[TYPO3-core] RFC #12470: PHP-5.3 error: function define_syslog_variables() is deprecated

[Jeff Segars]

On 11/4/09 3:40 PM, Rupert Germann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> this is a SVN patch request.
>
> Type: Bugfix
>
> Bugtracker references:
> http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=12470
>
> Branches: Trunk
>
> Problem:
> when something is written to t3lib_div::syslog() the following warning
> is displayed:
> Deprecated: Function define_syslog_variables() is deprecated in
> C:\xampp\xampp\htdocs\typo3\dummy-4.2.9\t3lib\class.t3lib_div.php on
> line 5392
>
> when this error happens in the exception handler the output shows only:
> Fatal error: Exception thrown without a stack frame in Unknown on line 0
> the uncaught PHP message seems to break the exception handler.
>
> Solution:
> remove the function call to define_syslog_variables().
>
> Background:
> define_syslog_variables() initializes all (global) syslog variables. The
> values are taken from constants which are always loaded. In the core
> only the Constants are used, so it's save to simply remove this call.
>
>
> greets
> rupert

+1 on testing following Susanne's suggestions.

I don't have a working sysLog environment on PHP 5.3 to be 100% sure 
that everything is working the same as before, but Rupi's explanation of 
why define_syslog_variables() is not needed makes sense so there should 
be no changed behavior.

Thanks,
Jeff