Magento 1.9, php 5.6 - Use of iconv.internal_encoding is deprecated

Question

Have the same with Magento CE 1.8 and 1.9

After update php from 5.5.16 to 5.6.0 on my VPS I got this 2 errors in [magento]/var/log/system.log:

ERR (3): Deprecated functionality: iconv_set_encoding(): Use of iconv.internal_encoding is deprecated  in [magento]/lib/Zend/Locale/Format.php on line 311
ERR (3): Deprecated functionality: iconv_set_encoding(): Use of iconv.internal_encoding is deprecated  in [magento]/lib/Zend/Locale/Format.php on line 472

I was find this info https://github.com/zendframework/zf1/pull/347 But all variations in php.ini changes not work for me (I was restarted php-fpm service after each changes in php.ini, of course).

Here https://github.com/zendframework/zf1/pull/347/files#r14075423 I read suggested changes exactly in this lines (313 and 474) but I don't want use any hacks to Magento Core files.

In frontend and backend I don't see any problems with encoding - all looks fine (I have Russian localizations - frontend and admin panel).

May I ignore this ERR in system.log or not? What the right way to correct this error?

Answer 1

I don't think you are supposed to use Magento with php 5.6 yet.
I assume there will be an official statement when Magento will support php 5.6 and an offical patch if necessary.

Answer 2

You can use the following patch:

• 0001-BUGIFX-Magento-Zend-Framework-1-PHP5.6.patch

It is from the full Github-Gist:

Bugfix for Zend Framework 1 in Magento (>= 1.7..) + PHP 5.6

https://gist.github.com/renttek/29beaaa1e90909639501

Answer 3

You need to change lib/Zend/Validate/Hostname.php and replace the internal_encoding related calls with ini_get('default_encoding') and all the other occurences in the Zend framework also...

Answer 4

PHP 5.6 deprecated a few functions, especially the one Zend is using: https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration56.deprecated.php#migration56.deprecated.iconv-mbstring-encoding

If I understand this correctly, you just have to set default_encoding, then the call of the method is not needed anymore.

Answer 5

You can run this shell script from your Magento root directory to get rid of this message if you're running OSX: https://gist.github.com/jayelkaake/34109641e5489e3e7e30

Note that it will modify some files in your lib/ folder, so any updates to Magento will overwrite them (though I really hope Magento fixes the bug and adds official PHP 5.6.9 compatibility in their next version).

Answer 6

For me, the system encoding php.ini was already set to UTF-8, so in lib/Zend/Locale/Format.php I added:-

if($oenc != 'UTF-8') iconv_set_encoding('internal_encoding', 'UTF-8');
....
if($oenc != 'UTF-8') iconv_set_encoding('internal_encoding', $oenc);

And the same thing in lib/Zend/Validate/Hostname.php

In you php.ini file, make sure the value default_charset="UTF-8" even on Windows.

Answer 7

This helped me:

1. Create the following folders:

   • /app/code/local/Zend/Locale
   • /app/code/local/Zend/Service
   • /app/code/local/Zend/Validate
   • /app/code/local/Zend/XmlRpc

2. Copy the following files from /lib/Zend/ to /app/code/local/Zend/:

   • Locale/Format.php
   • Service/Audioscrobbler.php
   • Service/Technorati.php
   • Validate/Hostname.php
   • Validate/StringLength.php
   • XmlRpc/Client.php

3. Open the files from /app/code/local/Zend/ in a text editor and search for "internal_encoding" and replace them with "default_charset". Before doing this, make sure that the “internal_encoding” string is a parameter of an iconv related function. Don’t replace "mb_internal_encoding", "$internal_encoding" or any other non iconv related stuff, because it will break the code.

Source: https://www.code007.ro/how-to-fix-php-5-6-deprecated-messages-in-magento/

Answer 8

If you need quick fix you can replace in index.php line (about 40):

error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT);

with:

error_reporting((E_ALL | E_STRICT) ^ E_DEPRECATED);

This should "hide" notifications/errors about deprecated functions.

Notice: This is not a real fix, this is just hiding notice/information about this problem with iconv_set_encoding()

Worked for me on Magento 1.8.1.0

Answer 9

just install php gd library using relevant command

sudo apt-get install php5.6-gd of php5-gd

or say for the RehHat

sudo yum install php56-gd or php5-gd

and now restart the apache and you are good to go with as usual.