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0 pointsjosefresco3y ago0 comments

> Why do you feel compelled to update to every point release?

I don't. We just finished upgrades from 7.4 to 8.0. PHP 8 was release November 26, 2020 - two years ago!

> How do you deal with Nginx/Apache updates given they release more frequently than PHP?

My managed host deals with that.

> You can always host at a managed hosting provider who will take care of this for you.

I have a "managed" host and none of them will make your code compatible. It requires a software engineer and lots of unglamorous work.

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denton-scratch3y ago

> and lots of unglamorous work.

This.

The PHP developers are trying to turn PHP into a decent, fairly modern language. This has involved quite a lot of breaking changes in the last few years, and upgrading website code just so it works with the latest version (i.e. no actual improvements) isn't appealing work.

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