[#46200] - [5.4][PHP8.5] imagedestroy() function has been deprecated
- Fixed in Code Base
- 17 Oct 2025
- Medium
- Build: 5.4-dev
- # 46200
- Diff
- heelc29:5.4/php85/gd
User tests: Successful: Unsuccessful:
Summary of Changes
remove no longer needed imagedestroy()
In the migration of various extensions from resources to objects, a number of functions to close or free the resources became no-ops
imagedestroy() since the ext/gd migration in PHP 8.0
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecations_php_8_5#deprecate_imagedestroy
Image::destroy() can be deprecated in future Joomla version (eg. 6.1)
Testing Instructions
Create scheduled task Image Size Check with manual execution and limit of eg. 50px
- enable max error reporting
- use php 8.5 (latest pre-version 8.5.0rc1)
Run task
Actual result BEFORE applying this Pull Request
Task status: Terminated
deprecation message (possibly further)
Expected result AFTER applying this Pull Request
Task status: Completed
no deprecation message about imagedestroy()
Link to documentations
- No documentation changes for docs.joomla.org needed
- No documentation changes for manual.joomla.org needed
| Status | New | ⇒ | Pending |
joomla-cms-bot
- | Category | ⇒ | Libraries Unit Tests |
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| Status | Pending | ⇒ | Fixed in Code Base |
| Closed_Date | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | ⇒ | 2025-10-17 11:14:24 |
| Closed_By | ⇒ | muhme |
Thank you @heelc29 for your contribution. Thank you @QuyTon and @HLeithner for your code reviews.
✅ Tested with JBT php8.5-rc
Function imagedestroy() is deprecatedand task failed withJSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON dataFunction imagedestroy() is deprecated