Talking Drupal #369 - PHP End of Life

Today we are talking about PHP End of Life with Josh Waihi &
Matt Glaman.


For show notes visit:
www.talkingDrupal.com/369
Topics

PHP End of Life (EoL)

Why does PHP go EoL

When will php 8.0 EoL

How are dates scheduled

Who is in charge

How do you prepare as a developer

How do you prepare as a platform

Acquia is supporting for one more year

Pantheon has no forced upgrades

How do you find edge cases

Do you speak with PHP maintainers

What are the changes to be excited about 7 > 8

For D7 this is challenging, any tips?

Resources

https://stitcher.io/blog/new-in-php-8


https://medium.com/jakob-on-drupal/dont-go-making-major-version-changes-474293dda1d7


https://dev.acquia.com/article/how-select-drupal-modules-part-3-evaluation-tips

Guests

Matt Glaman - @nmdmatt
Josh Waihi - @joshwaihi
Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan
John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi
Tearyne Almendariz - @tearyneg
MOTW

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