PHP 8 compatibility (Gettext 4.x branch)

[MichaelHoste]

It just removes one char for PHP 8 compatibility (at least for our specs).

The error fixed is Argument #1 ($carry) must be passed by reference, value given

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Note

We still use the Gettext 4.x branch as dependency in translation/laravel (for https://translation.io) to be able to keep using the Blade Extractor.

Do you know if someone already made a Blade Scanner compatible with 5.x?

Just for information, how hard do you think it would be to create this scanner by using the code of your 4.x extractor?

Thanks for this great library!

[oscarotero]

Hi, thanks for fixing this!

About Blade Scanner for Gettext 5.x, it should be very easy to replicate what we have in 4.x because it simply compile the template (here: https://github.com/php-gettext/Gettext/blob/4.x/src/Extractors/Blade.php#L29) and then run the PHP code scanner (here: https://github.com/php-gettext/Gettext/blob/4.x/src/Extractors/Blade.php#L32)

In 5.x, I imagine something like the following (not tested):

class BladeScanner extends PhpScanner
{
    public function scanString(string $string, string $filename): void
    {
        // create a compiler somehow
        $compiler = new BladeCompiler();

        // convert Blade code to regular PHP code
        $code = $compiler->compileString($string);

        return parent::scanString($code, filename);
    }
}

We should provide a way to customize the BladeCompiler (as we have in 4.x with $options['facade'] and other options like a path for cache, etc. But basically, it's just that.

If you want to work on this, it would be great, i can create the BladeScanner repository and add you as a contributor.

[MichaelHoste]

Thank you for the prompt new release @oscarotero !

And thank you for the extra information about the Blade scanner.

I may give it a try in the future to be able to bump the dependency, but I guess I may have to change a lot of other small things in our code like $translations::fromPoFile or $translation->toPoFile(). That's not overly complicated but I don't have the time right now.

If you want to work on this, it would be great, i can create the BladeScanner repository and add you as a contributor.

Maybe not today but when I'll have some code to show, that would be great, thanks! :-)