Question regarding PHP versions

[tdennis]

Recently when I upgraded to 2.0.14 I set the PHP version to 5.4 which is what was called for. It caused a problem and I changed it to 5.6 to fix the problem. I noticed I can go as high as PHP version 7.1. Is there any benefit (or danger) in me changing to version 7.1? Do I need to do anything other than change to 7.1?
tdennis

[vbgamer45]

There are huge benefits I wrote an article on it http://www.smfhacks.com/index.php/topic,9403.0.html
No you don't have to change anything once you are on 2.0.14

[Sir Osis of Liver]

If you are running scripts other than SMF on same server, they may have problems with php 7.  5.4 went eol a while ago, it's unsupported.  Currently supported versions are 5.6, 7.0, 7.1.  Using the latest, greatest version is not always a good idea (ref. SMF 2.0.14 ).  I'm running 5.6 (it's native on my host), and will continue to do so until I need something 5.6 doesn't do.

[tdennis]

Sir,
Thanks for the information. I will do the same as you, I usually don't make any changes unless I am forced to in order to correct a problem. My dad was a mechanic, he always said if it isn't broke don't try to "fix" it!
Thanks again,
Dennis

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