Deprecation-message for PHP 8.4 implicitly marking parameters as nullable

[alexgit2k]

Since PHP 8.4 implicitly marking parameters as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead for these

• HTML_QuickForm2::setContainer(): $container in /pear/html_quickform2/HTML/QuickForm2.php on line 101
• HTML_QuickForm2_Container::insertBefore(): $reference in /pear/html_quickform2/HTML/QuickForm2/Container.php on line 350
• HTML_QuickForm2_Container_Group::insertBefore(): $reference in /pear/html_quickform2/HTML/QuickForm2/Container/Group.php on line 288
• HTML_QuickForm2_Container_Repeat::insertBefore(): $reference in /pear/html_quickform2/HTML/QuickForm2/Container/Repeat.php on line 215
• HTML_QuickForm2_Controller::isValid(): $reference in /pear/html_quickform2/HTML/QuickForm2/Controller.php on line 380
• HTML_QuickForm2_Node::setContainer(): $container in /pear/html_quickform2/HTML/QuickForm2/Node.php on line 462
• HTML_QuickForm2_Renderer::setJavascriptBuilder(): $builder in /pear/html_quickform2/HTML/QuickForm2/Renderer.php on line 298
• HTML_QuickForm2_Renderer_Proxy::setJavascriptBuilder(): $builder in /pear/html_quickform2/HTML/QuickForm2/Renderer/Proxy.php on line 213

[sad-spirit]

Making these "explicitly nullable" requires using function foo(?Bar $bar = null) syntax that is available starting with PHP 7.1.

Will probably need to release 2.4.0 requiring PHP 7.1+ and create a 2.3.x branch in case a new PHP5-compatible release is ever needed.

[thedotedge]

Looking forward to 2.4.0 🚀 Btw, PHP5 should be statistically insignificant nowadays: https://stitcher.io/blog/php-version-stats-january-2025

[sad-spirit]

Done: https://github.com/pear/HTML_QuickForm2/releases/tag/v2.4.0