Hi,
I'm happy to announce that PHP 7.2 webservices are available in
Toolforge for beta testing. PHP 7.2 brings in 3 years of improvements
since 5.6 (released back in 2014), including new features and
performance improvements.
How to try it out:
$ webservice stop; webservice --backend=kubernetes php7.2 start
If you need to run something on the command line for setup, like
composer, you'll need to enter the shell instance:
$ webservice --backend=kubernetes php7.2 shell
While most code should just work, not all will. You should read the
upstream migration guides[1] for help on porting your code. Some PHP
extensions have been removed, notably `mysql` (use `mysqli` or PDO instead).
Beta period notes:
* I'm not going to be on hand to monitor your tool 24/7 (this is a free
time project for me too).
* Expect bugs, don't switch tools over that need to be up 100% of the time.
* #wikimedia-cloud on freenode is a great place to ask for help!
* If you do find bugs, please file subtasks of [2] or comment there (I
can file separate tasks if necessary).
* Documentation on-wiki is probably out of date. I'll work on that soon.
* If everything goes well, I plan to declare 7.2 out of beta and stable
in about 2-3 weeks.
Technical details:
* You can see installed PHP 7.2 extensions/configuration with the
phpinfo tool.[3]
* PHP 7.2 is running on top of Debian Stretch, which will pull in newer
versions of many system libraries.
** Notably lighttpd 1.4.45 (vs 1.4.35 previously).
And, thank you to all the people who have already helped with testing
and finding issues during the alpha period.
[1]
https://secure.php.net/manual/en/migration72.php
[2]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T188318
[3]
https://tools.wmflabs.org/phpinfo/
-- Legoktm