Major update, awesome. /s
As someone who manages a network of 250+ WordPress websites - these PHP updates are killing me! As soon as I'm done helping clients upgrade/fix their incompatible themes/plugins and custom code, a new version is out! Even with great tools, the process for about 10% of my network is a nightmare.
While I appreciate the work, it's not very satisfying and for many clients very frustrating to pay for something they know nothing about, just to "keep the lights on".
How do you deal with Nginx/Apache updates given they release more frequently than PHP?
You can always host at a managed hosting provider who will take care of this for you.
I don't. We just finished upgrades from 7.4 to 8.0. PHP 8 was release November 26, 2020 - two years ago!
> How do you deal with Nginx/Apache updates given they release more frequently than PHP?
My managed host deals with that.
> You can always host at a managed hosting provider who will take care of this for you.
I have a "managed" host and none of them will make your code compatible. It requires a software engineer and lots of unglamorous work.
This.
The PHP developers are trying to turn PHP into a decent, fairly modern language. This has involved quite a lot of breaking changes in the last few years, and upgrading website code just so it works with the latest version (i.e. no actual improvements) isn't appealing work.