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farazch
farazch

Reputation: 21

PHP 5.5.9 support will end by december

I have websites build in PHP version 5.5.9. I read PHP 5.5 support will end by end of December. I want to know what effect will it have on my websites. Will they stop working ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 220

Answers (1)

deceze
deceze

Reputation: 522382

No, your websites will not stop working. PHP 5.5.9 will continue working the same as the day it has been released. There's no remote kill switch or timer built into it that will self-destruct what is currently working.

What end-of-support means is that this version is not longer supported. I.e. if you discover any bugs in it, have any questions about it, or if security problems are found with it, there's nobody "at PHP" that will help you with those issues or write any patches/fixes/security updates for it. It will continue working exactly as it is right now and will never ever be changed or improved.

The biggest concern here is with security patches. If an important security issue is identified in a current version of PHP, it's usually fixed within days or hours and you can install security updates for your PHP installation. This won't happen for unsupported versions, and you're either left to try to work around any security problems yourself, or you'll simply remain vulnerable forever.

Upvotes: 3

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