Hi,

What is the compatibility status with PHP 5.6?

I am still running 5.3, so I don't know if it is best to upgrade to 5.4 or 5.6.

Please advise.

Thanks,

Gabriel.

Hi

Php 5.6 is working great with the latest IPB 3.4.7 and it performs faster than the older versions

From the benchmarks i have seen, 5.4 have a big performance improvement over 5.3. 

5.4, 5.5 and 5.6 are almost equal in terms of performance.

5.7 will again have a big performance improvement over 5.6.

 

With that said, you should upgrade as soon as possible to 5.6.

Im using php 5.4 and i will upgrade once 5.7 reaches the stable branch,

They will not release 5.7 as they will jump to 7.0 and yes it will have huge difference in performance related to any php older versions

Talking about 45% improvement !

PHP 5.6 works just fine and is officially supported. 

 

(keep in mind that many third party add on's however can/do cause issues with php 5.6 though) 

Thank you all for the feedback. And yes, my main concern is with a couple of ioncube-encoded hooks that I have... I will give it a try and will ask for help if I stumble on any roadblock.

 

Thank you all for the feedback. And yes, my main concern is with a couple of ioncube-encoded hooks that I have... I will give it a try and will ask for help if I stumble on any roadblock.

​If you are not sure, upgrade instead to php 5.4. The performance is almost the same as 5.6.

Upgrading to a newer php will not fix your problem with 100 load as you post in your other topic....

What you need is optimization and i post some configs that will help you a lot.

@ASTRAPI the reason for the upgrade is to improve overall performance and stay up-to-date, and not to solve the other issue I am discussing on the other topic.

Yes you are right it is good to always be updated as there are some security issues also at php but in general you will get better performance.

It will help about 5%-10%

 

 

@ASTRAPI the reason for the upgrade is to improve overall performance and stay up-to-date, and not to solve the other issue I am discussing on the other topic.

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Gabriel, someone from Invision Staff(i don't remember who) said that even IPS4 is not using any function from 5.5 or 5.6. Althought it will use functions not availably in 5.3.

That means you can upgrade to php 5.4 for compatibility. 5.6 only have a slightly performance improvement over 5.4.

is  PHP 5.6 compatible with 3.4.7 and should I upgrade PHP before or after upgrading?

You can upgrade when you want and its compatible. 

Just check if any extra addons that you may use have incompatibilities with php 5.6...

I use php 5.6 on 5 clients at 3.4.7 without any problems

Just a follow-up: upgraded and had no issues. Thanks!

 

Just a follow-up: upgraded and had no issues. Thanks!

​Did you noticed any difference?

To be honest with you, no.