XF 1.4 Support for PHP 5.6.0?

[Floren]

PHP 5.6.0 is due to be released in a week. @Mike, @Kier, are there any constraints with XenForo?
I plan to upgrade to PHP 5.6.0 as soon is released.

 

[Gene Steinberg]

Just a casual question: Unless you want to be on the bleeding edge, why upgrade right away? I waited for PHP 5.5.x and MySQL 5.6.x and even Apache 2.4.x a bit before I jumped. So the server remains stable.

 

[Floren]

Hi Gene,

Ya, the casual question. I always upgrade to latest version, I build my own RPM's.. in fact I upgrade a lot of software, some being not even available elsewhere, in order to improve the server performance and stability. IMO, it is a misconception thinking that running older software makes your environment more stable.

Looking forward to hear from developers if there are any conflicts with with PHP 5.6.0, which provides many improvements.

 

[Lexy]

Most hosting still running PHP 5.3 long way to upgrade to 5.6 https://community.centminmod.com/threads/php-5-7-almost-2x-times-faster-than-php-5-6.888/

 

[thedude]

Looking forward to upgrading to 5.6 as well. In for answers from the developers...

 

[HWS]

We also like to upgrade to 5.6 as soon as possible.

 

[Mike]

There are no known issues with PHP 5.6 in the latest versions of XF. (The BC breaks in 5.6 are generally fairly small, though there are some.)

 

[Floren]

I upgraded to PHP 5.6.0, we are running on XenForo 1.3.1 without any issues.

 

[Lexy]

I upgraded to PHP 5.6.0, we are running on XenForo 1.3.1 without any issues.

what MYSQL version run??Appache??

 

[Floren]

@Lexy, Nginx 1.7.4 and MariaDB 10.0.13.

 

[Mike]

I upgraded to PHP 5.6.0, we are running on XenForo 1.3.1 without any issues.

I should clarify that my comment related specifically to the most recent version. There is an issue in 1.3.1. See the first change here: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/xenforo-1-3-4-released.78372/ I don't necessarily know the full extent of it, though it does interfere with email address validation.

 

[Floren]

Thanks @Mike, I was looking at the server logs and so far nothing crazy spitted during user registration, email notification, etc. @MattW does have an issue on XenForo 1.4.0 with bouncing emails, he will report the bug.

 

[Jattitude]

I upgraded to PHP 5.6.0, we are running on XenForo 1.3.1 without any issues.

Did you have to tweak anything ? Works out of the box?

I run on php 5.5.15 and would like to try out the newer version.

 

[Floren]

@Jattitude, I just installed the AXIVO rpms and used the previous igbinary/memcached.ini settings. No issues.
@MattW can comment more on the 1.4.0 issues he encountered, I'm running 1.3.1 on live site.

 

[MattW]

@Jattitude, I just installed the AXIVO rpms and used the previous igbinary/memcached.ini settings. No issues.
@MattW can comment more on the 1.4.0 issues he encountered, I'm running 1.3.1 on live site.

The issues were down to my own setup and ipv6

 

[Lexy]

migrating from 5.4.3 to 5.6 it is safe, do i must backup my files before do that???

 

[Sheratan]

migrating from 5.4.3 to 5.6 it is safe, do i must backup my files before do that???

you mean php 5.4.3 to php 5.6?

you dont need to backup your xenforo files, but I suggest you to backup your php.ini

 

[Lexy]

PHP 5.6 it is stable version?

 

[rdn]

PHP 5.6 it is stable version?

Yes.