Is vBulletin version 4.2.4 Beta 3 or 4.2.5 compatable to run on PHP 7.0 ?

[Guest]

HI

What version of vBulletin 4 works with PHP 7+ ?

Currently I have the following setup running vBulletin 4.2.4 Beta 3

Server Type Linux
Web Server Apache (cgi-fcgi)
PHP 7.0.10
PHP Max Post Size 8.00 MB
PHP Maximum Upload Size 2.00 MB
PHP Memory Limit 128.00 MB
MySQL Version 10.0.27-MariaDB
MySQL Packet Size 256.00 MB

All seems fine except when I post a message that includes a url eg: http://www.cnn.com or www.cnn.com I get the following error:

Function name must be a string on line 1587 in /home/audiforu/public_html/includes/class_bbcode.php
#0 /home/audiforu/public_html/includes/class_bbcode.php(1042): vB_BbCodeParser->parse_array(Array, 1, 1, 0)
#1 /home/audiforu/public_html/includes/class_bbcode.php(563): vB_BbCodeParser->parse_bbcode('[url]www.cnn.co...', 1, 1, 0)
#2 /home/audiforu/public_html/includes/class_bbcode.php(477): vB_BbCodeParser->do_parse('[url]www.cnn.co...', 0, 1, 1, 1, true, false, NULL, false, 1)
#3 /home/audiforu/public_html/includes/class_dm.php(1597): vB_BbCodeParser->parse('[url]www.cnn.co...', 8, 1, true)
#4 /home/audiforu/public_html/includes/class_dm_threadpost.php(483): vB_DataManager->verify_image_count('pagetext', 'allowsmilie', 8, 'post')
#5 /home/audiforu/public_html/includes/class_dm_threadpost.php(732): vB_DataManager_ThreadPost->pre_save_post(true)
#6 /home/audiforu/public_html/includes/functions_newpost.php(616): vB_DataManager_Post->pre_save()
#7 /home/audiforu/public_html/newreply.php(451): build_new_post('reply', Array, Array, Array, Array, Array)
#8 {main}


What is the issue ?

If I run the above setup with PHP 5.6 it works fine ....

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Using vBulletin 4.2.5 Alpha 2 with PHP 7 I cannot get anything other than the following error being displayed:

Call to undefined function mb_detect_encoding() on line 958 in /home/audiforu/public_html/includes/functions.php
#0 /home/audiforu/public_html/includes/functions_forumlist.php(281): fetch_censored_text('Skoda Kodiaq Wo...')
#1 /home/audiforu/public_html/includes/functions_forumlist.php(230): construct_forum_bit('1', 2, 0)
#2 /home/audiforu/public_html/forum.php(611): construct_forum_bit(-1)
#3 /home/audiforu/public_html/index.php(43): require('/home/audiforu/...')
#4 {main}

Once I restore PHP back to 5.6 and use vBulletin 4.2.5 Alpha 2 I can access the ACP but any page on the forum displays the following error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function mb_detect_encoding() in /home/audiforu/public_html/includes/functions.php on line 958

I want to run php 7 as to increase the forum speed...

Please let me know what i need to do to get this to work

Thanks in advance

[Mark.B]

Only 4.2.5 adds php 7 compatibility, however it's still in alpha at this stage and is made available only for testing purposes.

It will mostly work but some issues may be encountered due to the nature of it being an alpha release.

4.2.4 is not compatible with php 7.

[Guest]

Thanks Mark so 4.2.5+ is for PHP 7+

Im now running:

vBulletin 4.2.5 Alpha 2 with PHP 7

I cannot get anything other than the following error being displayed:

Call to undefined function mb_detect_encoding() on line 958 in /home/audiforu/public_html/includes/functions.php
#0 /home/audiforu/public_html/includes/functions_forumlist.php(281): fetch_censored_text('Skoda Kodiaq Wo...')
#1 /home/audiforu/public_html/includes/functions_forumlist.php(230): construct_forum_bit('1', 2, 0)
#2 /home/audiforu/public_html/forum.php(611): construct_forum_bit(-1)
#3 {main}

Any suggestions ?

[Mark.B]

Thanks Mark so 4.2.5+ is for PHP 7+

Im now running:

vBulletin 4.2.5 Alpha 2 with PHP 7

I cannot get anything other than the following error being displayed:

Call to undefined function mb_detect_encoding() on line 958 in /home/audiforu/public_html/includes/functions.php
#0 /home/audiforu/public_html/includes/functions_forumlist.php(281): fetch_censored_text('Skoda Kodiaq Wo...')
#1 /home/audiforu/public_html/includes/functions_forumlist.php(230): construct_forum_bit('1', 2, 0)
#2 /home/audiforu/public_html/forum.php(611): construct_forum_bit(-1)
#3 {main}

Any suggestions ?

Would need reporting in the tracker as an issue with 4.2.5.
Paul M will then look into it.

It's only an alpha so as mentioned earlier, there are likely to be issues.

[Paul M]

Thats a problem with your php set-up.
You dont have the mbstring extension enabled, contact your host, or enable it yourself if you are able, its a pretty standard requirement these days.

[Guest]

Hi Paul

Please confirm where i need to change... thanks...

This is an extract from the ini php 7.0 file:

[mbstring]
; language for internal character representation.
; This affects mb_send_mail() and mbstring.detect_order.
; http://php.net/mbstring.language
;mbstring.language = Japanese

; Use of this INI entry is deprecated, use global internal_encoding instead.
; internal/script encoding.
; Some encoding cannot work as internal encoding. (e.g. SJIS, BIG5, ISO-2022-*)
; If empty, default_charset or internal_encoding or iconv.internal_encoding is used.
; The precedence is: default_charset < internal_encoding < iconv.internal_encoding
;mbstring.internal_encoding =

; Use of this INI entry is deprecated, use global input_encoding instead.
; http input encoding.
; mbstring.encoding_traslation = On is needed to use this setting.
; If empty, default_charset or input_encoding or mbstring.input is used.
; The precedence is: default_charset < intput_encoding < mbsting.http_input
; http://php.net/mbstring.http-input
;mbstring.http_input =

; Use of this INI entry is deprecated, use global output_encoding instead.
; http output encoding.
; mb_output_handler must be registered as output buffer to function.
; If empty, default_charset or output_encoding or mbstring.http_output is used.
; The precedence is: default_charset < output_encoding < mbstring.http_output
; To use an output encoding conversion, mbstring's output handler must be set
; otherwise output encoding conversion cannot be performed.
; http://php.net/mbstring.http-output
;mbstring.http_output = pass

; enable automatic encoding translation according to
; mbstring.internal_encoding setting. Input chars are
; converted to internal encoding by setting this to On.
; Note: Do _not_ use automatic encoding translation for
; portable libs/applications.
; http://php.net/mbstring.encoding-translation
;mbstring.encoding_translation = Off

; automatic encoding detection order.
; "auto" detect order is changed according to mbstring.language
; http://php.net/mbstring.detect-order
;mbstring.detect_order = auto

; substitute_character used when character cannot be converted
; one from another
; http://php.net/mbstring.substitute-character
;mbstring.substitute_character = none

; overload(replace) single byte functions by mbstring functions.
; mail(), ereg(), etc are overloaded by mb_send_mail(), mb_ereg(),
; etc. Possible values are 0,1,2,4 or combination of them.
; For example, 7 for overload everything.
; 0: No overload
; 1: Overload mail() function
; 2: Overload str*() functions
; 4: Overload ereg*() functions
; http://php.net/mbstring.func-overload
;mbstring.func_overload = 0

; enable strict encoding detection.
; Default: Off
;mbstring.strict_detection = On

; This directive specifies the regex pattern of content types for which mb_output_handler()
; is activated.
; Default: mbstring.http_output_conv_mimetype=^(text/|application/xhtml\+xml)
;mbstring.http_output_conv_mimetype=

[Lynne]

That isn't going to do it. I would suggest reading this - http://www.knowledgebase-script.com/...in-php-46.html