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I think we need a LTS (long term support) version of PHP. One of the great things about it was the non-breaking upgrades for so many years. I mean no version

I think we need a LTS (long term support) version of PHP. One of the great things about it was the non-breaking upgrades for so many years. I mean no version of php7 is supported? https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php I know the web needs constant maintenance, but I wish it wasn't so much. PHP has been pretty good about not breaking changes, but I've noticed a few.. PHP is my goto. Its pretty great. It enabled a startup I was part of to get off the ground.

nerdbert 4y ago
Distributions like Debian maintain their own LTS versions of PHP for many more years than the PHP people themselves, backporting applicable security fixes as necessary.
- trog 4y ago
  I run a lot of WP sites on Debian for exactly this reason. Every now and then there's a feature that's unavailable though because someone's written something (usually in a plugin) for a bleeding edge version of PHP. I think official LTS for PHP would still help, if only to drive a few of the larger developers to target those versions to ensure maximum ease of deployment and maintenance.