PHP version running on Concrete 8.3.1

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I have just upgraded Concrete5 to the current version which is 8.3.1. The Cpanel shows that it runs on PHP 5.6.1.

I have another Moodle application version 3.3.2 (runs on PHP 5.6.1) which can be upgraded to Moodle Version 3.4.2. whihc requires PHP Version 7 and above.

Would Concrete5 Version 8.3.1 (which currently runs on PHP 5.6.1) be able to function with PHP version 7?

I would appreciate advise on the above.

Thanks.
Lee

 
CMSDeveloper replied on at Permalink Best Answer Reply
CMSDeveloper
Hello,

For Concrete5 v8.x version php v7.x is recommended

More here:
https://documentation.concrete5.org/developers/installation/system-r...

Version 8 system requirements
We recommend PHP 7.2 or whatever is latest (PHP 5.5.9 is the minimum)
The following PHP extensions:
MySQL (with PDO extensions)
DOM
SimpleXML
iconv
GD Library with Freetype
Fileinfo
Mbstring
CURL
Mcrypt
ZipArchive (For automatic updates and community functionality)
PHP Safe Mode Off
PHP Memory Limit at least 64 MB (more might be required for the processing and handling of large image files.)
MySQL 5.1.5 or Higher, or MariaDB
MySQL InnoDB Table Support

Maybe best to upgrade concrete5 to the latest version 8.3.2 also!
linuxoid replied on at Permalink Reply
linuxoid
I have constant errors about cached files not found if I visit setting pages in the control panel, regardless of C5 version from 8.0+. As soon as I switch to PHP-5.6, all problems disappear. So depending on your server configuration, you might experience same caching errors with PHP-7*