Abook 3.1.5 not working with PHP 8x versions

[Astron]

Hello,

I have problems with 3.1.5 once I upgrade the PHP version at my hosting server. Could something be done about it?

I know some people rushed to end support for very good extensions of Joomla 3 but hardly anyone moved to J4-J5. They are massive flops.

[federica]

Hi Astron,
Abook for joomla 3 is no longer developed.
If you can't upgrade the web site to Joomla 4 and Abook 4 then you could downgrade PHP to a lower version.
Otherwise it is necessary to fix all the functions that are returning errors because they have been changed or deprecated in newer PHP versions.

[Astron]

Since Joomla 3 runs also on PHP 8.0 (recommended) or 8.1, it makes sense for Abook to be able to function in these versions.

Please consider this option.
J3 will continue to be widely used, unlike the flop versions.

[Astron]

Version 3 is used by 83.7% of all the websites who use Joomla.
J4/J5 are used by 0.5%.

https://w3techs.com/technologies/details/cm-joomla

It makes no sense to abandon development and support for J3, at such rates of use.