wp-config: Auto Update Core set to minor causes error 500

[fabeylous]

Using

define('WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', minor);

with PHP 8 or greater causes an internal server error

[STDERR] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Undefined constant "minor" in /var/www/vhosts/(...)/wordpress/wp-config.php:123

[jrf]

@fabeylous Sorry, but that looks like a typo in your code. Try:

<?php
`define('WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', 'minor');

Take note of the quotes around minor.

Please use the support fora for finding help with getting started with coding.

[fabeylous]

Replying to jrf:

@fabeylous Sorry, but that looks like a typo in your code. Try:

<?php
define('WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', 'minor');

Take note of the quotes around minor.

Please use the support fora for finding help with getting started with coding.

Thank you, but it was always like that and didnt cause an error below PHP 8.0.1 ... I thought something changed with the new PHP version.
Thanks again.

[jrf]

didnt cause an error below PHP 8.0.1 ... I thought something changed with the new PHP version.

In PHP < 8.0 this would have caused a warning, which you clearly ignored. That warning was elevated in PHP 8.0 to an error. The bug was always in your code. PHP now just makes sure you can't ignore fixing it anymore.

See: ​https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration80.incompatible.php