On Sunday 11 February 2018 12:12:29 Christoph M. Becker wrote: > On 11.02.2018 at 15:53, John Iliffe wrote: > > So, can some knowledgeable person give a succinct definition of why > > one would run a specific version? It boggles the mind that there > > would be that many versions maintained if there isn't some > > significant difference between them. > > Versions which have reached GA (i.e. PHP x.y.0) usually receive only > bugfixes. New features and internal improvements are typically only > committed to pre GA releases, so each new major or minor PHP version > brings enhancements (see the migration guides in the appendix of the PHP > manual[1] for details), while new revisions have only bugfixes. > > Normally, you'll want to run the latest stable PHP version, unless you > have reasons not to, for instance, because your distro/provider does not > yet support it, your codebase is not yet compatible, or you're hitting a > bug (in which case you should report it at <https://bugs.php.net/>). > > [1] <http://www.php.net/manual/en/appendices.php> Thanks. That explains it well. Obviously I should move to PHP 7.1 as soon as possible, after full testing of course. John -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
