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Laravel 8 serve on PHP 8 error

Hi,

I'm facing a strang error when I try to serve a laravel 8 app with PHP version 8 :

During inheritance of ArrayAccess: Uncaught ErrorException: Return type of Illuminate\Support\Collection::offsetExists($key) should either be compatible with ArrayAccess::offsetExists(mixed $offset): bool, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice in C:\laragon\www\MYPROJECT\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Collections\Collection.php:1443 Stack trace: #0 C:\laragon\www\MYPROJECT\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Collections\Collection.php(13): Illuminate\Foundation\Bootstrap\HandleExceptions->handleError(8192, 'Return type of ...', 'C:\laragon\www\...', 1443) #1 C:\laragon\www\MYPROJECT\vendor\composer\ClassLoader.php(480): include('C:\laragon\www\...') #2 C:\laragon\www\MYPROJECT\vendor\composer\ClassLoader.php(346): Composer\Autoload\includeFile('C:\laragon\www\...') #3 C:\laragon\www\MYPROJECT\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Collections\helpers.php(15): Composer\Autoload\ClassLoader->loadClass('Illuminate\Supp...') #4 C:\laragon\www\MYPROJECT\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Foundation\PackageManifest.php(89): collect(Array) #5 C:\laragon\www\MYPROJECT\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Foundation\PackageManifest.php(78): Illuminate\Foundation\PackageManifest->config('aliases') #6 C:\laragon\www\MYPROJECT\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Foundation\Bootstrap\RegisterFacades.php(26): Illuminate\Foundation\PackageManifest->aliases() #7

Any suggestion ?

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johnDoe220's avatar

first run

composer update

Enter the composer.json code

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@johnDoe220

{
    "name": "laravel/laravel",
    "type": "project",
    "description": "The Laravel Framework.",
    "keywords": [
        "framework",
        "laravel"
    ],
    "license": "MIT",
    "require": {
        "php": "^7.3.0|^8.0",
        "aws/aws-sdk-php": "~3.0",
        "barryvdh/laravel-dompdf": "^0.9.0",
        "bavix/laravel-wallet": "^6.1",
        "eluceo/ical": "^0.15.1",
        "fakerphp/faker": "^1.14",
        "fideloper/proxy": "^4.0",
        "fruitcake/laravel-cors": "^2.0",
        "intervention/image": "^2.4",
        "johngrogg/ics-parser": "^2.1",
        "kalnoy/nestedset": "^5.2.0",
        "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^7.0.1",
        "laravel/framework": "^8.40",
        "laravel/socialite": "^5.0",
        "laravel/tinker": "^2.5",
        "laravel/ui": "^3.0",
        "league/flysystem-aws-s3-v3": "^1.0",
        "league/omnipay": "^3",
        "maatwebsite/excel": "^3.1",
        "mews/purifier": "^3.3",
        "munafio/chatify": "^1.3.0",
        "omnipay/migs": "~3.0",
        "omnipay/paypal": "^3.0",
        "omnipay/stripe": "^3.0",
        "propaganistas/laravel-phone": "^4.2",
        "pusher/pusher-php-server": "^7.0",
        "rachidlaasri/laravel-installer": "^4.0",
        "rap2hpoutre/laravel-log-viewer": "^1.1",
        "simplesoftwareio/simple-qrcode": "^2.0",
        "spatie/laravel-image-optimizer": "^1.4",
        "spatie/laravel-permission": "^3.16",
        "tymon/jwt-auth": "^1.0"
    },
    "require-dev": {
        "barryvdh/laravel-debugbar": "^3.5",
        "beyondcode/laravel-dump-server": "^1.0",
        "filp/whoops": "^2.12",
        "fakerphp/faker": "^1.9.1",
        "mockery/mockery": "^1.4.2",
        "nunomaduro/collision": "^5.0",
        "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.0"
    },
    "config": {
        "optimize-autoloader": true,
        "preferred-install": "dist",
        "sort-packages": true
    },
    "extra": {
        "laravel": {
            "dont-discover": [
				"laravel/dusk"
			]
        }
    },
    "autoload": {
        "psr-4": {
            "App\": "app/",
            "Plugins\": "plugins/",
            "Custom\": "custom/",
            "Modules\": "modules/",
            "Database\Factories\": "database/factories/",
            "Database\Seeders\": "database/seeders/"
        },
        "files": [
            "app/Helpers/AppHelper.php",
            "custom/Helpers/CustomHelper.php"
        ]
    },
    "autoload-dev": {
        "psr-4": {
            "Tests\": "tests/"
        }
    },
    "minimum-stability": "dev",
    "prefer-stable": true,
    "scripts": {
        "post-autoload-dump": [
            "Illuminate\Foundation\ComposerScripts::postAutoloadDump",
            "@php artisan package:discover --ansi"
        ],
        "post-root-package-install": [
            "@php -r \"file_exists('.env') || copy('.env.example', '.env');\""
        ],
        "post-create-project-cmd": [
            "@php artisan key:generate --ansi"
        ]
    }
}
johnDoe220's avatar

@wym run this command in cmd or terminal

php -v

if your php version is 8, run this command on terminal

composer self-update

into project write

composer update
wym's avatar
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@johnDoe220 done with

composer self-update

also

composer update

still same error

Sinnbeck's avatar

Try running a composer update to ensure everything is up to date. You might need to delete the vendor directory before you can.

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@Sinnbeck the comment was missing, I added it, but after

composer update

got the previous error

Sinnbeck's avatar

@wym Dont add it manually. It should get added by composer when it updates laravel.

Can you try

composer require laravel/framework "^8.0" 
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@Sinnbeck like I mensionned in my composer.json

"laravel/framework": "^8.40"

I tried the command line by the way :

Root package 'laravel/laravel' cannot require itself in its composer.json
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@Sinnbeck I tried also

C:\laragon\bin\php\php-7.4.28-Win32-vc15-x64\php.exe artisan serve --host=127.0.0.1 --port=8000

to serve with PHP 7, the server won't start (no error)

Sinnbeck's avatar

Are you sure you arent running php8.1 ?

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@Sinnbeck

php -v
PHP 8.1.3 (cli) (built: Feb 16 2022 08:26:12) (ZTS Visual C++ 2019 x64)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.1.3, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies

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