Function utf8_decode() is deprecated

[jamieburchell]

Prerequisites

• I have searched for similar issues in open and closed tickets and cannot find a duplicate.
• I have troubleshooted my issue, and it still exists against the latest stable version of Elementor.

Description

As per #27308

Elementor does not use this function. This is not coming from Elementor

It's right here, in the very first line of the backtrace:

plugins/elementor-pro/modules/screenshots/module.php on line 33

$response = wp_remote_get( utf8_decode( $url ) );

Please, troubleshoot your issue before submitting it here,

I have. Please extend me the same courtesy by carefully reading the bug report I have taken the time to submit.

and make sure to provide the full ELEMENTOR SYSTEM INFO.

Apologies, it seems I accidentally provided the WP built-in status info instead, which I will rectify below. Perhaps a better use of everyone's time could have been allowing me to edit my original issue to provide this.

Backtrace:

[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function utf8_decode() is deprecated in /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/app/plugins/elementor-pro/modules/screenshots/module.php on line 33
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP Stack trace:
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP   1. {main}() /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/index.php:0
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP   2. require() /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/index.php:6
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP   3. require_once() /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/wp/wp-blog-header.php:13
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP   4. require_once() /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/wp/wp-load.php:55
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP   5. require_once() /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/wp-config.php:10
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP   6. do_action($hook_name = 'init') /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/wp/wp-settings.php:695
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP   7. WP_Hook->do_action($args = [0 => '']) /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/wp/wp-includes/plugin.php:517
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP   8. WP_Hook->apply_filters($value = '', $args = [0 => '']) /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/wp/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php:348
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP   9. Elementor\Plugin->init('') /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/wp/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php:324
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP  10. do_action($hook_name = 'elementor/init') /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/app/plugins/elementor/includes/plugin.php:658
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP  11. WP_Hook->do_action($args = [0 => '']) /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/wp/wp-includes/plugin.php:517
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP  12. WP_Hook->apply_filters($value = '', $args = [0 => '']) /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/wp/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php:348
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP  13. ElementorPro\Plugin->on_elementor_init('') /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/wp/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php:324
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP  14. ElementorPro\Core\Modules_Manager->__construct() /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/app/plugins/elementor-pro/plugin.php:361
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP  15. Elementor\Core\Base\Module::instance() /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/app/plugins/elementor-pro/core/modules-manager.php:93
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP  16. ElementorPro\Modules\Screenshots\Module->__construct() /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/app/plugins/elementor/core/base/module.php:85
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP  17. ElementorPro\Modules\Screenshots\Module->get_proxy_data($url = 'https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open Sans:100,100italic,200,200italic,300,300italic,400,400italic,500,500italic,600,600italic,700,700italic,800,800italic,900,900italic') /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/app/plugins/elementor-pro/modules/screenshots/module.php:265
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP Warning:  Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/app/plugins/elementor-pro/modules/screenshots/module.php:33) in /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/app/plugins/elementor-pro/modules/screenshots/module.php on line 41
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP Stack trace:
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP   1. {main}() /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/index.php:0
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP   2. require() /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/index.php:6
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP   3. require_once() /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/wp/wp-blog-header.php:13
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP   4. require_once() /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/wp/wp-load.php:55
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP   5. require_once() /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/wp-config.php:10
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP   6. do_action($hook_name = 'init') /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/wp/wp-settings.php:695
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP   7. WP_Hook->do_action($args = [0 => '']) /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/wp/wp-includes/plugin.php:517
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP   8. WP_Hook->apply_filters($value = '', $args = [0 => '']) /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/wp/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php:348
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP   9. Elementor\Plugin->init('') /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/wp/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php:324
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP  10. do_action($hook_name = 'elementor/init') /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/app/plugins/elementor/includes/plugin.php:658
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP  11. WP_Hook->do_action($args = [0 => '']) /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/wp/wp-includes/plugin.php:517
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP  12. WP_Hook->apply_filters($value = '', $args = [0 => '']) /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/wp/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php:348
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP  13. ElementorPro\Plugin->on_elementor_init('') /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/wp/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php:324
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP  14. ElementorPro\Core\Modules_Manager->__construct() /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/app/plugins/elementor-pro/plugin.php:361
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP  15. Elementor\Core\Base\Module::instance() /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/app/plugins/elementor-pro/core/modules-manager.php:93
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP  16. ElementorPro\Modules\Screenshots\Module->__construct() /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/app/plugins/elementor/core/base/module.php:85
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP  17. ElementorPro\Modules\Screenshots\Module->get_proxy_data($url = 'https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open Sans:100,100italic,200,200italic,300,300italic,400,400italic,500,500italic,600,600italic,700,700italic,800,800italic,900,900italic') /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/app/plugins/elementor-pro/modules/screenshots/module.php:265
[26-May-2024 14:41:38 UTC] PHP  18. header($header = 'content-type: text/css; charset=utf-8') /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/app/plugins/elementor-pro/modules/screenshots/module.php:41

Steps to reproduce

1. PHP 8.2 with Elementor & Pro
2. Create a new template
3. Open the Theme Builder / trigger template screenshot generation

Expected behavior

Don't use the deprecated function

Isolating the problem

• This bug happens when only the Elementor (and Elementor Pro) plugins are active.
• This bug happens with the Hello Elementor theme active.
• I can reproduce this bug consistently by following the steps I described above.

Elementor System Info

== Server Environment ==
	Operating System: Linux
	Software: Apache/2.4.52 (Ubuntu)
	MySQL version: Ubuntu 22.04 v10.6.16
	PHP Version: 8.2.19
	PHP Memory Limit: 256M
	PHP Max Input Vars: 10000
	PHP Max Post Size: 64M
	GD Installed: Yes
	ZIP Installed: Yes
	Write Permissions: All right
	Elementor Library: Connected

== WordPress Environment ==
	Version: 6.5.3
	Site URL: https://example.com/wp
	Home URL: https://example.com
	WP Multisite: No
	Max Upload Size: 16 MB
	Memory limit: 40M
	Max Memory limit: 256M
	Permalink Structure: /%category%/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
	Language: en_GB
	Timezone: Europe/London
	Admin Email: jamie@example.com
	Debug Mode: Active

== Theme ==
	Name: Hello Elementor
	Version: 3.0.1
	Author: Elementor Team
	Child Theme: No

== User ==
	Role: administrator
	WP Profile lang: en-GB
	User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/125.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

== Active Plugins ==
	Elementor
		Version: 3.21.8
		Author: Elementor.com

	Elementor Pro
		Version: 3.21.3
		Author: Elementor.com


== Must-Use Plugins ==
	Bedrock Autoloader
		Version: 1.0.3
		Author: Roots

	Disable status tests
		Version: 1.0.0
		Author: Roots

	Register Theme Directory
		Version: 1.0.0
		Author: Roots


== Features ==
	Custom Fonts: 0
	Custom Icons: 0

== Integrations ==
	


== Elementor Experiments ==
	Improved Asset Loading: Active by default
	Improved CSS Loading: Active
	Inline Font Icons: Inactive
	Additional Custom Breakpoints: Inactive
	admin_menu_rearrangement: Inactive by default
	Flexbox Container: Active
	Upgrade Swiper Library: Active
	Grid Container: Inactive
	Nested Elements Performance: Inactive by default
	Optimized Control Loading: Inactive
	Default to New Theme Builder: Active
	Hello Theme Header & Footer: Inactive
	Elementor Home Screen: Active by default
	Editor Top Bar: Inactive
	Build with AI: Inactive
	Landing Pages: Inactive
	Nested Elements: Inactive
	Lazy Load Background Images: Inactive
	Display Conditions: Inactive
	Form Submissions: Active
	Menu: Inactive
	Taxonomy Filter: Inactive


== Log ==
	
Log: showing 20 of 402024-04-30 11:45:51 [info] Elementor data updater process has been completed. [array (
  'plugin' => 'Elementor Pro',
  'from' => '3.21.0',
  'to' => '3.21.1',
)]
2024-05-07 10:26:52 [info] Update DB has been started [array (
  'plugin' => 'Elementor',
  'from' => '3.21.3',
  'to' => '3.21.4',
)]
2024-05-07 10:26:52 [info] elementor::elementor_updater Started 
2024-05-07 10:26:52 [info] Elementor/Upgrades - _on_each_version Start  
2024-05-07 10:26:52 [info] Elementor/Upgrades - _on_each_version Finished 
2024-05-07 10:26:52 [info] Elementor data updater process has been completed. [array (
  'plugin' => 'Elementor',
  'from' => '3.21.3',
  'to' => '3.21.4',
)]
2024-05-07 10:26:55 [info] Update DB has been started [array (
  'plugin' => 'Elementor Pro',
  'from' => '3.21.1',
  'to' => '3.21.2',
)]
2024-05-07 10:26:55 [info] elementor-pro::elementor_pro_updater Started 
2024-05-07 10:26:55 [info] Elementor Pro/Upgrades - _on_each_version Start  
2024-05-07 10:26:55 [info] Elementor Pro/Upgrades - _on_each_version Finished 
2024-05-07 10:26:55 [info] Elementor data updater process has been completed. [array (
  'plugin' => 'Elementor Pro',
  'from' => '3.21.1',
  'to' => '3.21.2',
)]
2024-05-13 09:24:28 [info] Update DB has been started [array (
  'plugin' => 'Elementor',
  'from' => '3.21.4',
  'to' => '3.21.5',
)]
2024-05-13 09:24:28 [info] elementor::elementor_updater Started 
2024-05-13 09:24:28 [info] Elementor/Upgrades - _on_each_version Start  
2024-05-13 09:24:28 [info] Elementor/Upgrades - _on_each_version Finished 
2024-05-13 09:24:28 [info] Elementor data updater process has been completed. [array (
  'plugin' => 'Elementor',
  'from' => '3.21.4',
  'to' => '3.21.5',
)]
2024-05-26 15:33:43 [info] elementor::elementor_updater Started 
2024-05-26 15:33:43 [info] Elementor/Upgrades - _on_each_version Start  
2024-05-26 15:33:43 [info] Elementor/Upgrades - _on_each_version Finished 
2024-05-26 15:33:43 [info] Elementor data updater process has been completed. [array (
  'plugin' => 'Elementor',
  'from' => '3.21.5',
  'to' => '3.21.8',
)]

PHP: showing 3 of 3PHP: 2024-05-15 07:22:43 [warning X 2][/var/www/vhosts/example.com/releases/127/web/app/plugins/elementor-pro/core/app/modules/site-editor/data/endpoints/templates.php::150] Undefined array key "condition_type" [array (
  'trace' => '
#0: /var/www/vhosts/example.com/releases/127/web/app/plugins/elementor-pro/core/app/modules/site-editor/data/endpoints/templates.php(150): Elementor\Core\Logger\Manager -> rest_error_handler()
#1: ElementorPro\Core\App\Modules\SiteEditor\Data\Endpoints\Templates -> normalize_template_json_item()
#2: /var/www/vhosts/example.com/releases/127/web/app/plugins/elementor-pro/core/app/modules/site-editor/data/endpoints/templates.php(120): class type array_map()
#3: /var/www/vhosts/example.com/releases/127/web/app/plugins/elementor-pro/core/app/modules/site-editor/data/endpoints/templates.php(59): ElementorPro\Core\App\Modules\SiteEditor\Data\Endpoints\Templates -> normalize_templates_json()
#4: /var/www/vhosts/example.com/releases/127/web/app/plugins/elementor/data/base/endpoint.php(158): ElementorPro\Core\App\Modules\SiteEditor\Data\Endpoints\Templates -> get_items()
',
)]
PHP: 2024-05-26 15:35:03 [warning X 8][/home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/app/plugins/elementor-pro/core/app/modules/site-editor/data/endpoints/templates.php::150] Undefined array key "condition_type" [array (
  'trace' => '
#0: /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/app/plugins/elementor-pro/core/app/modules/site-editor/data/endpoints/templates.php(150): Elementor\Core\Logger\Manager -> rest_error_handler()
#1: ElementorPro\Core\App\Modules\SiteEditor\Data\Endpoints\Templates -> normalize_template_json_item()
#2: /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/app/plugins/elementor-pro/core/app/modules/site-editor/data/endpoints/templates.php(120): class type array_map()
#3: /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/app/plugins/elementor-pro/core/app/modules/site-editor/data/endpoints/templates.php(59): ElementorPro\Core\App\Modules\SiteEditor\Data\Endpoints\Templates -> normalize_templates_json()
#4: /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/app/plugins/elementor/data/base/endpoint.php(158): ElementorPro\Core\App\Modules\SiteEditor\Data\Endpoints\Templates -> get_items()
',
)]
PHP: 2024-05-26 15:41:39 [warning X 1][/home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/app/plugins/elementor-pro/modules/screenshots/module.php::41] Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/jamie/projects/example.com/web/app/plugins/elementor-pro/modules/screenshots/module.php:33) [array (
  'trace' => '
#0: Elementor\Core\Logger\Manager -> shutdown()
',
)]



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