Why are you running an EOL version of PHP?

[rdn]

My server is now prepared for XF 2.2.14 or 2.3.0

 

[dethfire]

I have some critical addons that are breaking in 8

 

[Jake B.]

2 months ago from Friday PHP 8.0 became end of life and is no longer receiving security updates, and XenForo still doesn't have a version released that officially supports / recommends PHP 8.1 or 8.2, let alone 8.3?

 

[Suzanne O]

Because the pages won't load on latest recommended level of 8.2
I tried.

 

[bzcomputers]

Because the pages won't load on latest recommended level of 8.2
I tried.

Likely an add-on issue. Try disabling all add-ons and recheck. Re-enable the add-ons one-by-one to find the ones that are incompatible with 8.2. Also check your error logs.

Lots of people running 8.2 without issue on XF 2.13 through 2.15.

 

[Suzanne O]

Likely an add-on issue. Try disabling all add-ons and recheck. Re-enable the add-ons one-by-one to find the ones that are incompatible with 8.2. Also check your error logs.

Lots of people running 8.2 without issue on XF 2.13 through 2.15.

No add ons.
It's mostlikely something my host company has done.
I'll fix it up in the morning

 

[Suzanne O]

Fixed it. Now am running 8.2.15.

 

[Wing]

Fixed it. Now am running 8.2.15.

How is it so far?

 

[Suzanne O]

How is it so far?

Ok.
When you do this, make sure that in your CPanel's php app that you have lots of boxes ticked that match your version's requirements.
Otherwise it chucks a wobbly at you and your users

 

[dethfire]

I don't hardly see any difference in performance between 7.4 and 8.3 from these benchmarks:

PHP Benchmarks - What PHP Version is the fastest?

Compare PHP benchmark results to see what version of PHP is the fastest. We run benchmarks every week on all PHP versions to see which one is the fastest.

onlinephp.io

 

[bzcomputers]

I don't hardly see any difference in performance between 7.4 and 8.3 from these benchmarks:

PHP Benchmarks - What PHP Version is the fastest?

Compare PHP benchmark results to see what version of PHP is the fastest. We run benchmarks every week on all PHP versions to see which one is the fastest.

onlinephp.io

Real-World tests against software seem to show/say different. There is even significant improvement from 8.1 to 8.3, like 50% boost in req/sec on multiple platforms.

PHP Benchmarks: Real-World Speed Tests for Versions 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3

An in-depth look at performance benchmarks for various PHP frameworks to see how different PHP versions stack up against each other.

kinsta.com

 

[dethfire]

ok I finally made the jump to 8.1

 

[Chris D]

We recommend PHP 8.2

 

[Forsaken]

 

[Mendalla]

I updated to 8.2 last weekend along with upgrading XF to 2.2.15. My shared hosting doesn't have 8.3 yet so I'll be sitting there until the next time they do updates (which doesn't matter as long as 8.2 is the recommended version).

 

[Suzanne O]

I updated to 8.2 last weekend along with upgrading XF to 2.2.15. My shared hosting doesn't have 8.3 yet so I'll be sitting there until the next time they do updates (which doesn't matter as long as 8.2 is the recommended version).

Updated last week. Just had to make sure that everything matches otherwise it chucks a huge wobbly at you and your members.

 

[Wing]

Is there anything that really needs to be taken into consideration before attempting to update to 8.3? Or is this generally a pretty smooth process?

 

[bzcomputers]

Is there anything that really needs to be taken into consideration before attempting to update to 8.3? Or is this generally a pretty smooth process?

XenForo 2.2.15 = officially supported from PHP 7.0 up to PHP 8.2.x
XenForo 2.3 (when released) = officially supported from PHP 7.2.5 up to PHP 8.3.x

If you are running any third party add-ons you will have to check with the add-on author.

 

[Andy.N]

You will get lot of warnings on the ACP when you upgrade to 8.3