diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bc77d6a..3bc93f3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ Open for PRs. Please see the original repository for credits.
 
 == Changelog ==
 
+= 2.8.6 =
+
+* changed deprecated import() function so the script works with >=PHP8.0
+
 = 2.8.5 =
 * FIXED:
    * Added a bunch of PRs and made it work with latest Wordpress
diff --git a/util/crayon_util.class.php b/util/crayon_util.class.php
index 9a40608..4d5157e 100644
--- a/util/crayon_util.class.php
+++ b/util/crayon_util.class.php
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 <?php
 
 /* Common utility functions mainly for formatting, parsing etc. */
-class CrayonUtil {
+
+class CrayonUtil
+{
 
     // Used to detect touchscreen devices
     private static $touchscreen = NULL;
@@ -12,7 +14,8 @@ class CrayonUtil {
      r - escape regex chars
      c - remove comments
      s - return as string */
-    public static function lines($path, $opts = NULL) {
+    public static function lines($path, $opts = NULL)
+    {
         $path = self::pathf($path);
         if (($str = self::file($path)) === FALSE) {
             // Log failure, n = no log
@@ -70,14 +73,15 @@ class CrayonUtil {
             if ($whitespace) {
                 $delimiter = CRAYON_NL;
             }
-            $lines = implode($lines, $delimiter);
+            $lines = implode($delimiter, $lines);
         }
 
         return $lines;
     }
 
     // Returns the contents of a file
-    public static function file($path) {
+    public static function file($path)
+    {
         if (($str = @file_get_contents($path)) === FALSE) {
             return FALSE;
         } else {
@@ -91,7 +95,8 @@ class CrayonUtil {
      * @param $src A directory or file
      * @param $dest A directory or zip file. If a zip file is provided it must exist beforehand.
      */
-    public static function createZip($src, $dest, $removeExistingZip = FALSE) {
+    public static function createZip($src, $dest, $removeExistingZip = FALSE)
+    {
         if ($src == $dest) {
             throw new InvalidArgumentException("Source '$src' and '$dest' cannot be the same");
         }
@@ -148,7 +153,8 @@ class CrayonUtil {
      *      'file' (optional file path of the attachment)
      * @see http://webcheatsheet.com/php/send_email_text_html_attachment.php
      */
-    public static function emailFile($args) {
+    public static function emailFile($args)
+    {
         $to = self::set_default($args['to']);
         $from = self::set_default($args['from']);
         $subject = self::set_default($args['subject'], '');
@@ -226,7 +232,8 @@ EOT;
      *      ignore: An array of paths to ignore
      * @return array Files in the directory
      */
-    public static function getFiles($path, $args = array()) {
+    public static function getFiles($path, $args = array())
+    {
         $hidden = self::set_default($args['hidden'], TRUE);
         $ignoreRef = self::set_default($args['ignoreRef'], TRUE);
         $recursive = self::set_default($args['recursive'], FALSE);
@@ -263,7 +270,8 @@ EOT;
         return $result;
     }
 
-    public static function deleteDir($path) {
+    public static function deleteDir($path)
+    {
         if (!is_dir($path)) {
             throw new InvalidArgumentException("deleteDir: $path is not a directory");
         }
@@ -281,7 +289,8 @@ EOT;
         rmdir($path);
     }
 
-    public static function copyDir($src, $dst, $mkdir = NULL) {
+    public static function copyDir($src, $dst, $mkdir = NULL)
+    {
         // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2050859
         if (!is_dir($src)) {
             throw new InvalidArgumentException("copyDir: $src is not a directory");
@@ -305,7 +314,8 @@ EOT;
     }
 
     // Supports arrays in the values
-    public static function array_flip($array) {
+    public static function array_flip($array)
+    {
         $result = array();
         foreach ($array as $k => $v) {
             if (is_array($v)) {
@@ -319,7 +329,8 @@ EOT;
         return $result;
     }
 
-    private static function _array_flip(&$array, $k, $v) {
+    private static function _array_flip(&$array, $k, $v)
+    {
         if (is_string($v) || is_int($v)) {
             $array[$v] = $k;
         } else {
@@ -328,7 +339,8 @@ EOT;
     }
 
     // Detects if device is touchscreen or mobile
-    public static function is_touch() {
+    public static function is_touch()
+    {
         // Only detect once
         if (self::$touchscreen !== NULL) {
             return self::$touchscreen;
@@ -347,7 +359,8 @@ EOT;
     }
 
     // Removes duplicates in array, ensures they are all strings
-    public static function array_unique_str($array) {
+    public static function array_unique_str($array)
+    {
         if (!is_array($array) || empty($array)) {
             return array();
         }
@@ -358,7 +371,8 @@ EOT;
     }
 
     // Same as array_key_exists, but returns the key when exists, else FALSE;
-    public static function array_key_exists($key, $array) {
+    public static function array_key_exists($key, $array)
+    {
         if (!is_array($array) || empty($array) || !is_string($key) || empty($key)) {
             FALSE;
         }
@@ -368,7 +382,8 @@ EOT;
     }
 
     // Performs explode() on a string with the given delimiter and trims all whitespace
-    public static function trim_e($str, $delimiter = ',') {
+    public static function trim_e($str, $delimiter = ',')
+    {
         if (is_string($delimiter)) {
             $str = trim(preg_replace('|\s*(?:' . preg_quote($delimiter) . ')\s*|', $delimiter, $str));
             return explode($delimiter, $str);
@@ -378,7 +393,8 @@ EOT;
 
     /*  Creates an array of integers based on a given range string of format "int - int"
      Eg. range_str('2 - 5'); */
-    public static function range_str($str) {
+    public static function range_str($str)
+    {
         preg_match('#(\d+)\s*-\s*(\d+)#', $str, $matches);
         if (count($matches) == 3) {
             return range($matches[1], $matches[2]);
@@ -387,7 +403,8 @@ EOT;
     }
 
     // Creates an array out of a single range string (e.i "x-y")
-    public static function range_str_single($str) {
+    public static function range_str_single($str)
+    {
         $match = preg_match('#(\d+)(?:\s*-\s*(\d+))?#', $str, $matches);
         if ($match > 0) {
             if (empty($matches[2])) {
@@ -401,7 +418,8 @@ EOT;
     }
 
     // Sets a variable to a string if valid
-    public static function str(&$var, $str, $escape = TRUE) {
+    public static function str(&$var, $str, $escape = TRUE)
+    {
         if (is_string($str)) {
             $var = ($escape == TRUE ? self::htmlentities($str) : $str);
             return TRUE;
@@ -410,21 +428,25 @@ EOT;
     }
 
     // Converts all special characters to entities
-    public static function htmlentities($str) {
+    public static function htmlentities($str)
+    {
         return htmlentities($str, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8');
     }
 
-    public static function html_entity_decode($str) {
+    public static function html_entity_decode($str)
+    {
         return html_entity_decode($str, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
     }
 
     // Converts <, >, & into entities
-    public static function htmlspecialchars($str) {
+    public static function htmlspecialchars($str)
+    {
         return htmlspecialchars($str, ENT_NOQUOTES, 'UTF-8');
     }
 
     // Sets a variable to an int if valid
-    public static function num(&$var, $num) {
+    public static function num(&$var, $num)
+    {
         if (is_numeric($num)) {
             $var = intval($num);
             return TRUE;
@@ -433,7 +455,8 @@ EOT;
     }
 
     // Sets a variable to an array if valid
-    public static function arr(&$var, $array) {
+    public static function arr(&$var, $array)
+    {
         if (is_array($array)) {
             $var = $array;
             return TRUE;
@@ -442,26 +465,31 @@ EOT;
     }
 
     // Sets a variable to an array if valid
-    public static function set_array($var, $array, $false = FALSE) {
+    public static function set_array($var, $array, $false = FALSE)
+    {
         return isset($array[$var]) ? $array[$var] : $false;
     }
 
     // Sets a variable to null if not set
-    public static function set_var(&$var, $false = NULL) {
+    public static function set_var(&$var, $false = NULL)
+    {
         $var = isset($var) ? $var : $false;
     }
 
     // Sets a variable to null if not set
-    public static function set_default(&$var, $default = NULL) {
+    public static function set_default(&$var, $default = NULL)
+    {
         return isset($var) ? $var : $default;
     }
 
-    public static function set_default_null($var, $default = NULL) {
+    public static function set_default_null($var, $default = NULL)
+    {
         return $var !== NULL ? $var : $default;
     }
 
     // Thanks, http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.str-replace.php#102186
-    function str_replace_once($str_pattern, $str_replacement, $string) {
+    function str_replace_once($str_pattern, $str_replacement, $string)
+    {
         if (strpos($string, $str_pattern) !== FALSE) {
             $occurrence = strpos($string, $str_pattern);
             return substr_replace($string, $str_replacement, strpos($string, $str_pattern), strlen($str_pattern));
@@ -470,7 +498,8 @@ EOT;
     }
 
     // Removes non-numeric chars in string
-    public static function clean_int($str, $return_zero = TRUE) {
+    public static function clean_int($str, $return_zero = TRUE)
+    {
         $str = preg_replace('#[^\d]#', '', $str);
         if ($return_zero) {
             // If '', then returns 0
@@ -482,38 +511,44 @@ EOT;
     }
 
     // Replaces whitespace with hypthens
-    public static function space_to_hyphen($str) {
+    public static function space_to_hyphen($str)
+    {
         return preg_replace('#\s+#', '-', $str);
     }
 
     // Replaces hypthens with spaces
-    public static function hyphen_to_space($str) {
+    public static function hyphen_to_space($str)
+    {
         return preg_replace('#-#', ' ', $str);
     }
 
     // Remove comments with /* */, // or #, if they occur before any other char on a line
-    public static function clean_comments($str) {
+    public static function clean_comments($str)
+    {
         $comment_pattern = '#(?:^\s*/\*.*?^\s*\*/)|(?:^(?!\s*$)[\s]*(?://|\#)[^\r\n]*)#ms';
         $str = preg_replace($comment_pattern, '', $str);
         return $str;
     }
 
     // Convert to title case and replace underscores with spaces
-    public static function ucwords($str) {
+    public static function ucwords($str)
+    {
         $str = strval($str);
         $str = str_replace('_', ' ', $str);
         return ucwords($str);
     }
 
     // Escapes regex characters as literals
-    public static function esc_regex($regex) {
+    public static function esc_regex($regex)
+    {
         return /*htmlspecialchars(*/
             preg_quote($regex) /* , ENT_NOQUOTES)*/
             ;
     }
 
     // Escapes hash character as literals
-    public static function esc_hash($regex) {
+    public static function esc_hash($regex)
+    {
         if (is_string($regex)) {
             return preg_replace('|(?<!\\\\)#|', '\#', $regex);
         } else {
@@ -522,18 +557,21 @@ EOT;
     }
 
     // Ensure all parenthesis are atomic to avoid conflicting with element matches
-    public static function esc_atomic($regex) {
+    public static function esc_atomic($regex)
+    {
         return preg_replace('#(?<!\\\\)\((?!\?)#', '(?:', $regex);
     }
 
     // Returns the current HTTP URL
-    public static function current_url() {
+    public static function current_url()
+    {
         $p = self::isSecure() ? "https://" : "http://";
         return $p . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
     }
 
     // Removes crayon plugin path from absolute path
-    public static function path_rel($url) {
+    public static function path_rel($url)
+    {
         if (is_string($url)) {
             return str_replace(CRAYON_ROOT_PATH, '/', $url);
         }
@@ -542,13 +580,15 @@ EOT;
 
     // Returns path according to detected use of forwardslash/backslash
     // Deprecated from regular use after v.1.1.1
-    public static function path($path, $detect) {
+    public static function path($path, $detect)
+    {
         $slash = self::detect_slash($detect);
         return str_replace(array('\\', '/'), $slash, $path);
     }
 
     // Detect which kind of slash is being used in a path
-    public static function detect_slash($path) {
+    public static function detect_slash($path)
+    {
         if (strpos($path, '\\')) {
             // Windows
             return $slash = '\\';
@@ -559,35 +599,40 @@ EOT;
     }
 
     // Returns path using forward slashes
-    public static function pathf($url) {
+    public static function pathf($url)
+    {
         return str_replace('\\', '/', trim(strval($url)));
     }
 
     // Returns path using back slashes
-    public static function pathb($url) {
+    public static function pathb($url)
+    {
         return str_replace('/', '\\', trim(strval($url)));
     }
 
     // returns 'true' or 'false' depending on whether this PHP file was served over HTTPS
-    public static function isSecure() {
+    public static function isSecure()
+    {
         // From https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/4.0.1/src/wp-includes/functions.php
-        if ( isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) ) {
-            if ( 'on' == strtolower($_SERVER['HTTPS']) )
+        if (isset($_SERVER['HTTPS'])) {
+            if ('on' == strtolower($_SERVER['HTTPS']))
                 return true;
-            if ( '1' == $_SERVER['HTTPS'] )
+            if ('1' == $_SERVER['HTTPS'])
                 return true;
-        } elseif ( isset($_SERVER['SERVER_PORT']) && ( '443' == $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] ) ) {
+        } elseif (isset($_SERVER['SERVER_PORT']) && ('443' == $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'])) {
             return true;
         }
         return false;
     }
 
-    public static function startsWith($haystack, $needle) {
+    public static function startsWith($haystack, $needle)
+    {
         return substr($haystack, 0, strlen($needle)) === $needle;
     }
 
     // Append either forward slash or backslash based on environment to paths
-    public static function path_slash($path) {
+    public static function path_slash($path)
+    {
         $path = self::pathf($path);
         if (!empty($path) && !preg_match('#\/$#', $path)) {
             $path .= '/';
@@ -598,12 +643,14 @@ EOT;
         return $path;
     }
 
-    public static function path_slash_remove($path) {
+    public static function path_slash_remove($path)
+    {
         return preg_replace('#\/+$#', '', $path);
     }
 
     // Append a forward slash to a path if needed
-    public static function url_slash($url) {
+    public static function url_slash($url)
+    {
         $url = self::pathf($url);
         if (!empty($url) && !preg_match('#\/$#', $url)) {
             $url .= '/';
@@ -615,13 +662,15 @@ EOT;
     }
 
     // Removes extension from file path
-    public static function path_rem_ext($path) {
+    public static function path_rem_ext($path)
+    {
         $path = self::pathf($path);
         return preg_replace('#\.\w+$#m', '', $path);
     }
 
     // Shorten a URL into a string of given length, used to identify a URL uniquely
-    public static function shorten_url_to_length($url, $length) {
+    public static function shorten_url_to_length($url, $length)
+    {
         if ($length < 1) {
             return '';
         }
@@ -640,16 +689,18 @@ EOT;
     }
 
     // Creates a unique ID from a string
-    public static function get_var_str() {
+    public static function get_var_str()
+    {
         $get_vars = array();
         foreach ($_GET as $get => $val) {
             $get_vars[] = $get . '=' . $val;
         }
-        return implode($get_vars, '&');
+        return implode('&', $get_vars);
     }
 
     // Creates a unique ID from a string
-    public static function str_uid($str) {
+    public static function str_uid($str)
+    {
         $uid = 0;
         for ($i = 1; $i < strlen($str); $i++) {
             $uid += round(ord($str[$i]) * ($i / strlen($str)), 2) * 100;
@@ -658,7 +709,8 @@ EOT;
     }
 
     // Breaks up a version string into parts
-    public static function version_parts($version) {
+    public static function version_parts($version)
+    {
         preg_match('#[\d+\.]+#msi', $version, $match);
         if (count($match[0])) {
             return explode('.', $match[0]);
@@ -668,7 +720,8 @@ EOT;
     }
 
     // Compares two version strings lexicographically
-    public static function version_compare($a, $b) {
+    public static function version_compare($a, $b)
+    {
         $a_parts = self::version_parts($a);
         $b_parts = self::version_parts($b);
         return self::array_compare_lexi($a_parts, $b_parts);
@@ -676,7 +729,8 @@ EOT;
 
     // Compares two arrays lexicographically
     // This could be extended with a compare function argument
-    public static function array_compare_lexi($a, $b) {
+    public static function array_compare_lexi($a, $b)
+    {
         $short = count($a) < count($b) ? $a : $b;
         for ($i = 0; $i < count($short); $i++) {
             if ($a[$i] > $b[$i]) {
@@ -689,7 +743,8 @@ EOT;
     }
 
     // strpos with an array of $needles
-    public static function strposa($haystack, $needles, $insensitive = FALSE) {
+    public static function strposa($haystack, $needles, $insensitive = FALSE)
+    {
         if (is_array($needles)) {
             foreach ($needles as $str) {
                 if (is_array($str)) {
@@ -708,7 +763,8 @@ EOT;
     }
 
     // tests if $needle is equal to any strings in $haystack
-    public static function str_equal_array($needle, $haystack, $case_insensitive = TRUE) {
+    public static function str_equal_array($needle, $haystack, $case_insensitive = TRUE)
+    {
         if (!is_string($needle) || !is_array($haystack)) {
             return FALSE;
         }
@@ -730,7 +786,8 @@ EOT;
     }
 
     // Support for singular and plural string variations
-    public static function spnum($int, $singular, $plural = NULL) {
+    public static function spnum($int, $singular, $plural = NULL)
+    {
         if (!is_int($int) || !is_string($singular)) {
             $int = intval($int);
             $singular = strval($singular);
@@ -742,12 +799,14 @@ EOT;
     }
 
     // Turn boolean into Yes/No
-    public static function bool_yn($bool) {
+    public static function bool_yn($bool)
+    {
         return $bool ? 'Yes' : 'No';
     }
 
     // String to boolean, default decides what boolean value to return when not found
-    public static function str_to_bool($str, $default = TRUE) {
+    public static function str_to_bool($str, $default = TRUE)
+    {
         $str = self::tlower($str);
         if ($default === FALSE) {
             if ($str == 'true' || $str == 'yes' || $str == '1') {
@@ -764,7 +823,8 @@ EOT;
         }
     }
 
-    public static function bool_to_str($bool, $strict = FALSE) {
+    public static function bool_to_str($bool, $strict = FALSE)
+    {
         if ($strict) {
             return $bool === TRUE ? 'true' : 'false';
         } else {
@@ -772,24 +832,28 @@ EOT;
         }
     }
 
-    public static function tlower($str) {
+    public static function tlower($str)
+    {
         return trim(strtolower($str));
     }
 
     // Escapes $ and \ from the replacement to avoid becoming a backreference
-    public static function preg_replace_escape_back($pattern, $replacement, $subject, $limit = -1, &$count = 0) {
+    public static function preg_replace_escape_back($pattern, $replacement, $subject, $limit = -1, &$count = 0)
+    {
         return preg_replace($pattern, self::preg_escape_back($replacement), $subject, $limit, $count);
     }
 
     // Escape backreferences from string for use with regex
-    public static function preg_escape_back($string) {
+    public static function preg_escape_back($string)
+    {
         // Replace $ with \$ and \ with \\
         $string = preg_replace('#(\\$|\\\\)#', '\\\\$1', $string);
         return $string;
     }
 
     // Detect if on a Mac or PC
-    public static function is_mac($default = FALSE) {
+    public static function is_mac($default = FALSE)
+    {
         $user = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
         if (stripos($user, 'macintosh') !== FALSE) {
             return TRUE;
@@ -801,7 +865,8 @@ EOT;
     }
 
     // Decodes WP html entities
-    public static function html_entity_decode_wp($str) {
+    public static function html_entity_decode_wp($str)
+    {
         if (!is_string($str) || empty($str)) {
             return $str;
         }
@@ -814,14 +879,16 @@ EOT;
 
     // Constructs an html element
     // If $content = FALSE, then element is closed
-    public static function html_element($name, $content = NULL, $attributes = array()) {
+    public static function html_element($name, $content = NULL, $attributes = array())
+    {
         $atts = self::html_attributes($attributes);
         $tag = "<$name $atts";
         $tag .= $content === FALSE ? '/>' : ">$content</$name>";
         return $tag;
     }
 
-    public static function html_attributes($attributes, $assign = '=', $quote = '"', $glue = ' ') {
+    public static function html_attributes($attributes, $assign = '=', $quote = '"', $glue = ' ')
+    {
         $atts = '';
         foreach ($attributes as $k => $v) {
             $atts .= $k . $assign . $quote . $v . $quote . $glue;
@@ -830,16 +897,18 @@ EOT;
     }
 
     // Strips only the given tags in the given HTML string.
-    public static function strip_tags_blacklist($html, $tags) {
+    public static function strip_tags_blacklist($html, $tags)
+    {
         foreach ($tags as $tag) {
-            $regex = '#<\s*\b' . $tag . '\b[^>]*>.*?<\s*/\s*'. $tag . '\b[^>]*>?#msi';
+            $regex = '#<\s*\b' . $tag . '\b[^>]*>.*?<\s*/\s*' . $tag . '\b[^>]*>?#msi';
             $html = preg_replace($regex, '', $html);
         }
         return $html;
     }
 
     // Strips the given attributes found in the given HTML string.
-    public static function strip_attributes($html, $atts) {
+    public static function strip_attributes($html, $atts)
+    {
         foreach ($atts as $att) {
             $regex = '#\b' . $att . '\b(\s*=\s*[\'"][^\'"]*[\'"])?(?=[^<]*>)#msi';
             $html = preg_replace($regex, '', $html);
@@ -848,7 +917,8 @@ EOT;
     }
 
     // Strips all event attributes on DOM elements (prefixe with "on").
-    public static function strip_event_attributes($html) {
+    public static function strip_event_attributes($html)
+    {
         $regex = '#\bon\w+\b(\s*=\s*[\'"][^\'"]*[\'"])?(?=[^<]*>)#msi';
         return preg_replace($regex, '', $html);
     }