Solution for removed each function in smtp module of drupal 7 on php 8 servers

Question

I noticed an error in smtp.transport.inc of the drupal module smtp 7.x-1.7 because of the in php 7.2 deprecated and in php 8 removed function "each()".

Unfortunatelay a customers drupal 7 project runs on a server which the provider upgraded to php 8. I think the maintainers of the smtp module didn't suppose anybody to use this combination of drupal and php version. The code with each() is

1. while (list(, $line) = @each($lines)) { in line 393

and

2. while (list(, $line_out) = @each($lines_out)) { in line 423.

Answer 1

Because I already developed a solution I will answer my question by myself:

I had to rewrite the lines using each()

1. while (list(, $line) = @each($lines)) { in line 393

and

2. while (list(, $line_out) = @each($lines_out)) { in line 423.

My solution was to replace the while... each loops with a for loop. So I changed

1. while (list(, $line) = @each($lines)) {

into

for ($i = 0; $i < count($lines); $i++) { $line = $lines[$i];

and the second inner loop

2. while (list(, $line_out) = @each($lines_out)) {

into

for ($ii = 0; $ii < count($lines_out); $ii++) { $line_out = $lines_out[$ii];

So from now on it works for me. I hope I could help those who are in the same situation.