PHP: syntax error, unexpected end of file, expecting '}' in /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/civicrm.ini on line 6

[ufundo]

I'm seeing the above error when running php commands in the image.

root@e1d62380fc86:/var/www/html# cat /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/civicrm.ini 
upload_max_filesize = 64M
post_max_size = 64M
max_execution_time = 300
max_input_time = -1
max_input_vars = 10000
date.timezone = ${PHP_DATE_TIMEZONE:-"UTC"}
log_errors = On
error_log = /dev/stderr

Should that PHP_DATE_TIMEZONE have been replaced somehow, maybe by an entrypoint script?

[ufundo]

oh - #32 suggests the syntax is intended, but requires php >=8.3

[wmortada]

Yes, that is intended. Which version of PHP are you running?

I think we may need to use a different civicrm.ini file for PHP < 8.3

[ufundo]

Yep I'm using PHP8.2

Technically a possibility for 8.1/8.2 would be to add an entrypoint step that does the substitution.

But given 8.2 is EOL this year I think better effort would just be for me to upgrade to 8.3...

[michaelmcandrew]

fwiw, my recollection was that we did test to see what would happen when this syntax was used on < 8.3 and while it didn't allow for substitution, it also didn't fail. But your error seems to suggest otherwise.

[wmortada]

Yes, that's my memory too but it may have been for a different setting - e.g. PHP_MAX_EXECUTION_TIME. I think the quotes around "UTC" might be the issue.