After updating PHP 7.4 to PHP 8.1 RC5, PHP has stopped working on my machine and produces following error:
PHP Warning: PHP Startup: ^(text/|application/xhtml+xml) (offset=0): unrecognised compile-time option bit(s) in Unknown on line 0
it produces the error even when I ask for php version:
PHP Warning: PHP Startup: ^(text/|application/xhtml\+xml) (offset=0): unrecognised compile-time option bit(s) in Unknown on line 0
PHP 8.1.0RC5 (cli) (built: Nov 4 2021 14:57:53) (NTS)
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OS: Ubuntu 20.04
updated using this repository:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
do you know what the problem could be?
Like @Douglas Roos said in comments,
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Will fix your problem.
Under debian (i think is same for ubuntu), I fixed by doing:
sudo apt-get install libpcre2-8-0
The problem is solved, just update the repository and re-install PHP 8.1. I think it was just in RC5