Use of removed function set_magic_quotes_runtime on line 72 in file wp-content/plugins/rss-importer/rss-importer.php

[0xcrypto]

In PHP 7+, the function set_magic_quotes_runtime has been removed. But the file wp-content/plugins/rss-importer/rss-importer.php:72 is still using it which blocks importing posts by throwing undefined function error while using the RSS import feature in ​https://wordpress.org/plugins/rss-importer

WordPress Version: 5.7.2
PHP Version: 8.0.7

[Thu Jun 10 09:13:21 2021] [::1]:36530 [200]: POST /wp-admin/admin.php?import=rss&step=1&_wpnonce=4b2d8cb818 - Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function set_magic_quotes_runtime() in /home/vi/Documents/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/rss-importer/rss-importer.php:72
Stack trace:
#0 /home/vi/Documents/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/rss-importer/rss-importer.php(178): RSS_Import->get_posts()
#1 /home/vi/Documents/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/rss-importer/rss-importer.php(204): RSS_Import->import()
#2 /home/vi/Documents/wordpress/wp-admin/admin.php(353): RSS_Import->dispatch()
#3 {main}
  thrown in /home/vi/Documents/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/rss-importer/rss-importer.php on line 72

I couldn't find the plugin in ​https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/newticket and the plugin is part of Import > Tool in WordPress so reporting here.

[0xcrypto]

Replacing set_magic_quotes_runtime(0); with the following fixes the issue.

if (function_exists('set_magic_quotes_runtime')) {
    set_magic_quotes_runtime(0);
}

[desrosj]

Hey @0xcrypto,

Welcome to Trac!

We've gone ahead and added a GitHub repository for the RSS Importer plugin: ​https://github.com/WordPress/rss-importer.

Would you be interested in creating a PR there for this?

[SergeyBiryukov]

Hi there, welcome to WordPress Trac!

Thanks for the report, we're already tracking this issue in #52074.

[0xcrypto]

Created a pull request to fix this ​https://github.com/WordPress/rss-importer/pull/1