Description:
With PHP 7.1, following notice happens from time to time:
Notice: Undefined variable: _SERVER in C:\Apache24\htdocs\stock\vendor\symfony\http-foundation\Request.php on line 271
Notice: Undefined variable: _FILES in C:\Apache24\htdocs\stock\vendor\symfony\http-foundation\Request.php on line 281
Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Argument 5 passed to Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request::createRequestFromFactory() must be of the type array, null given, called in C:\Apache24\htdocs\stock\vendor\symfony\http-foundation\Request.php on line 281 and defined in C:\Apache24\htdocs\stock\vendor\symfony\http-foundation\Request.php:1933 Stack trace: #0 C:\Apache24\htdocs\stock\vendor\symfony\http-foundation\Request.php(281): Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request::createRequestFromFactory(Array, Array, Array, Array, NULL, NULL) #1 C:\Apache24\htdocs\stock\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Http\Request.php(57): Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request::createFromGlobals() #2 C:\Apache24\htdocs\stock\public\index.php(56): Illuminate\Http\Request::capture() #3 {main} thrown in C:\Apache24\htdocs\stock\vendor\symfony\http-foundation\Request.php on line 1933
Solution:
- Upgrade to PHP 7.2
- auto_globals_jit in php.ini should be switched to off
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5235775/error-using-server-in-a-variable-variable-php
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