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... You are welcome to extend the test depth :smirk: ...
Hi Frank,
In my opinion, this is the task of the developer, not the user :D

Ok, back to Fp14 dev, possible starting points, but you would have to ask Arvid (clearly more experienced):

Starting point 1:

In the /fp14dev/fp-includes/core ...

... You are welcome to test the current master branch under PHP8.4 ...
Quick&dirty test, add comment, enable comment, add new entry, preview entry, activate some plugins and change the main FlatPress 1.4 dev (Github 1820) title.
Cool, also the calender plugins is working :D

Tested current ...

Additional information.

I have tested also FlatPress 1.3.1 with the brand new Smarty Template Engine 4.5.4 (released Aug 14, 2024). Same situation, the PHP errors listed above.

Then I followed the starting points (see PHP Watch article),
https://php.watch/versions/8.4/implicitly-marking-parameter ...

With the PHP 8.4.0 developer version there are some curiosities :roll: As with the alpha version, there are already skipped beta versions.

Test environment
Apache Server 2.4 with .htaccess option
Official PHP 8.4.0 beta 3 from August 15, 2024
FlatPress 1.3.1

The setup of FlatPress 1.3.1 runs ...

... I will still test FlatPress 1.3.1 with PHP 8.4 Alpha 3, ...
The PHP 8.4.0 alpha 3 was surprisingly skipped and a PHP 8.4.0 alpha 4 was released instead.
Before anything happens again I'll wait for the PHP 8.4.0 feature freeze and then do the mentioned test with PHP 8.4.0 beta 1.
Better to wait ...

... Since PHP 8.4 will be released in October this year, it is necessary to switch from Smarty 4 to Smarty 5 in FlatPress. ...
Quick info, PHP 8.4 is planned for November 21, 2024.

Regardless of this, PHP 8.3 will be provided with security patches until December 31, 2027. So there should actually ...

FlatPress 1.3.1 Quick&Dirty Test

Test Server Environment:
Apache 2.4 with FastCGI Interface and PHP 8.4.0 Alpha 1

PHP Deprecated: Smarty_Internal_Method_GetTemplateVars::getTemplateVars(): Implicitly marking parameter $_ptr as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used ...

... You don't really believe that the data collected is only used to provide even better support, do you? ...
Just as a gimmick :D , I once had about 120 search engines? (AI/SpamBots/or whatever)? blocked by scripting and only allowed G...e, B...g and known search engines.
Result:
Nobody cares ...

... The page for Avelion states that it's been tested and works in 1.2 and 1.3. Uh, how? ...
Quick&dirty check:
Funny, even under FlatPress 1.0.3 the template Avelion seems to have problems :?

Anyway, someone needs to make the Avelion template fit for Smarty V4.x and "mobile first".
Including ...

There's new work to do :)

The current test environment with "error_reporting = E_ALL":
Nginx 1.24, PHP 8.2.15 and FlatPress Github 1142

The FlatPress Github 1142 version with PrettyURLs produces the following PHP errors in the quick test under PHP 8.2.15:
PHP Deprecated: Creation of dynamic ...