PHP compatiblity

[imqqmi]

I'm working on a legacy application based on DotProject v2.1.2. It contains some modules that the vanilla v2.1.2 I've found on sourceforge doesn't contain. It is in the dpp_modsv2.5.3 file linked from the dotproject.net website, but that contains dotproject 2.1.8 according to includes/version.php

I'm trying to determine if the modules are original or if it contains custom code, so I need the exact version of the original module. Is there a way to find out barring downloading each version of the mods package and running a directory compare?

Is the mods package compatible with php 7.4?

Can I use the 2.2.0 release with the modules? According to php sniffer with php compatibility with check if it's compatible with php 7.4, there are numerous errors, usage of deprecated functions etc. mostly in lib and modules.

[GwynethLlewelyn]

Thanks to you, I found out about those extra goodies I had no clue about 😸

I haven't tried them yet, but I'd be very surprised if they worked on PHP 7.4 without extensive rewriting...

[imqqmi]

Thanks, if you don't have a clue about the mod pack than that answers my question :) I'll assume it'll take a lot of refactoring as you say. I'll run phpsniffer + phpcompatibility to see what the impact of that would be.

[GwynethLlewelyn]

In the meantime, I have released my first attempt to get dotProject to run under PHP 8.0... I can get it to install from scratch and create a bare-bones environment. Now I have to go through each and every option, test them individually and see which ones work fine, and which require some additional tweaking...