PHP Upgrade Issues

PHP 5.3

GOTO

GOTO is a reserved word in PHP 5.3. Users still running TNG v.6.2.0 b will receive the following error

Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected T_GOTO, expecting ']' in /home/sorenson/public_html/English/text.php on line 649

Update the $text variables to use single quotes around the goto

$text['goto'] = "Select a page";

PHP 5.4

session_register

PHP 5.4 which no longer has session_register. Users still running any TNG version less than TNG 9.0.4 will receive the following error

Fatal error: Call to undefined function session_register () in G: \ xampp \ htdocs \ genhcn \ session_register.php on line 2

TNG 9.0.2 or later is required to fix this issue if your hosting service or your local computer WAMP or XAMPP environment is at PHP 5.4

PHP 5.4.3

$_POST

Apparently before 5.4.3 PHP did not care that $_POST could be defined in a function, but now in 5.4.3 it complains loudly. Since a syntax error is being returned and error processing is suppressing the error, the Mod Manager status screen is returned as blank. The fix is to make the following changes:

line (835) in managemods.class.php change:

function mod_edit_action($config_name, $_POST) {

to:

function mod_edit_action($config_name) {

Then in admin_modmanager.php" change where the function is called on line 218 from:

$mod_status = $modmgr->mod_edit_action($edit_mod_confirmed, $_POST);

to read:

$mod_status = $modmgr->mod_edit_action($edit_mod_confirmed);

TNG 9.0.4 or later is required to fix this issue if your hosting service or your local computer WAMP or XAMPP environment is at PHP 5.4.3

PHP 5.5

Requires a minimum of TNG 9.2.2 according to reply posted by Darrin on the tnguser2 list.

PHP 7.0

Will require TNG 11 since ereg_replace which has been deprecated since PHP 5.3.0 has been removed in PHP 7.0 See ereg-replace.php

The readme.html full install results in a fatal error

PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function eregi() in /home/account/public_html/ajx_tnginstall.php:215

Related Links

See PHP 5.4 Migration Incompatibilities
See PHP 5.5 Migration Incompatibilities