PHP 7

[mavieth]

Is PHP 7 necessary? Some plugins do not work well with this version. What would be the best way to change which PHP version is installed?

Thanks!

[Foxaii]

You can see what changes were made to incorporate PHP 7 by looking at the commit 1c8cea3.

Reverting the commit may be enough to reinstate PHP 5.6 (ymmv) but it's not something we're able to support.

If the troublesome plugins are just spitting out errors, @retlehs's post about removing deprecated notices is worth a read.

The only other thing I would suggest, wherever possible, is opening issues (good) or PRs (better) to help bring the plugins up-to-date.

[telemakhos]

@Foxaii or @swalkinshaw Because of some plugins and themes I need to run on PHP V5.6 before the maintainers include full PHP7 support...

If I install the repo at the previous commit before PHP 5.6 removal (this one).. do you think that bedrock will work without major issues?

[retlehs]

it'll work fine. also see https://roots.io/disable-php-7-deprecated-notices-from-wordpress-plugins/