What is the reason why phpMyAdmin fails after Ubuntu 22.04 upgrade?

Question

Just upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04 and now my phpadmin won't load. I get the following error

Parse error: Syntax error, unexpected 'static' (T_STATIC) in /usr/share/php/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/ContainerBuilder.php on line 272

I opened the file and found the specific code in that paragraph.

public function addResource(ResourceInterface $resource): static
{
    if (!$this->trackResources) {
        return $this;
    }

   if ($resource instanceof GlobResource && $this->inVendors($resource->getPrefix())) {
       return $this;
    }

    $this->resources[(string) $resource] = $resource;

   return $this;
}

Everything was working fine yesterday before the upgrade. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Answer 1

I am using php7.4.30, my solution is to upgrade phpmyadmin.

Here’s a simple guide:

https://devanswers.co/manually-upgrade-phpmyadmin/