PHP 8
We are preparing to roll out PHP 8 to our platform. Here is a list with lots of numbers and dots.
Run down
As usual: This platform update will affect all Apps (Uni and Pro). The expected downtime for App web delivery is up to 20 minutes, we aim for a few minutes. We will run the updates sequentially, App after App. Pro Apps on production plans are planned to have near-to-zero downtime.
For the deployment services (Git, SSH and SFTP) we expect a maximum downtime of around 30 minutes. Also the updates will run sequentially, so the individual per App down-time likely will be less.
Please keep an eye on our status page where we are going to post intermediate updates.
Date and time
US region
On Wednesday, 24th of February 2021 the maintenance window starts at
10:30 AM - Berlin
09:30 AM - UTC
04:30 AM - NYC
01:30 AM - SF
Europe region
On Thursday, 25th of February 2021 the maintenance window starts at
19:00 PM - Berlin
18:00 PM - UTC
Client facing changes
When both regions are rolled out, clients will be able to select the PHP 8 runtime for all their Apps. PHP 8 will become default for new Apps as well. Please mind that we will also drop support for PHP 7.2 with this update. Here is the complete list of client facing changes:
PHP versions
- PHP80 (8.0.2) - changelog
- PHP74 (7.4.4) > 7.4.15 - changelog
- PHP73 (7.3.16) > 7.3.27 - changelog
- PHP72 (7.2.29) > DROPPED
Main services
- Apache httpd (2.4.43) > 2.4.46 - changelog
PHP Extensions
Installed from pecl
- apcu (5.1.18) > 5.1.19 - changelog
- igbinary (3.1.2) > 3.2.1 - changelog
- mongodb (1.7.4) > 1.9.0 - changelog
- oauth (2.0.5) > 2.0.7 - changelog
- redis (5.2.1) > 5.3.3 - changelog
- yaml (2.0.4) > 2.2.1 - changelog
Custom built extensions
- geoip (1.1.1) - with php8 patch applied - changelog
- gnupg (1.4.0) > 1.5.0-rc1 - changelog
- imagick (3.4.4) > 448c1cd0 - changelog
- ImageMagick library (7.0.10-1) > 7.0.10-62 - changelog
- memcached (3.1.5) - release notes
- libmemcached (1.0.18) - with 2 patches applied - changelog
- phalcon (3.4.5) - release notes - We are slowly phasing out support for phalcon and it is not included with php 7.4 or 8.0 on fortrabbit.
- ssh2 (1.2) > 93265d71b - changelog
3rd party extensions
- blackfire php probe (1.31.0) > 1.49.1 - list of current versions
- blackfire agent (1.32.0) > 1.46.0 - changelog
- newrelic php probe (9.6.1.256) > 9.16.0.295 - release notes
- newrelic agent (9.6.1.256) > 9.16.0.295 - release notes