By Konstantin Boyandin on

Hello,

A month and a day ago PHP developers released PHP 5.4.

PHP version compatibility was mentioned many times. An example of a post: php 5.3 & 6.19: A Call to Certify 6.x Modules as php 5.3 Compatible.

Drupal 6.x and 7.x cores are currently PHP 5.3 compatible. Certain 6.x modules are not yet. And we will soon face the same question of PHP 5.4 etc compatibility.

I suppose yet another tag "PHP version compatibility" could be quite useful (talking of modules and themes); as soon as older PHP versions meet their end of life milestones.

The question is, whom to contact and where to offer including PHP version compatibility records, so that the check could be mostly automated?

I would suggest using PHP group to discuss this subject, but any other suggestions are very welcome.

Thanks.

⋅ Categories: Drupal 6.x, Drupal 7.x

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vm’s picture

vm commented

a webmasters issue in the issue queue is how changes to drupal.org are typically discussed and changes made based on concensus.

iantresman’s picture

iantresman commented

I would like to see all modules with an icon showing known (or unknown) PHP version compatibility.

  • PHP <5.2 incompatible
  • PHP 5.3 Compatible
  • PHP 5.4 Untested

This is very important in order to determine whether a server can be PHP upgraded.

I guess it should also show mySQL compatibility too.

kappaluppa’s picture

kappaluppa commented

I'm being contacted by clients regarding php5.4 compatibility with Drupal 6 core. Is there any info about this available? Are some versions compatible, and others not?
Thanks,
K

vm’s picture

vm commented

with as close to being sunset as D6 is, I wouldn't expect PHP 5.4 compatibility across the board with contrib.