[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by ShikiSuen

There may be an alternative approach if one doesn't want to mess up with PHP upgrades.

The latest dotnet core (available on macOS, Windows, and Linux) accepts PHP as one of its development language.
https://www.codingame.com/playground...s-on--net-core

I have faith that this badass won't complain about deprecated PHP 5 expressions.

Thank you for removing that. I wouldn't run the version you have, the files on nulled sites are usually corrupted with malware or in the least a back-door script "no good deed goes unpunished" and by that I mean, they're not releasing those versions just to be 100% nice, you'll be the one punished by running a compromised forum. 100% free is just not how those sites operate when it comes to giving free software "away" which is actually illegal and to be quite frank that was rather stupid no matter how you justified it - there is no nice way for me to sugar coat or word that differently please this one time in your life, head a warning and know better next time.