In my opinion it isn't worth the trouble or risk of having any apps
breaking until next year when PHP 7.4 is planned to stop getting security
updates.
Performance of the site doesn't seem to be a problem so I don't think there
will be many benefits based on the lite reading I've done so far.
On Wed, Apr 7, 2021, 12:30 PM Jonathan Blake <jonathan.blake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Question for anyone maintaining a PHP app projectaon.org. Our web host
has PHP 8.0 available. I haven't checked how compatible the primary apps
are (PmWiki, phpBB, WordPress, etc), but is there any reason to switch now?
Jon
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Subject: PHP 8.0 now available at DreamHost!
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2021 17:31:59 -0600
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Faster sites with PHP 8.0!
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*Faster sites with PHP 8.0!*
Hi Jonathan,
We’re pleased to announce that PHP 8.0 - the latest release of the PHP
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PHP powers many popular web apps (like WordPress!) and it’s hard to
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