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I think we need a LTS (long term support) version of PHP. One of the great things about it was the non-breaking upgrades for so many years. I mean no version of php7 is supported?

https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php

I know the web needs constant maintenance, but I wish it wasn't so much. PHP has been pretty good about not breaking changes, but I've noticed a few..

PHP is my goto. Its pretty great. It enabled a startup I was part of to get off the ground.

>>acomje+(OP)
Distributions like Debian maintain their own LTS versions of PHP for many more years than the PHP people themselves, backporting applicable security fixes as necessary.

>>nerdbe+dr
I run a lot of WP sites on Debian for exactly this reason. Every now and then there's a feature that's unavailable though because someone's written something (usually in a plugin) for a bleeding edge version of PHP.

I think official LTS for PHP would still help, if only to drive a few of the larger developers to target those versions to ensure maximum ease of deployment and maintenance.