diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 83fce717..15a2962d 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ environment:
         SQL_INSTANCE: SQL2019
         PHP_VC: vs16
         PHP_MAJOR_VER: 8.0
-        PHP_MINOR_VER: 0beta4
+        PHP_MINOR_VER: 0rc1
         PHP_EXE_PATH: Release
         THREAD: nts
         platform: x86
diff --git a/source/shared/core_stmt.cpp b/source/shared/core_stmt.cpp
index ad33e572..4da01dfb 100644
--- a/source/shared/core_stmt.cpp
+++ b/source/shared/core_stmt.cpp
@@ -1938,7 +1938,11 @@ void core_get_field_common( _Inout_ sqlsrv_stmt* stmt, _In_ SQLUSMALLINT field_i
                 throw core::CoreException();
             }
 
-            stream = php_stream_open_wrapper( "sqlsrv://sqlncli10", "r", 0, NULL );
+            // For a sqlsrv stream, only REPORT_ERRORS may be used. For "mode", the 'b' option 
+            // is ignored on POSIX systems, which treat text and binary files the same. Yet, the
+            // 'b' option might be important in other systems.
+            // For details check https://www.php.net/manual/en/internals2.ze1.streams.php
+            stream = php_stream_open_wrapper("sqlsrv://sqlncli10", "rb", REPORT_ERRORS, NULL);
 
             CHECK_CUSTOM_ERROR( !stream, stmt, SQLSRV_ERROR_STREAM_CREATE ) {
                 throw core::CoreException();
diff --git a/source/shared/core_stream.cpp b/source/shared/core_stream.cpp
index 72b22b61..05f4224d 100644
--- a/source/shared/core_stream.cpp
+++ b/source/shared/core_stream.cpp
@@ -238,9 +238,12 @@ static php_stream* sqlsrv_stream_opener( _In_opt_ php_stream_wrapper* wrapper, _
     ss = static_cast<sqlsrv_stream*>( sqlsrv_malloc( sizeof( sqlsrv_stream )));
     memset( ss, 0, sizeof( sqlsrv_stream ));
 
-    // check for valid options
-    if( options != REPORT_ERRORS ) { 
-        php_stream_wrapper_log_error( wrapper, options, "Invalid option: no options except REPORT_ERRORS may be specified with a sqlsrv stream" );
+    // The function core_get_field_common() is changed to pass REPORT_ERRORS for 
+    // php_stream_open_wrapper(). Whether the error flag is toggled or cleared, 
+    // the argument "options" will be zero.
+    // For details check this pull request: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/6190
+    if (options != 0) {
+        php_stream_wrapper_log_error(wrapper, options, "Invalid option: no options except REPORT_ERRORS may be specified with a sqlsrv stream");
         return NULL;
     }
 
diff --git a/source/sqlsrv/init.cpp b/source/sqlsrv/init.cpp
index cd2220a2..4cc02597 100644
--- a/source/sqlsrv/init.cpp
+++ b/source/sqlsrv/init.cpp
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ ZEND_END_ARG_INFO()
 
 ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_INFO_EX( sqlsrv_fetch_arginfo, 0, 0, 1 )
     ZEND_ARG_INFO( 0, stmt )
+    ZEND_ARG_INFO( 0, row )
+    ZEND_ARG_INFO( 0, offset )
 ZEND_END_ARG_INFO()
 
 ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_INFO_EX( sqlsrv_fetch_array_arginfo, 0, 0, 1 )
diff --git a/test/functional/pdo_sqlsrv/pdo_connection_quote.phpt b/test/functional/pdo_sqlsrv/pdo_connection_quote.phpt
index d3865d0a..26b39fcd 100644
--- a/test/functional/pdo_sqlsrv/pdo_connection_quote.phpt
+++ b/test/functional/pdo_sqlsrv/pdo_connection_quote.phpt
@@ -19,11 +19,23 @@ try {
     $output3 = $conn->quote("<XmlTestData><Letters>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog</Letters><Digits>0123456789</Digits></XmlTestData>");
     var_dump($output3);
 
-    $stmt = $conn->query("");
-    if ($stmt != false) {
-        echo("Empty query was expected to fail!\n");
+    if (PHP_MAJOR_VERSION < 8) {
+        $stmt = $conn->query("");
+        if ($stmt != false) {
+            echo("Empty query was expected to fail!\n");
+        }
+        unset($stmt);
+    } else {
+        try {
+            $stmt = $conn->query("");
+            echo("Empty query was expected to fail!\n");
+        } catch (ValueError $ve) {
+            $error = '*PDO::query(): Argument #1 ($query) cannot be empty';
+            if (!fnmatch($error, $ve->getMessage())) {
+                var_dump($ve->getMessage());
+            }
+        }
     }
-    unset($stmt);
 
     $stmt1 = $conn->prepare($output2);
     $result = $stmt1->execute();
diff --git a/test/functional/pdo_sqlsrv/pdo_fetch_column_twice.phpt b/test/functional/pdo_sqlsrv/pdo_fetch_column_twice.phpt
index 7e2ec194..692b737b 100644
--- a/test/functional/pdo_sqlsrv/pdo_fetch_column_twice.phpt
+++ b/test/functional/pdo_sqlsrv/pdo_fetch_column_twice.phpt
@@ -88,21 +88,42 @@ function fetchColumnOutOfBound1($conn, $tableName, $col)
             echo "Error message unexpected in fetchColumnOutOfBound1\n";
             var_dump($e->getMessage());
         }
+    } catch (ValueError $ve) {
+        $error = '*Column index must be greater than or equal to 0';
+        if (!fnmatch($error, $ve->getMessage())) {
+            echo "Error message unexpected in fetchColumnOutOfBound1\n";
+            var_dump($ve->getMessage());
+        }
     }
 }
 
 function fetchColumnOutOfBound2($conn, $tableName, $col)
 {
+    $error = '*Invalid column index';
     try {
         $tsql = "SELECT * FROM $tableName";
         $stmt = $conn->query($tsql, PDO::FETCH_COLUMN, $col);
         $result = $stmt->fetch();
         unset($stmt);
-    } catch (PDOException $e) {
-        var_dump($e->getMessage());
+    } catch (Error $e) {
+        if (!fnmatch($error, $e->getMessage())) {
+            var_dump($e->getMessage());
+        }
+    } catch (ValueError $ve) {
+        if (!fnmatch($error, $ve->getMessage())) {
+            var_dump($ve->getMessage());
+        }
     }
 }
 
+// When testing with PHP 8.0 some test cases throw ValueError instead of exceptions or warnings. 
+// Thus implement a custom warning handler such that with PHP 7.x the warning would be handled 
+// to throw an Error (ValueError not available).
+function warningHandler($errno, $errstr) 
+{ 
+    throw new Error($errstr);
+}
+
 try {
     $conn = connect();
     $conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
@@ -135,7 +156,9 @@ try {
 
     // Change to warning mode
     $conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_WARNING);
+    set_error_handler("warningHandler", E_WARNING);
     fetchColumnOutOfBound2($conn, $tableName, $numCols + 1);
+    restore_error_handler();
     
     dropTable($conn, $tableName);
     unset($conn);
@@ -144,8 +167,5 @@ try {
     var_dump($e);
 }
 ?>
---EXPECTREGEX--
-Warning: PDOStatement::fetch\(\): SQLSTATE\[HY000\]: General error: Invalid column index in .+(\/|\\)pdo_fetch_column_twice.php on line [0-9]+
-
-Warning: PDOStatement::fetch\(\): SQLSTATE\[HY000\]: General error in .+(\/|\\)pdo_fetch_column_twice.php on line [0-9]+
+--EXPECT--
 Done
diff --git a/test/functional/pdo_sqlsrv/pdostatement_getColumnMeta.phpt b/test/functional/pdo_sqlsrv/pdostatement_getColumnMeta.phpt
index 40805dc2..6493bf94 100644
--- a/test/functional/pdo_sqlsrv/pdostatement_getColumnMeta.phpt
+++ b/test/functional/pdo_sqlsrv/pdostatement_getColumnMeta.phpt
@@ -49,22 +49,43 @@ function fetchBoth($conn, $tbname)
     unset($meta["sqlsrv:decl_type"]);
     var_dump($meta);
 
-    // Test invalid arguments, set error mode to silent to reduce the amount of error messages generated
+    // Test invalid arguments, set error mode to silent to reduce the number of error messages generated
     $conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_SILENT);
 
-    // Test negative column number, ignore the error messages
-    $meta = $stmt->getColumnMeta(-1);
-    var_dump($meta);
+    // Test negative column number
+    try {
+        $meta = $stmt->getColumnMeta(-1);
+        echo "Expect getColumnMeta to fail with -1\n";
+    } catch (Error $e) {
+        if (PHP_MAJOR_VERSION == 8) {
+            $error = '*PDOStatement::getColumnMeta(): Argument #1 ($index) must be greater than or equal to 0*';
+        } else {
+            $error = '*Invalid column reference: column number must be non-negative*';
+        }
+        if (!fnmatch($error, $e->getMessage())) {
+            echo "Unexpected error:";
+            var_dump($e->getMessage());
+        }
+    }
 
     // Test non-existent column number
     $meta = $stmt->getColumnMeta(10);
     var_dump($meta);
 }
 
+// When testing with PHP 8.0 the negative test case throws an Error instead of a warning. 
+// Implement a custom warning handler such that with PHP 7.x the warning would be handled 
+// to throw an Error.
+function warningHandler($errno, $errstr) 
+{ 
+    throw new Error($errstr);
+}
+
 try {
     $db = connect();
     $tbname = "PDO_MainTypes";
     createAndInsertTableMainTypes($db, $tbname);
+    set_error_handler("warningHandler", E_WARNING);
     fetchBoth($db, $tbname);
 } catch (PDOException $e) {
     var_dump($e);
@@ -73,7 +94,7 @@ try {
 
 
 ?>
---EXPECTF--
+--EXPECT--
 
 array(8) {
   ["flags"]=>
@@ -217,7 +238,4 @@ array(7) {
   ["precision"]=>
   int(0)
 }
-
-Warning: PDOStatement::getColumnMeta(): SQLSTATE[42P10]: Invalid column reference: column number must be non-negative in %s on line %x
-bool(false)
 bool(false)
diff --git a/test/functional/pdo_sqlsrv/pdostatement_getColumnMeta_unicode_col_name.phpt b/test/functional/pdo_sqlsrv/pdostatement_getColumnMeta_unicode_col_name.phpt
index e7075ee4..2aba3fa9 100644
--- a/test/functional/pdo_sqlsrv/pdostatement_getColumnMeta_unicode_col_name.phpt
+++ b/test/functional/pdo_sqlsrv/pdostatement_getColumnMeta_unicode_col_name.phpt
@@ -57,15 +57,35 @@ function fetchBoth($conn, $tbname)
     // Test invalid arguments, set error mode to silent to reduce the amount of error messages generated
     $conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_SILENT);
 
-    // Test negative column number, ignore the error messages
-    $meta = $stmt->getColumnMeta(-1);
-    var_dump($meta);
+    // Test negative column number
+    try {
+        $meta = $stmt->getColumnMeta(-1);
+        echo "Expect getColumnMeta to fail with -1\n";
+    } catch (Error $e) {
+        if (PHP_MAJOR_VERSION == 8) {
+            $error = '*PDOStatement::getColumnMeta(): Argument #1 ($index) must be greater than or equal to 0*';
+        } else {
+            $error = '*Invalid column reference: column number must be non-negative*';
+        }
+        if (!fnmatch($error, $e->getMessage())) {
+            echo "Unexpected error:";
+            var_dump($e->getMessage());
+        }
+    }
 
     // Test non-existent column number
     $meta = $stmt->getColumnMeta(10);
     var_dump($meta);
 }
 
+// When testing with PHP 8.0 the negative test case throws an Error instead of a warning. 
+// Implement a custom warning handler such that with PHP 7.x the warning would be handled 
+// to throw an Error.
+function warningHandler($errno, $errstr) 
+{ 
+    throw new Error($errstr);
+}
+
 function createAndInsertTableUnicode($conn, $tbname)
 {
     try {
@@ -106,13 +126,14 @@ try {
     $db = connect();
     $tbname = "PDO_MainTypes";
     createAndInsertTableUnicode($db, $tbname);
+    set_error_handler("warningHandler", E_WARNING);
     fetchBoth($db, $tbname);
 } catch (PDOException $e) {
     var_dump($e);
     exit;
 }
 ?>
---EXPECTF--
+--EXPECT--
 
 array(8) {
   ["flags"]=>
@@ -256,7 +277,4 @@ array(7) {
   ["precision"]=>
   int(0)
 }
-
-Warning: PDOStatement::getColumnMeta(): SQLSTATE[42P10]: Invalid column reference: column number must be non-negative in %s on line %x
-bool(false)
 bool(false)
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