php(474): WP_Hook->do_action(Array)
       #8 /www/canadaw_104/public/wp-admin/includes/menu.php(155): do_action('admin_menu', '')
       #9 /www/canadaw_104/public/wp-admin/menu.php(394): require_once('/www/canadaw_10...')
       #10 /www/canadaw_104/public/wp-admin/admin.php(158): require('/www/canadaw_10...')
       #11 /www/canadaw_104/public/wp-admin/index.php(10): require_once('/www/canadaw_10...')
       #12 {main}
         thrown
       ```
   
 * Is the plugin compatible with php8?
 * Thanks

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 *  Thread Starter [andreu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andreu/)
 * (@andreu)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php8-error-7/#post-16362502)
 * I see the problem is the same one from this topic [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getmypid-has-been-disabled-for-security-reasons/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getmypid-has-been-disabled-for-security-reasons/)
 * Any updates [@packlink](https://wordpress.org/support/users/packlink/)?
 *  [cijumaya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cijumaya/)
 * (@cijumaya)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php8-error-7/#post-16370211)
 * i have to say that it solve the problem of fatal error doing the trick from [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getmypid-has-been-disabled-for-security-reasons/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getmypid-has-been-disabled-for-security-reasons/)
 * I temporarily fixed the problem by changing line 52 of the GiudProvider.php file
   from `return uniqid(getmypid() . '_', true);` to `return uniqid(mt_rand() . '_',
   true);` but I don’t know if it’s the correct solution.

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