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Hi, I was running a project from github getting the error "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected identifier "string", expecting variable" it uses sebastianbergmann library. please help to solve the issue.



<?php declare(strict_types=1); 
namespace SebastianBergmann;/

use function end;
use function explode;
use function fclose;
use function is_dir;
use function is_resource;
use function proc_close;
use function proc_open;
use function stream_get_contents;
use function substr_count;
use function trim;

final class Version
{
    private readonly string $version;

    public function __construct(string $release, string $path)
    {
        $this->version = $this->generate($release, $path);
    }

    public function asString(): string
    {
        return $this->version;
    }

    private function generate(string $release, string $path): string
    {
        if (substr_count($release, '.') + 1 === 3) {
            $version = $release;
        } else {
            $version = $release . '-dev';
        }

        $git = $this->getGitInformation($path);

        if (!$git) {
            return $version;
        }

        if (substr_count($release, '.') + 1 === 3) {
            return $git;
        }

        $git = explode('-', $git);

        return $release . '-' . end($git);
    }

    private function getGitInformation(string $path): bool|string
    {
        if (!is_dir($path . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '.git')) {
            return false;
        }

        $process = proc_open(
            'git describe --tags',
            [
                1 => ['pipe', 'w'],
                2 => ['pipe', 'w'],
            ],
            $pipes,
            $path
        );

        if (!is_resource($process)) {
            return false;
        }

        $result = trim(stream_get_contents($pipes[1]));

        fclose($pipes[1]);
        fclose($pipes[2]);

        $returnCode = proc_close($process);

        if ($returnCode !== 0) {
            return false;
        }

        return $result;
    }
}


What I have tried:

I tried deleting readonly from
private readonly string $version;
.
Posted
Updated 24-Jun-23 1:33am

It mostly should be related to the version of the PHP you are using.

Believe you are on an older version as readonly was added in PHP v8.1[^].

Just make sure you are using the right version of PHP and the error should go away.
 
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Andre Oosthuizen 24-Jun-23 7:30am    
Spot on!
Kunal Pradhan 2023 25-Jun-23 3:16am    
so what should i write instead of 'private readonly string $version;'.
Sandeep Mewara 25-Jun-23 4:13am    
As mentioned below, if you dont want to upgrade then replace that with:
final class Version
{
private string $version;

// Rest of the code...
}
Kunal Pradhan 2023 3-Jul-23 10:30am    
getting more errors, can you please tell me how to upgrade the php version in the poject.
Quote:
I tried deleting readonly from
- You cannot just delete it as it needs to be defined.

The best solution is Sandeep's solution as most servers now require php 8.> version code anyways, but if you want to delete the deprecated code, you can use -
final class Version
{
    private string $version;

    // Rest of the code...
}


The 'sebastianbergmann library' has been uploaded in the past few months meaning newest version numbers used. See more on the readonly properties in PHP 8.1 at PHP Readonly Properties[^]
 
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