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Moving to php7 would allow those web hosts to host more customers on the same machine, as php7 is faster with a lower memory footprint. Everyone would be better
by Joeri 9y ago
Moving to php7 would allow those web hosts to host more customers on the same machine, as php7 is faster with a lower memory footprint. Everyone would be better off, even the cheap web hosts.
- smacktoward 9y agoI don't disagree that PHP 7 is much better in this regard than 5 is, and most clueful hosts have picked up on this and made the move. The problem is that there are a lot of less-than-clueful web hosts out there. And if you're less than clueful, the economic rationale for the upgrade probably looks less compelling to you than the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" rationale for staying with 5 does. (Not to mention that staying with 5 means you don't have to do anything, and less-than-cluefulness and laziness often hang out together.)