PHP 8 fatal errors break forms and entries
Plugin throws fatal PHP errors on PHP 8, so forms hang on submission or entries will not load.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
4 public reports · first reported 22 July 2025 · last reported 18 December 2025
What's going wrong
After sites moved to newer PHP versions, owners of this Contact Form 7 add-on report fatal errors.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 4 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
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