PHP 7 (vB4)

[Pod]

Right, sorry, looks like the package in ondrej's repository is php-memcache (I was expecting php7.0-memcache).

And yeah, mOo seems to have given up on xcache according to his lasts replies in the group (from a year ago): https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xcache

Will do some testing now that I have everything working.

[webmastersun]

Really like this topic/update and thanks Paul for making vB4 a new level :up:

Originally Posted by Paul M

Well it needs people to actually download and use the Alpha, otherwise any issues are not going to be found.

Of course I am waiting for a new server to test vB4 with PHP 7
I could not test it on my running forum, it can appear errors to visitors which i don't want if that happens.

Originally Posted by Paul M

You belief seems untrue. I have both Memcache & Memcached available to install for php 7.0, and in fact, only Memcache available for 7.1 atm.

Related, I have updated APC in Alpha 3 to use APCu, as that is still supported, while APC is not.

(APCu is basically just the key/data part of APC, as php 7 now uses a different opcode cache).

xCache is also not supported on php 7.

Just want to know about memcached (datastore that vB4 is using), it (memcached) can run with php7? if no, what conditions to run vB4 with memcached on php7?

or do I need to remove datastore memcached when upgraded to php7?

[Paul M]

To run memcached you need a server running memcache.
Pretty obviously really so I'm not sure whats unclear about it.

How you set that server up is down to you, all vb cares about is connecting to it.

Unless you have some specific reason for using it then just switch to APCu.
My test set-up is running the new opcache, and apcu, and running very nicely.

[Paul M]

4.2.5 Beta 1 has been released today.

[Dave]

PHP 7.1 has been released. I just updated PHP on my server to PHP 7.1 and it seems to be running fine and a bit faster. TTFB went down by about 50-100ms.

[Paul M]

There are some issues with 7.1, the full effect of them I'm not sure of yet.

One of them broke the display of sub forums on vB5, its likely to have effects on vB4 and vB3 as well, but very hard to spot in code as its not a syntax change, but a behaviour change in certain circumstances.

[In Omnibus]

Originally Posted by Paul M

There are some issues with 7.1, the full effect of them I'm not sure of yet.

One of them broke the display of sub forums on vB5, its likely to have effects on vB4 and vB3 as well, but very hard to spot in code as its not a syntax change, but a behaviour change in certain circumstances.

Developers have obvious reasons for upgrading test sites to the newest version of PHP.

People with lives sites can avoid a lot of problems by not rushing to upgrade.

[Mark.B]

Originally Posted by In Omnibus

Developers have obvious reasons for upgrading test sites to the newest version of PHP.

People with lives sites can avoid a lot of problems by not rushing to upgrade.

That's good advice for almost everything.

The number of people who upgrade stuff on live sites within minutes of an update coming out, then wonder why stuff breaks, is astonishing.

Just leave it for a bit. The world won't end if you run php 7.0 a bit longer. Or even 5.6.

[Coder2016]

Hi

Where can I please the new version 4.2.5 alpha 2 test or download?

I can not find a downloadlink.

[MarkFL]

Originally Posted by Coder2016

Hi

Where can I please the new version 4.2.5 alpha 2 test or download?

I can not find a downloadlink.

You want to go to the "Members Area" at vbulletin.com, and download vB 4.2.5 Beta 1.