Buddypress is not working with PHP 8 - admin-ajax.php

[woahmazing]

Hello , I'd like to report a bug in buddypress code

In

members/profile

section when you upload a photo the admin-ajax return 0 and throws HTTP Error

You can view this full issue on [​https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/387868/http-error-upload-localhost
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[woahmazing]

The logs has been included in that question , to make things easier for you i'll just include it here

[##########] [php:error] [pid 6888:tid 1828] [client 127.0.0.1:50944] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Cannot use object of type WP_Error as array in E:\\xampp\\htdocs\\domainname\\wp-content\\plugins\\buddypress\\bp-core\\bp-core-avatars.php:936\nStack trace:\n#0 E:\\xampp\\htdocs\\domainname\\wp-content\\plugins\\buddypress\\bp-core\\bp-core-avatars.php(1047): bp_core_avatar_handle_upload(Array, 'bp_members_avat...')\n#1 E:\\xampp\\htdocs\\domainname\\wp-includes\\class-wp-hook.php(292): bp_avatar_ajax_upload('')\n#2 E:\\xampp\\htdocs\\domainname\\wp-includes\\class-wp-hook.php(316): WP_Hook->apply_filters('', Array)\n#3 E:\\xampp\\htdocs\\domainname\\wp-includes\\plugin.php(484): WP_Hook->do_action(Array)\n#4 E:\\xampp\\htdocs\\domainname\\wp-admin\\admin-ajax.php(187): do_action('wp_ajax_bp_avat...')\n#5 {main}\n  thrown in E:\\xampp\\htdocs\\domainname\\wp-content\\plugins\\buddypress\\bp-core\\bp-core-avatars.php on line 936, referer: http://domainname.com/members/admin/profile/change-avatar/

[imath]

I confirm. The attached patch is fixing the issue. But if there's a WP Error there, it surely means there's a missing PHP library (eg: GD or imagick).

[imath]

In 12942:

Avatars: In case of error while shrinking image use the unshrinked one

Props woahmazing

See #8469 (7.0 branch)

[imath]

In 12943:

Avatars: In case of error while shrinking image use the unshrinked one

Props woahmazing

Fixes #8469 (Trunk)

[imath]

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