Sometimes it is nice to have new features and develop something new with all the bells and whistles but when a website or application is working just fine as it is but the PHP version behind it falls out of support by the vendor, it is frustrating to spend hours going thru the code only to update it for compatibility.
A lot of SMBs and individuals need to work on their business, sales and a bunch of other necessary things. They do not necessarily have the time to spend on rewriting working code to stay supported and on the other hand, quality hosts do not want to fall out of support and get hacked because they still run an old version of PHP that has security flaws. Here is (as of March 21st 2024) the supported versions of PHP. (ref.: https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php)
That doesn’t leave you with much choice heh? So what can you do about it? Well there is an existing solution for you. It will give you a lot more time to enjoy your working code (I mean years) while still being covered for PHP vulnerabilities on unsupported versions by the vendor.
AdocSys is partnering with CloudLinux to provide you Hardened PHP. At the time of writing this article, AdocSys supports PHP 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 8.0 on top of the vendor supported 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3. These PHP versions are continuously verified and patched for security issues to keep you and your application code covered while you take the time to review if it adds any value to rewrite your code or move to another solution.
More importantly, this solution is included in all of our hosting plans. No need to buy an addon or pay any extra. If the PHP version you need is not already enabled, just request it and we’ll enable it right away for free. We hope this lifted a weight off your shoulders.
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