PHP upgrade question

CyberGene

I’m going to switch my forum from PHP 8.1 to 8.2. I’m on SiteGround and that means selecting the correct version in their site tools UI, as well as switching my bash command aliases from php81 to php82 (including composer).

Do I have to execute something else? Like delete a folder and recompile through a php/composer command?

rob006

CyberGene Do I have to execute something else? Like delete a folder and recompile through a php/composer command?

No, but you probably should upgrade to Flarum 1.7.0 before PHP upgrade - PHP 8.2 was not officially supported before Flarum 1.7.0. Clearing cache would be a good idea too.

CyberGene

rob006 Clearing cache would be a good idea too.

Yes, that was needed because without it many elements on the screen came up with their internal (non-localized?) names. Other than that it went smooth.

xiahuan710

You can install two versions of PHP and switch the PHP version in your Web Server. There is no need to do more operations, 8.1 and 8.2 are completely compatible.

Wellwisher

Check out Luceos answer, it's what I used to update my PHP to v8+:

https://discuss.flarum.org/d/31968-staff-diary-v17-cycle/5