Symptoms
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An attempt to browse a Plesk hosted website fails with:
Fatal error: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is no longer supported
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Once a page in WebPresence builder is password protected, it can no longer be accessed.
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PHP handler version 7.4 or higher is selected under Domains > example.com > PHP Settings > PHP version.
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The site code uses array and string offset access syntax with curly braces which is deprecated since PHP 7.4, e.g.
$var{$idx}.
Cause
Website code using syntax deprecated since PHP 7.4.
Resolution
Consider one of the following solutions:
- Change the website PHP handler version to 7.3 or lower.
- Fix the site code syntax to met newer PHP versions requirements, e.g.: Use
$var[$idx]instead of$var{$idx}.