Mario Antunes Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 Our site is currently on 4.7.2.1 I've tried upgrading PHP to 8.0 last September and ran into multiple issues with plugins not working, so reverted back to PHP7.4 and got it working again. But I've missed the 4.7.3 October update and want to install that and not 4.7.4 before I get into another issue with PHP8, most plugins got updated to be ready for PHP8 but not all yet. Is there a way to get the IPS upgrade to 4.7.3 from AdminCP and not do a 4.7.4 right now? The AdminCP wont let me choose between versions, it just want to update to the latest. From ClientArea I can also download just the latest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Calvert Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 IPS does not make old versions available. You will have had to have downloaded 4.7.3 prior to 4.7.4’s release to be able to install it. SeNioR- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 As mentioned above, we do not provide older releases of the platform. You would need to either stay on the release you are using, or update to the latest release. Those are the only 2 options available, unfortunately. SeNioR- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario Antunes Posted November 7, 2022 Author Share Posted November 7, 2022 Understandable to not support older versions, however changing the prerequisite for 4.7.4 to PHP8 demands site owners to upgrade, which some sites (ours included) cannot due to plugin (in-)compatibility. While most plugins are ready for PHP8, some are (still) not. Our site is just one update behind, so I think we will manage. But not having a 4.7.3 version available for download seems counterproductive i.m.o. Why not give site owners the option to at least upgrade to 4.7.3 until all is ready for PHP8? Alexander R. Gruber and SeNioR- 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Calvert Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Because PHP itself does not support PHP7.4. IPS cannot support something they cannot get support for itself, especially with regards to security releases. They will only suggest and support running the latest version. SeNioR- and Jim M 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 12 hours ago, Mario Antunes said: Understandable to not support older versions, however changing the prerequisite for 4.7.4 to PHP8 demands site owners to upgrade, which some sites (ours included) cannot due to plugin (in-)compatibility. While most plugins are ready for PHP8, some are (still) not. Our site is just one update behind, so I think we will manage. But not having a 4.7.3 version available for download seems counterproductive i.m.o. Why not give site owners the option to at least upgrade to 4.7.3 until all is ready for PHP8? We have never done it this way. We have only ever had the latest release available for download, as we do not want for people to be installing versions known to have bugs, and it means people then doing things like adding security flaws to their site intentionally. As mentioned above, in this example, PHP itself is no longer providing security fixes after this month for any PHP 7 version. So for this very reason, we would indeed push PHP 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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