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PHP 8.1 will go end of life - 31 Dec 2025
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PHP 8.1 will go end of life – 31 Dec 2025

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PHP 8.1 End of Life – Act Now

PHP 8.1 goes end of life on the 31 December 2025. After this date, known security flaws will no longer be fixed, leaving your sites exposed to significant security vulnerabilities.

It is important to update to a newer version of PHP. We recommend upgrading to one of the latest supported versions — all of which include new features and backward-incompatible changes that should be thoroughly tested before deployment in a production environment.

You may need to ask your developers to update your codebase, verify plugin compatibility, and ensure your applications are supported on newer PHP versions.

Supported PHP Versions:

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Not sure which PHP version your server is using?
It might be time for a Server Audit to get a complete view of your infrastructure. We provide a traffic light report that highlights the good, the bad, and the ugly.

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Claire Christmas

PHP 8.0 will go end of life – 26 Nov 2023

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PHP 8.0 goes end of life on the 26 November 2023. Known security flaws will no longer be fixed and sites are exposed to significant security vulnerabilities.

It is important to update them to a newer version. We would recommend updating to either:

  • 8.1 supported until 25 November 2024
  • 8.2 supported until 08 December 2025

This new minor version brings with it a number of new features and a few incompatibilities that should be tested for before switching PHP versions in production environments.

You may need to get your developers to update code, check plug-ins and app versions for supportability:

WordPress is still only showing “beta support” for anything PHP 8.0 or above, as WordPress say:

WordPress is not fully compatible with PHP 8.0 or 8.1. All remaining known PHP 8.1 issues are deprecation notices.

Please note, a deprecation notice is not an error, but rather an indicator of where additional work is needed for compatibility before PHP 9 (i.e. when the notices become fatal errors). With a deprecation notice, the PHP code will continue to work and nothing is broken.

At the time of writing PHP 8.2 for wordpress was still waiting on the dev notes.

Not sure what version your server is on? Maybe it’s time for a Server Audit so you have a full picture of your infrastructure – We produce a traffic light report telling you the good, the bad and the ugly…

Want a hand with your PHP upgrade? Get in touch!

PHP 7.4 EOL
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PHP 7.4 will go end of life on 28 November 2022

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PHP 7.4 goes end of life (EOL) on the 28 November 2022 meaning known security flaws will no longer be fixed and sites are exposed to significant security vulnerabilities.

It is important to update them to a newer version. We would recommend updating to either:

  • 8.0 supported until 26 November 2023
  • 8.1 supported until 25 November 2024

New major PHP versions bring with it a number of new features and some incompatibilities. These should be tested before switching PHP versions in production environments.  You may need to get your developers to update some code, check plug-ins and app versions for the new PHP supportability:

WordPress 5.6 to 5.9 state that they have added “beta support” for PHP 8.0 and 8.1 however no one know when it will be out of beta status. Beta support means that the compatibility of WordPress with PHP is still being tested. We would usually advise not to use it on a production server until it is fully supported by WordPress.

Not sure what version your server is on? Maybe it’s time for a Server Audit so you have a full picture of your infrastructure – We produce a traffic light report telling you the good, the bad and the ugly…

Otherwise want a hand with your PHP upgrade? Get in touch!

PHP EOL
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PHP 7.3 will go end of life on 06 Dec 2021

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PHP 7.3 goes end of life (EOL) on the 6th December 2021 meaning known security flaws will no longer be fixed and sites are exposed to significant security vulnerabilities.

It is important to update them to a newer version. We would recommend updating to either:

  • 7.4 supported until 28 November 2022
  • 8.0 supported until 26 November 2023

As with any upgrade you will want to test your site on the new version before migrating. You may need to get your developers to update some code, check plugins and app versions for the new PHP supportability:

PHP 8 is still very new and untested but a lot of CMS’s are supporting it. WordPress 5.6 has stated that they are “Beta compatible” with PHP 8.0 however there is still a way to go for a number of plugins.

Not sure what version your server is on? Maybe it’s time for a Server Audit so you have a full picture of your infrastructure – We produce a traffic light report telling you the good, the bad and the ugly…

Otherwise want a hand with your PHP upgrade? Get in touch!

PHP 7.2
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PHP 7.2 will go end of life on 30 Nov 2020

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PHP 7.2 goes end of life (EOL) on the 30th November 2020 meaning known security flaws will no longer be fixed and sites are exposed to significant security vulnerabilities.

It is important to update them to a newer version. We would recommend updating to either:

  • 7.3 supported until 06 December 2021
  • 7.4 supported until 28 November 2022

As with any upgrade you will want to test your site on the new version before migrating. You may need to get your developers to update some code, check plugins and app versions for the new PHP supportability:

PHP 8.0.0 is due for general availability launch (GA) target of 26 Nov 2020. An early test version is available now but please DO NOT use this version in production, it is an early test version.

Upgrade from PHP 7.2 before the 30th November 2020.

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PHP 7.2
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PHP 7.1 will go end of life on 1 Dec 2019

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PHP 7.1 goes end of life (EOL) on the 1st December 2019 meaning known security flaws will no longer be fixed and sites are exposed to significant security vulnerabilities.

It is important to update them to a newer version. We would recommend updating to either:

  • 7.2 supported until 30 November 2020
  • 7.3 supported until 6 December 2021

As with any upgrade you will want to test your site on the new version before migrating. You may need to get your developers to update some code, check plugins and app versions for the new PHP supportability.

If you love a pie chart, Jordi Boggiano has provided this great overview of the PHP versions out there.

PHP VersionsUpgrade from PHP 7.1 before the 1st December 2019.

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Jim Carter

PHP 5.6 will go end of life on 31 Dec 2018

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Quick Public Safety Announcement, PHP 5.6 goes end of life (EOL) on the 31 December 2018.  This means that known security flaws will no longer be being fixed so any sites you have running on it will become vulnerable, hence it is important you update them to a newer version.

We recommend updating to the latest stable version (at the time of writing this is PHP 7.2).  As this is a major upgrade you will want to test your site on the new version and may need to get your developers to update some code before moving over.

If you’re unsure if you are affected or want a hand upgrading? Get in touch!

Everyone loves a good graph and Jordi Boggiano has provided this great overview of the PHP versions out there in the wild!

Feature image by See1,Do1,Teach1 licensed CC BY 2.0.

Rob Hooper

PHP 5.5 support will stop on the 10 July 2016

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Quick Public Safety Announcement, PHP 5.5 is end of life (EOL) on the 10 July 2016.

Anything not running PHP version 5.6 or newer exposes your site to significant security vulnerabilities.

We have ensured that all our customers are safe and ready. Unsure if you are affected? Want a hand upgrading? Get in touch!

 

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I am a big fan of graphs, Jordi Boggiano has provided this is a great overview of the PHP versions out there in the wild!

We are very happy to see a big drop in PHP 5.3 and 5.4 since they have long passed end of life and a surprisingly quick rise in the brand new PHP 7.0. 🙂

 

Feature image by See1,Do1,Teach1 licensed CC BY 2.0.