Do you know what I hate? Technology warnings that I do not understand. Specifically from my blog host, with the headline above.
<em>Your website… is currently running PHP version 7.2. Updates for this PHP version are no longer issued by the PHP project. In practice, this means that any bugs or security vulnerabilities discovered in your PHP installation will not be fixed and that your website is potentially vulnerable to several known security threats.
On June 2, 2021, we’ll be making an attempt to upgrade your site’s version of PHP to v7.4.
We’re constantly working on making improvements that we hope will reduce or eliminate any upgrade-related complications. We plan to upgrade your site and run a series of automated tests immediately afterward to ensure your website is working as intended.
If it passes all of our tests, it will stay on PHP v7.4 but you will want to inspect it yourself right away because our tests can’t catch everything. If this happens you can change PHP back easily from the panel.
If it fails, we’ll automatically revert your site back to PHP v7.2 and notify you.
We want to stress the importance of getting PHP upgraded as soon as possible. We’ve made the upgrade procedure a quick and simple process, but we understand that you may also need to update your site’s code for it to be compatible with newer versions of PHP.</em>
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So I’m asking you that if you see something weird on this site on June 2/3, please me know what they are because I might not see them.
It’s LIKELY that it’ll all be fine. But being a pessimist, particularly when it comes to things largely out of my control…
BTW, PHP is “a popular general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited to web development. Fast, flexible and pragmatic, PHP powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world.”
