Error when editing a section on PHP 8.0 on Moodle 4.0

[stephen.bourget]

The following error is generated when trying to edit a section using the tiles course format on PHP 8.0

(It may be related to https://php.watch/versions/8.0/named-parameters )

Exception - Unknown named parameter $

More information about this error

Debug info:
Error code: generalexceptionmessage

Stack trace:

• line 947 of /course/format/classes/base.php: Error thrown
• line 947 of /course/format/classes/base.php: call to call_user_func_array()
• line 682 of /course/format/tiles/lib.php: call to core_courseformat\base->create_edit_form_elements()
• line 47 of /course/editsection_form.php: call to format_tiles->create_edit_form_elements()
• line 214 of /lib/formslib.php: call to editsection_form->definition()
• line 1166 of /course/format/classes/base.php: call to moodleform->__construct()
• line 104 of /course/editsection.php: call to core_courseformat\base->editsection_form()

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[stephen.bourget]

The fix seems to be to modify line 634 of lib.php from:

https://bitbucket.org/dw8/moodle-format_tiles/src/704ef6d037117f41f9fa954bb302879cb8354fda/lib.php#lines-634

'element_attributes' => array('' => '')

to

'element_attributes' => array(array('' => ''))

[elias_eopen]

It works! Thanks.

[David Watson]

Thanks for the report and investigation. Fixed in current Beta

[Ben]

This Bug is only related to PHP 8.0. Please also backport it to the 3.11 branch.

[Markus Samlenski]

@David Watson Any chance that we get an updated Version of the 3.9-3.11 Branch as per Ben’s request? PHP-Versions older than PHP 8.0 are EOL as of last November, which adds pressure to switch to PHP8 even on older moodle Versions.

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