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Microsoft is Dropping PHP Support From Windows

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday July 14 2020, @10:49PM   
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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Original Submission

• This does NOT mean that nobody will support it (Score: 5, Informative) by beernutz on Wednesday July 15 2020, @03:10AM

  by beernutz (4365) on Wednesday July 15 2020, @03:10AM (#1021683)

  From BleepingComputer:

  For some possibly missing context, Microsoft runs https://windows.php.net [php.net] and produces all the official builds of PHP for Windows.
  If you run `php.exe`, or `mod_php7.dll` or whatever the websapi versions are actually called, then you either use Microsoft's own builds of PHP or you're compiling it yourself.

  This message means Microsoft aren't going to produce official builds for PHP 8 onwards.

  This message does NOT mean that nobody will.

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