FreeBSD php81-filter - undefined function error

[cbrace]

Hi all,

On my FreeBSD VPS (v13.2) I upgraded PHP from v8.0 to v8.1. To update my roundcube installation, I deleted the roundecube-php80 flavor and installed the roundecube-php81 pkg. That deleted the php80 dependencies and installed the necessary php81 equivalents.

Unfortunately, something broke roundcube. I now see the following error in /var/log/httpd-error.log:

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[php:error] [pid 22356] [client ##.###.####.###] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function filter_var() in /usr/local/www/roundcube/program/lib/Roundcube/bootstrap.php:49\nStack trace:\n#0 /usr/local/www/roundcube/program/include/iniset.php(78): require_once()\n#1 /usr/local/www/roundcube/index.php(40): require_once('/usr/local/www/...')\n#2 {main}\n  thrown in /usr/local/www/roundcube/program/lib/Roundcube/bootstrap.php on line 49

A websearch returns a single hit here, posted by someone encountered the same error message a couple of years ago: Call to undefined function filter_var()

There was one reply:

This function is part of php-filter extension which is usually enabled. You're the first person with this disabled/not-installed. I guess, we should mention that in the INSTALL file.

I definitely have this installed:

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$ pkg info php81-filter
php81-filter-8.1.20
Name           : php81-filter
Version        : 8.1.20
Installed on   : Thu Jul 27 17:12:30 2023 CEST
Origin         : security/php81-filter

Double-checked, it's enabled in httpd.conf

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LoadModule filter_module libexec/apache24/mod_filter.so

apache sees it:

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$ sudo apachectl -M|grep filter
filter_module (shared)

Running Apache24 v2.4.57_1

I tried asking about this in the FreeBSD forum but no luck there. Really hope someone here has some ideas for me to try.

TIA

[anarrov]

I have a similar configuration and faced the same problem. Help greatly appreciated!

[cbrace]

Thank you for "bumping" this topic. Really really hope we can solve this soon.

[SKaero]

You may have better luck asking this on a FreeBSD forum since this is really a PHP packaging problem not a Roundcube problem. According to the PHP documentation the filter extension is enabled by default https://www.php.net/manual/en/filter.installation.php so for some reason the FreeBSD package is disabling it.

[cbrace]

Solved! If anyone else running FreeBSD encounters this error, the solution is in this thread on the FreeBSD forum: roundcube-php81 + php81-filter error msg