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> the shared hosts (still?) running an ancient version of PHP. Still 80%+ of PHP sites. https://w3techs.com/technologies/details/pl-php/all/all https://w3tech

• adventured 8y ago
  No. That w3tech link is not properly separating out the versions by age. 5.6 isn't an ancient version of PHP for example; 5.1 is. 5.6.36 was released in April 2018; 5.6 was released in 2014. 5.1 was released in 2005 by contrast. There's nothing terribly wrong with running 5.6x if you have a good reason to do so (eg legacy), other than that the performance sucks compared to 7.2. You can dig further into the w3tech numbers here: https://w3techs.com/technologies/details/pl-php/5/all https://w3techs.com/technologies/details/pl-php/5/all Nobody is using 5 or 5.1. The majority of all PHP installations are using more modern versions, either 5.6x or 7.x.
  • JoshMnem 8y ago
    PHP 5.6 is reaching the end of security updates in four months and 80% of PHP sites are still running it (or lower). https://secure.php.net/supported-versions.php https://secure.php.net/supported-versions.php