Can't you just upgrade to the latest debian, or switch to ubuntu? Seriously, migrating a php codebase is the easiest thing you could do. Of course you'd need to

Can't you just upgrade to the latest debian, or switch to ubuntu? Seriously, migrating a php codebase is the easiest thing you could do. Of course you'd need to upgrade your code to php7 that isn't or may have breaking changes but the performance benefits alone are worth it. Maybe you should suggest to management that instead of staying till end of life you stay till one-half end of life, that way you still keep somewhat modern stacks.