Dynamic property deprecated 🐘 PHP

Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property Foo::$bar is deprecated

PHP 8.2+ deprecates creating properties that aren’t declared in the class.

Seen on: PHP

Meaning

Assigning $this->bar = … without declaring bar used to silently create it. PHP 8.2 deprecates this to catch typos; PHP 9 is expected to make it an error.

Common causes

  • Old code relying on dynamic properties
  • Typos in property names
  • Libraries not yet updated for PHP 8.2

⚡ Quick fix

  1. Declare the property in the class
  2. Add #[\AllowDynamicProperties] to classes that truly need it
  3. Update libraries

Detailed fix by platform

PHP

  1. class Foo { public ?string $bar = null; }

How to diagnose

  1. Class — Which class and property?
  2. Origin — Your code or a library?

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