Use of "static" in callables is deprecated in PHP 8.2

[jnoordsij]

Summary

While running my PHPUnit test suite on the first PHP 8.2 alpha release, I noticed the following deprecation warning:
Use of "static" in callables is deprecated in /app/vendor/fakerphp/faker/src/Faker/Provider/Base.php on line 374

Versions

	Version
PHP	8.2.0alpha1
fakerphp/faker	1.19.0

[DvDty]

Yes, this usage falls under the deprecated callable patterns in version 8.2. More on that here, including two ways of fixing the issue: https://php.watch/versions/8.2/partially-supported-callable-deprecation#deprecated-patterns.

I don't think there has been a discussion on whether or not 1.* will support PHP 8.2, but since 2.x is still under discussion/development, I would guess it will.

[pimjansen]

I think we will support it indeed however lets wait until the feature freeze which is at:

Jul 19 2022 Feature freeze

From there we can prep the needed steps

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[chris-doehring]

Hello everyone,

I just created the following PR which ensures php 8.2 compatibility: #528
As already mentioned in my PR, we have many of those deprecation errors with php 8.2 right now, but I think they probably cannot be fixed without causing a backward incompatible change. I think a better solution is to refactor those legacy Faker components into the new structure, so we will be compatible to php 9.0. It's not really necessary to fix those deprecation's right away, and I wouldn't consider them "bugs" either.