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PHP 8.3 Out, 60% Still on End-of-Life PHP7

• bell-cot 3y ago
  In other news - outside of performative consumerism, most people are not spending time & money to replace all the non-PHP things in their lives, whenever those are no longer the latest and greatest.
  • voidbert 3y ago
    Support for PHP7 has been discontinued. It's a matter of security, and performance is a plus. Upgrading systems has its cost, but the cost of data loss or leakage, exploitable through software that will not be patched anymore, will cost you even more.
    • bell-cot 3y ago
      > Support for PHP7 has been discontinued... True. But given how zealous humans are [not] about bothering to patch / update / replace all their non-PHP computer hardware "when security"... Re-skimming the article - yes, it definitely has a very heavy "New and Shiny!" emphasis. The security argument would go far better with: https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-74/product_id-128/PHP-PHP.html https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-74/p... etc...