ZC v154 php 7

[buildingblocks]

Hi

We have a zen cart 154 running fine on php 5.6.30. The host has given notice that they are removing this version php and moving to php 7. The 154 cart doesn't work correctly with php 7....paypal breaks. Are there any patches or fixes that would make it play nice with php7 without going through a full upgrade?

Is there a serious problem with php 5.6.30 to cause a host to remove it as an option? I see other hosts allowing to choose between several php versions.

[DrByte]

The official way to get compatible with PHP 7 is to upgrade to at least v1.5.5e

PHP 7 does run much faster than PHP 5.x

PHP 5.6 is no longer supported by the PHP Developers: http://php.net/supported-versions.php (just security updates for a few months)

[buildingblocks]

The official way to get compatible with PHP 7 is to upgrade to at least v1.5.5e

PHP 7 does run much faster than PHP 5.x

PHP 5.6 is no longer supported by the PHP Developers: http://php.net/supported-versions.php (just security updates for a few months)

oh I see. Thanks, that's not good news for the shop owner because it was upgraded to 154 not all that long ago....maybe a 1.5 yr or so ago. Well, better go break it to them.

[terraGirl]

Security Updates for PHP 5.6 will be available until 31 Dec 2018, so it's safe to use. PHP have extended this to give developers more time to adapt.

From a hosting perspective, it's really simple these days to offer older PHP versions.

There are 2 ways to do so:

(1) CloudLinux offers a PHP version switch with their own hardened PHP versions (security fixes are backported) https://www.cloudlinux.com/hardenedphp

(2) cPanel now offer MultiPHP in Easy Apache 4 https://blog.cpanel.com/5-reasons-yo...-easyapache-4/

I'm using cPanel MultiPHP on our servers now, a) because it's much easier to in cPanel for end users and b) CloudLinux have advised that they will stop developing their own plugin once cPanel achieves feature parity, so long term the cPanel MultiPHP is the preferred method.

PHP 7.x is much better, but if you need to keep using PHP 5.6 then it's a safe choice. I'm surprised that your host forces PHP 7.0 now, if I did this, half the sites we host would break, not just ZC.

Best regards, Edith

[buildingblocks]

thanks much for the info Edith. I'm surprised the host would do this too. It puts an undo expense burden on the site owner.