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Microsoft is Dropping PHP Support From Windows

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday July 14 2020, @10:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the like-a-hot-potato dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:

Microsoft is dropping PHP support from Windows:

PHP 8.0 is due for release in November, but when this major new version appears Windows will not support it.

The company says that bug fixes and security patches will continue to be released for the lifecycles of PHP versions 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4. But when the latest version is released later this year, Microsoft will "not [...] be supporting PHP for Windows in any capacity for version 8.0 and beyond".

[...] No reason has been given for the decision, but it is likely to be down to number of users.

Also At:
Microsoft will not support PHP 8.0 for Windows in 'any capacity'
Microsoft: We're pulling the plug on Windows builds of programming language PHP

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by leon_the_cat on Tuesday July 14 2020, @11:52PM (1 child)

    by leon_the_cat (10052) on Tuesday July 14 2020, @11:52PM (#1021557) Journal

    Or they can just install it themselves.

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  • (Score: 1) by petecox on Wednesday July 15 2020, @12:55AM

    by petecox (3228) on Wednesday July 15 2020, @12:55AM (#1021592)

    That too but MS won't be there to answer any daft questions one might have for software they didn't write, assuming there was ever a critical mass of PHP admins on Windows Server in the first place.