Functionality Deprecated in PHP 8.5 #151

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1. bsweeney

   transferred this issue fromdompdf/dompdfon Oct 23, 2025
2. bsweeney

   added this to the 1.0.2 milestone on Oct 23, 2025
3. 8ctopus commented on Nov 27, 2025

   

   8ctopus

   on Nov 27, 2025

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   Here's the detailed issue in php 8.5

   PHPUnit 12.4.4 by Sebastian Bergmann and contributors.
   
   Runtime:       PHP 8.5.0
   Configuration: K:\dev\github\php-font-lib\phpunit.xml
   
   ..DD                                                                4 / 4 (100%)
   
   Time: 00:02.423, Memory: 16.00 MB
   
   2 tests triggered 1 PHP deprecation:
   
   1) K:\dev\github\php-font-lib\src\FontLib\BinaryStream.php:161
   ord(): Providing an empty string is deprecated
   
   Triggered by:
   
   * FontLib\Tests\FontTest::testGetFontInfoTTF (236 times)
     K:\dev\github\php-font-lib\tests\FontLib\FontTest.php:32
   
   * FontLib\Tests\FontTest::testTTFCmap (85 times)
     K:\dev\github\php-font-lib\tests\FontLib\FontTest.php:46
4. 8ctopus commented on Nov 27, 2025

   

   8ctopus

   on Nov 27, 2025

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   The source of the problem is that the following expression is deprecated in php 8.5

   var_dump(ord(''));
   // int(0)

   and needs to be replaced by

   var_dump(ord('0'));
   // int(0)

   This happens here:

   https://github.com/8ctopus/php-font-lib/blob/9b42ff4995cb53d3a2f7edd016f0ed39a70887a7/src/FontLib/BinaryStream.php#L160-L162

   when read returns an empty string.

   https://github.com/8ctopus/php-font-lib/blob/9b42ff4995cb53d3a2f7edd016f0ed39a70887a7/src/FontLib/BinaryStream.php#L144-L150
5. bsweeney

   closed this as completedin 7e932e3on Jan 8, 2026
6. bsweeney

   linked a pull request that will close this issueFix php 8.5 deprecation #152on Jan 8, 2026