Feedback - Enable playground for testing with newer versions of WordPress and PHP
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Description
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Description
Content URL
https://learn.wordpress.org/lesson/personalizing-your-404-template/
Are you reporting an error or providing other feedback?
Reporting an error (such as outdated information)
What are you reporting?
It would be great if the playground was automatically updated to WordPress 7.0. and PHP 8.3. Trying to update from WordPress 5.9 and PHP 7.4.33 leads to these messages: "One or more database tables are unavailable. The database may need to be repaired." and then "To allow use of this page to automatically repair database problems, please add the following line to your wp-config.php file. Once this line is added to your config, reload this page. define('WP_ALLOW_REPAIR', true);".
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The issue was reported in HS ticket 3361806159
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the lesson at https://learn.wordpress.org/lesson/personalizing-your-404-template/ and reproduce its playground update from WordPress 5.9 and PHP 7.4.33. Check how the playground versions are selected and verify that the requested newer WordPress and PHP versions load the lesson without the reported database-repair messages.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- content, documentation
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100