Gabriel Torres Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASTRAPI Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Hi Php 5.6 is working great with the latest IPB 3.4.7 and it performs faster than the older versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevengeFNF Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 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, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASTRAPI Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 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 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhett Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Torres Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevengeFNF Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASTRAPI Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Torres Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 @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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASTRAPI Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 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% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevengeFNF Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 @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.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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean West Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 is PHP 5.6 compatible with 3.4.7 and should I upgrade PHP before or after upgrading? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevengeFNF Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 You can upgrade when you want and its compatible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASTRAPI Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Torres Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 Just a follow-up: upgraded and had no issues. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevengeFNF Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Just a follow-up: upgraded and had no issues. Thanks!Did you noticed any difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Torres Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 To be honest with you, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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