Available PHP versions

upspringaaron

Looks like this is still an issue... 🙁 8.4 and 8.3 are 2 releases behind, including a security release.

ecknz

upspringaaron It will always be an issue if not using LSPHP due to being behind appcd,
Just have good/strict security methods in place or use LS or OLS.

Kosta

8.5 php?

JohnB

Running the absolute latest PHP version isn't usually advisable with Wordpress.

upspringaaron

ecknz I did try Litespeed for a bit, but it seemed like I was going to have to re-learn WordPress performance tuning from scratch, so I went back to Apache.

But to confirm, what you're saying is: if I am able to make that switch to LS/OLS, I won't be stuck waiting on the ECP team for for php releases?

ecknz

I'm not an expert with LS/OLS yet and just use the standard settings, but they run newer versions of PHP which are not relying on the Enhance team to update them from what I have seen.

Currently using another platform for production sites until there are some improvements to the quality of updates being rolled out.

ecknz

There have been 2 more lots of PHP updates released this week and still yet to see any in Enhance for the last few months.
Finally decided to move migrated everything away from Enhance to another panel. Good luck everyone.

Not sure if I'll cancel the license at the old pricing or just continue to pay for it and in 2027 catchall email, maintained packages and other improvements will be released.

No doubt the thread will get locked, like the other two.

gmakhs

ecknz Well at least they dont delete them, i wouldn't trust enhance to keep up with maintenance - security updates at this point, it seems like their roadmap in managed in a very unorganized way

Andrei

ecknz What panel did you choose?

MarkNLD

ecknz

I noticed that Enhance updated to PHP 8.4.10 on July 21st, which was indeed three days after your reply. For context, PHP 8.4.10 was officially released on July 3rd, meaning there was an 18-day gap before Enhance implemented it.

Looking at the update pattern, it appears Enhance is updating PHP approximately every other month. This raises an important question: what would be the optimal update frequency for PHP releases?

Should Enhance aim to:

Update with every PHP release (which could mean monthly updates)?
Maintain the current bi-monthly schedule?
Or perhaps follow a different approach based on the type of release (security vs. feature updates)?

What update cadence would you recommend?

ecknz

Andrei Moved platform to ARM64 LEMP stack.
No restricted updates to security patches now eg PHP, need to run secure environments for PCI compliance.

Waiting months for security improvements is not acceptable for me running ecommerce sites, but maybe perfect for someone else that does not have strict requirements.

ecknz

MarkNLD I don't use Enhance anymore and just replying to notifications. the current PHP I run is 8.4.12 which was released near the end of August I think as it was updated around 4th September

There is no point in recommending what Enhance should aim to do, unfortunately as Adam stated in another thread about an upvote feature 6 hours ago " currently our development priorities are dictated by our largest partners" https://community.enhance.com/d/3083-add-an-upvote-based-feature-voting-to-the-upcoming-page

cPFence

MarkNLD This raises an important question: what would be the optimal update frequency for PHP releases?

Monthly is best. Every 1-2 months is still tolerable, since in real-world setups dedicated shared hosting servers can run for months without a reboot, so updates won’t always apply right away even if they’re pushed promptly.

What matters way more is keeping the actual software- WordPress, plugins, themes, or whatever CMS/app you’re running - updated. That’s the step most folks skip.

JohnB

cPFence Exactly this. People are getting hung up on PHP updates when the reality a PHP patch update can usually wait a month or two or more with no realworld risk.

If an update is to address a zero day vulnerability I am SURE Enhance would get that released quickly as they have in the past.