Feedback: PHP version requirements

[thelovelyone]

Very well, my host (hosting 24) supports php 7.0.


http://image.prntscr.com/image/650e63bb0...81c21f.png

[Anand]

It's perfectly fine to have PHP 7.0 in major version. By the time of release many more webhosts will support PHP 7.0 and they should!

[alv4]

i'm on Hawkhost and they support PHP 7.0 (it shows exact the same thing that this picture
https://community.mybb.com/thread-195675...pid1237368

[Juliens1208]

Currently in Skylium (free and paid) provide support for PHP 7.0

[dragonexpert]

I'm also in favor of 7.0. If MyBB 1.8 series was written for it, I'd be writing plugins in PHP 7. Having to do a lot of extra code to ensure arguments are the right type is tedious. Currently I'm on 7.0.10 with Siteground as my provider.

[platbodemforum.nl]

PHP 7 is not a problem on Hostinger, it is supported. However, I can not change the MySQL and nginx versions.

[Lunorian]

The whole thing with PHP7 is that if you are serious about wanting to run a website you should be willing to manage your own web server. I run the latest "LTS" version of Ubuntu on my Cloud Server for my site and it's a self-managed nginx+php7+mysql setup. I can change whatever I want since it's a server dedicated to my site (screwing something up on it doesn't affect anyone else). I think it wouldn't be a bad idea for the MyBB Group to provide basic instructions (maybe a Wiki, or page of links) on setting up VPS Servers to run MyBB to avoid the whole issue with shared web hosting :/

[andrewjs18]

The whole thing with PHP7 is that if you are serious about wanting to run a website you should be willing to manage your own web server. I run the latest "LTS" version of Ubuntu on my Cloud Server for my site and it's a self-managed nginx+php7+mysql setup. I can change whatever I want since it's a server dedicated to my site (screwing something up on it doesn't affect anyone else). I think it wouldn't be a bad idea for the MyBB Group to provide basic instructions (maybe a Wiki, or page of links) on setting up VPS Servers to run MyBB to avoid the whole issue with shared web hosting :/

that would be a lot of information to maintain about setting up and maintaining a VPS. I think people should rely on their hosts for that type of information, personally.

[Euan T]

One of the things I'd like to do for 2.0 is provide an official Docker container image to get a 2.0 install online quickly and easily that way, and possibly an Ubuntu snap, like Nextcloud do (and which I'm actually using and works extremely well):

[User 2877]

If you're going to have everything rewritten then going with php 7 requirement is probably a smart idea. Especially if MyBB 2.0 is 18+ months from release.