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Testing plugins for PHP 8
The document is a welcome message and outline for a session on testing WordPress plugins for PHP 8 compatibility led by Jonathan Bossenger. It emphasizes the importance of having a local WordPress installation and code editor set up before participation and provides resources for both manual and automated testing methods. The session aims to educate attendees about PHP version changes and testing processes, with links to relevant documentation and tools.
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- 1. Jonathan Bossenger Let’s Code Learn.WordPress.org Testingplugins for PHP 8
- 2. 2 👋🏽 Welcome! As you join,please make sure you have your local development environment ready: • A local WordPress installation • A code editor like VSCode or Sublime • https://github.com/jonathanbossenger/wp- learn-php8/releases/download/1.0.0/wp-learn- php8.1.0.0.zip Then, let everyone know in the chat where you’re joining us from… Hello! ○ My name is Jonathan Bossenger ○ From Cape Town, South Africa ○ Developer educator at Automattic ○ Sponsored to work with the Training Team ○ jonathanbossenger.com
- 3. Learn.WordPress.org Testing plugins for PHP8 Compatibility Jonathan Bossenger
- 4. Announcements ○ Welcome. ○ Pleaselet me know if you can’t see this slide! ○ We are presenting in focus mode, but please feel free to enable your video. ○ You are welcome to ask questions. ○ You are welcome to post questions in the chat, or unmute to ask questions.
- 5. Announcements ○ Make sureyour local install is ready ○ https://github.com/jonathanbossenger/wp-learn-php8/releases/download/1.0.0/wp- learn-php8.1.0.0.zip ○ If I am going too fast, please let me know! ○ We will be posting this session to https://wordpress.tv/ afterwards ○ For more WordPress focused content please visit https://learn.wordpress.org/
- 6. Learning Outcomes 1. WordPressand PHP 8 2. Where to find information on PHP version changes 3. Two ways to test your plugins for PHP compatibility • Manual testing process • Automated testing
- 7. WordPress and PHP8 ○ https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/11/23/wordpress-and-php-8-0/ ○ https://wptavern.com/getting-your-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-ready-for-php-8 ○ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP#Release_history ○ https://www.php.net/manual/en/appendices.php
- 8. Manually testing ○ https://localwp.com/help-docs/advanced/local-and-php-8/ ○WordPress Playground Extension for VS code (beta) ○ https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/debugging-in-wordpress/
- 9. Automated testing ○ PHPCompatibility •https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibility ⁃ https://getcomposer.org/ ⁃ https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer ⁃ https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards
- 10. Resources ○ https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/11/23/wordpress-and-php-8-0/ ○ https://wptavern.com/getting-your-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-ready-for-php-8 ○https://www.php.net/manual/en/appendices.php ○ https://localwp.com/help-docs/advanced/local-and-php-8/ ○ https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=WordPressPlayground.wordpress-playground ○ https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/debugging-in-wordpress/ ○ https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibility ○ https://getcomposer.org/ ○ https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer ○ https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards ○ https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibility/issues/808
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