Update call to htmlspecialchars_decode for PHP 8.1

Created on 6 September 2023, about 1 year ago
Updated 15 November 2023, 11 months ago

Problem/Motivation

PHP 8.0 will be end-of-life in November. Codesniffer found one issue in the module for PHP 8.1.

Steps to reproduce

Run a codesniffer with PHP 8.1 compatibility rules on the Pathologic module.
Note this error is returned:

pathologic.module
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FOUND 1 ERROR AFFECTING 1 LINE
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 240 | ERROR | The default value of the $flags parameter for htmlspecialchars_decode() was changed
     |       | from ENT_COMPAT to ENT_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE | ENT_HTML401 in PHP 8.1. For
     |       | cross-version compatibility, the $flags parameter should be explicitly set.
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Proposed resolution

Update the function call to explicitly set the flags parameter to ENT_COMPAT, which should produce the same results across all supported PHP versions.

Remaining tasks

Patch and test.

User interface changes

None.

API changes

None.

Data model changes

None.

📌 Task
Status

Fixed

Version

2.0

Component

Code

Created by

🇺🇸United States cboyden

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  • PHP 8.1

    The issue particularly affects sites running on PHP version 8.1.0 or later.

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