Change in service: PHP 7.4 End of Life

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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Tuesday February 28, 2023
      6:00 pm
  • Location: Atlanta, GA
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Summary Sentence: On Feb 2, 6PM: all sites still running on PHP 7.4 will be mass-upgraded to PHP 8.0.

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What is happening?

PHP 7.4 is reaching End of Life this November.
 
To avoid conflicts with the Drupal 7 migration efforts happening in parallel on campus, OIT Web Hosting will be ending support for PHP 7.4 on Plesk Hosting on Feb 28, 2023.
 
All sites will be required to be on PHP 8.0 or higher by the end of February 2023.
 
As part of our annual PHP End of Life process, we will be making the following changes:
  1. On Feb 2, 6PM: all sites still running on PHP 7.4 will be mass-upgraded to PHP 8.0.
  2. On Feb 28, 6PM: PHP 7.4 will be completely removed from the servers.
We will also be sending regular, monthly reminders on these changes.

 

Who is affected?

If you are a site owner with site(s) on Plesk Hosting using PHP 7.4, you are affected by this change.
 

What do you need to do?

PHP 8.0 represents a new major version, with some big changes from PHP 7.4. We strongly recommend upgrading your site(s) to PHP 8.0+ to test for issues before the mass upgrade on Feb 2.
 
If your site encounters issues on PHP 8.0+, you will be able to downgrade back to PHP 7.4 up until PHP 7.4 is fully removed from the servers on Feb 28.


What if you have questions?

Common questions:

 

For owners of Drupal 7 sites:

Drupal 7 is no longer supported by campus, and many Drupal 7 modules are not compatible with PHP 8.0+.
 
Plan on migrating away from Drupal 7 now: learn more about whether Drupal 9+ will be the right CMS for your site, and explore the Sites@GeorgiaTech service as an alternative hosting option for sites.

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Status
  • Created By: Jeffrey Lowe
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Jan 4, 2023 - 11:02am
  • Last Updated: Jan 4, 2023 - 11:02am