I am getting the following list of error when trying to install couch locally with xampp:

Apache 2.4.41
+ MariaDB 10.4.11
+ PHP 7.4.3 (VC15 X86 64bit thread safe) + PEAR
+ phpMyAdmin 5.0.1
+ OpenSSL 1.1.0g
+ ADOdb 518a
+ Mercury Mail Transport System v4.63 (not included in the portable version)
+ FileZilla FTP Server 0.9.41 (not included in the portable version)
+ Webalizer 2.23-04 (not included in the portable version)
+ Strawberry Perl 5.16.3.1 Portable
+ Tomcat 7.0.100
+ XAMPP Control Panel Version 3.2.4.
+ XAMPP mailToDisk 1.0 (write emails via PHP on local disk in <xampp>\mailoutput. Activated in the php.ini as mail default.)

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\functions.php on line 2132

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\functions.php on line 2235

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\parser\parser.php on line 600

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\parser\parser.php on line 624

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\parser\parser.php on line 652

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\parser\parser.php on line 659

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\parser\parser.php on line 660

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\parser\parser.php on line 677

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\parser\parser.php on line 678

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\parser\parser.php on line 693

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\parser\parser.php on line 749

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\parser\parser.php on line 784

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\parser\parser.php on line 843

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\parser\parser.php on line 877

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\parser\parser.php on line 920

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\parser\parser.php on line 1033

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\parser\parser.php on line 1048

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\parser\parser.php on line 1049

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\parser\HTMLParser.php on line 64

Deprecated: Function get_magic_quotes_gpc() is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\header.php on line 301

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\page.php on line 1111

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\page.php on line 1456

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\page.php on line 1605

Deprecated: The (real) cast is deprecated, use (float) instead in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\includes\timthumb.php on line 102

Deprecated: The (real) cast is deprecated, use (float) instead in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\includes\timthumb.php on line 114

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\field.php on line 367

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\field.php on line 648

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\field.php on line 660

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\field.php on line 1070

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\field.php on line 1447

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\folder.php on line 430

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\folder.php on line 871

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\tags.php on line 3951

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\tags.php on line 4422

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\tags.php on line 6112

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\tags.php on line 7086

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\tags.php on line 7693

Warning: Creating default object from empty value in C:\xampp\htdocs\thegypsysfarmhouse.com\couch\tags.php on line 5771

[KK]

Please use the latest version of Couch available from GitHub (https://github.com/CouchCMS/CouchCMS) - the deprecation notices you are getting cropped up with PHP 7.4 but have now been fixed.

Hope this helps.

[trendoman]

Bryan if thegypsysfarmhouse is your website, then there are typos with braces in header that you can fix

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  <title>The Gypsy's Farm House<</title>
  <meta name="keywords" content="The Gypsy's Farm House<"
  <meta name="robots" content="index,follow" />
   <meta name="GOOGLEBOT" content="INDEX, FOLLOW" />
   <meta name="copyright" content="The Gypsy's Farm House LLC"</>