File: cs-fixer.md

Upgrade PHP Web MVC Framework to PHP >= 8.4

You can fix/upgrade PHP WEB MVC Framework to PHP 8.4 by eliminating the:

nullable_type_declaration_for_default_null_value

used for backward compatibility with versions from PHP 7.1 to PHP 5.6.

To apply the fix if your runtime PHP enviroment is version is >= 7.1 run:

1)

composer require --dev friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer

2) If you are using PHP version 8.4 you must set the environment variable:

PHP_CS_FIXER_IGNORE_ENV=1

On Windows just modify the file

.vendor\bin\php-cs-fixer.bat

as follow:

   @ECHO OFF
   setlocal DISABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
   SET BIN_TARGET=%~dp0/php-cs-fixer
   SET COMPOSER_RUNTIME_BIN_DIR=%~dp0
   SET PHP_CS_FIXER_IGNORE_ENV=1
   php "%BIN_TARGET%" %*

3) To check only, run:

    .\vendor\bin\php-cs-fixer check

4) To fix run

    .\vendor\bin\php-cs-fixer fix

Note: after applying the fix you can only use PHP version >= 7.1