[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #52226: PHP 8 issue: Fatal error when error_reporting is disabled

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#52226: PHP 8 issue: Fatal error when error_reporting is disabled
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 Reporter:  fijisunshine  |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Security      |    Version:  5.6
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 I had posted this in the Support > Everything else WordPress forum and the
 moderator, James Huff, asked me to create a ticket with you.

 For security reasons, I've always disabled the function "error_reporting"
 in php.ini unless I'm debugging. Disabling this function works great in
 php 7.4 – WordPress doesn't output error messages to the error log, it
 just outputs a message to the error log that error_reporting is disabled
 for security reasons.

 But in php 8.0, I'm getting this error:

 PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function
 error_reporting() in … /wp-load.php:24

 In php 7.4, it wouldn't be a fatal error. It would just say that
 error_reporting is disabled for security reasons.

 Can you update WordPress so that it won't have fatal errors when
 error_reporting is disabled in php.ini for security reasons? Thank you

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/52226>
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