• Friday, January 22, 2021

Changelog - 22 January 2021: PHP 8

New Feature: PHP 8.0.1

  • PHP 8.0.1 is now available on all Nginx servers (Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 LTS), and all OpenLiteSpeed servers (Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04 LTS) 
  • PHP 8 is available when creating a new web application and also through the web application settings for existing web apps.
  • PHP 8 option is available on PHP-CLI Version under the server menu. 
  • PHP 8 vendor binary option is available on Cron Job and Supervisor menu. 
  • PHP 7.4 is still the recommended version for production use in ISHCloud and becomes the default option.
  • It is recommended to test it on a staging environment first before enabling it on your production application. Certain PHP modules are still not officially compatible with PHP 8. 
  • Kindly use PHP 8 with caution and contact your developer in case there are issues on the application side. Please note that our support is limited to technical issues on the panel side only.
  • For WordPress users, PHP 8 is beta compatible with WordPress 5.6 and above. Some WordPress themes/plugins may not be fully compatible with PHP 8.  

New Update: PHP 7.4.14

  • PHP 7.4.14 is now available on all Nginx servers (Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 LTS), and all OpenLiteSpeed servers (Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04 LTS) 
  • PHP 7.4.14 release contains many bug fixes for the PHP 7.4 version 

If you get any warning alert after 72hrs, please contact our support for the manual update.