Supported PHP versions

Adam

Hi all!

Currently Enhance supports PHP versions 5.6 to 8.1. We plan to support all new PHP versions as soon as they are released as stable.

We are also investigating the possibility of supporting versions earlier than 5.6. This is technically more difficult as the libraries on which PHP depends are much older. Also these PHP versions have been EOL for a long time.

My question is how many of guys still have customers who require PHP < 5.6 that you want to move to Enhance?

AdamM

I personally only need from version 7.4 upwards

kyzoeadmin

Personally only use 7.4+

ppmathis

I do not have any personal need for versions below 7.4 either, but I assume that some might still need PHP5.6 for some legacy applications. Obviously not recommended though as said release is EoL since almost 4 years already.

Going even further back than 5.6 is IMHO a waste of time, as I would suppose that the number of users still requiring such a setup are very very low, especially given that PHP 5.5 is already end-of-life since more than 6 years ago as mentioned in the first post too.

JRaitamaa

I don't see any need for PHP < 5.6. However I'm grateful for Enhance supporting 5.6, as still have clients whose website require it.

mike

No need for php less than 5.6. Customers should be moved to 7.4 at least.

necrom

The handful of customers we have needing PHP versions older than 5.6 are also highly likely to need custom PHP modules and so best placed on a custom non-enhanced service. >=5.6 for us.

John-P

Totally agree with pretty much everyone else above, I don't see any need at all to support versions lower than 5.6, and even 5.6 itself is questionable in a lot of cases.

As a side note, it would be really nice if there was an option in the package settings to restrict the PHP versions that the client can use in that package.

Aliysa_Enhance

John-P I'm going to add this as a separate feature request so we can track popularity 🙂 https://community.enhance.com/d/20-supported-php-versions-on-a-per-package-level

Adrien

7.4 +

manu

7.4 + only (or newer), It is a security nightmare to manage unsupported versions of PHP

ss88us

Actually, this is a very difficult decision. Anyone responding with 7.x+; you do know PHP 7.x is EOL and no longer supported.

manu 7.4 + only (or newer), It is a security nightmare to manage unsupported versions of PHP

I agree this poses a security risk having older PHP versions installed. Older versions of PHP is now anything below 8.0.

@Adam could there be (or would there be) any possibility of the server admin installing older versions somehow? PHP 5.6 might be out of date, but I still have clients on this version who refuse to upgrade, but I also use PHP 5.6 for testing purposes for software releases too because of this single fact:

20%~ is on PHP 5.x - reference: https://w3techs.com/technologies/details/pl-php that's a large number.

prasad0889

7.4 or higher is fine for almost all users, 5.6 support should be okay, as some people still keep using older applications and do not update for ages.

DracoBlue

It doesn't make sense... I would make the lowest version 7.4 or 7.3 why support such old software.

josedieguez

7.3 or 7.4 as the minimum is enough.

it's very uncommon to need older php versiones (there are cases, but not frequently)

Zoinkies

I’d we had CMS/patching and hardening older PHP versions are often patched