Birthday element error PHP8

[boyjah]

In an effort to get Fabrik to work with PHP8 I updated from Github and everything seems to be working great EXCEPT the Birthday element generates an error on form submission. The form data is saved in the database and all emails are processed. But the next screen is an error page:

Unsupported operand types: string - string

If I unpublish the element all goes well. Is there a way to fix this one problem we are experiencing so we can continue to use the Birthday element?

 

[achartier]

What version of Fabrik is this?

 

[boyjah]

I am using it with Joomla 3.10.11. I am new to the Github process, so I'm not really sure about the Fabrik version. I guess it is an updated version of Fabrik 3.10?

 

[achartier]

You will need to turn on Joomla debug and set error reporting to development and retest. We will need the stack trace to see where the problem is.

 

[boyjah]

You will need to turn on Joomla debug and set error reporting to development and retest. We will need the stack trace to see where the problem is.

It is almost 500 pages of Deprecated blah blah blah about Fabrik. Rather than wasting forum space by posting it, are you willing to login as admin and see for your self?

 

[troester]

Try to update from GitHub (not sure if this will cover all).

 

[boyjah]

Oh my god! It works! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! I have been struggling for months to figure out what to do about Fabrik not working with PHP 8. I feel as if I have aged more than 10 years in that time. Now we have to figure out what to do about Joomla 4...

I have been evaluating hundreds of Joomla extensions trying to find a replacement for Fabrik for the eventual upgrade to Joomla 4 and there is NOTHING out there that even comes close.

But for now, all seems good and I am EXTREMELY GRATEFUL

 

[achartier]

You miht want to look here: https://github.com/joomlahenk/fabrik/wiki