Updating PHP 8.1?

phiw13

I have updated my apps to PHP 8.1 nearly as soon as Opalstack (on opal2.opalstack.com - CGI/FastCGI) made it available in the panel. The up-to-date version was then PHP 8.1.1.

I wonder if it is possible to up date to a more recentish version (the current/most recent released build is 8.1.9) ?

Related issue, I seem to remember that, earlier this year, there was some talk about moving to PHP-FMP instead of CGI/FastCGI. But nothing seem to have happen since ?

sean

phiw13 I wonder if it is possible to up date to a more recentish version (the current/most recent released build is 8.1.9) ?

If you need to run a version of PHP other than those that Opalstack provides then you can build that from source in your home directory and run it via a private backend Nginx (or Apache) server. Instructions for this are available at: HOWTO run a custom PHP build on Opalstack

phiw13 Related issue, I seem to remember that, earlier this year, there was some talk about moving to PHP-FMP instead of CGI/FastCGI. But nothing seem to have happen since ?

That rollout is still in progress. All VPS are now using PHP-FPM instead of PHP-CGI, as are opal1 and opal13-15 shared servers. The remaining shared servers will be updated in the coming weeks. Once the change has been deployed to all servers we'll then update the UI and documentation to update all of the references to PHP-CGI.

anjanesh

Recent build version for 8.1 is 8.1.8 there's no 8.1.9 as of now.

phiw13

sean

[…] you can build that from source in your home director […]

OK… will investigate. I don’t have a really pressing need for a specific version, I was more wondering

…Does Opalstack not try to maintain the installed packages up-to-date?

[…] The remaining shared servers will be updated in the coming weeks […]

I am on opal2. Kinda looking forward to this.

Thanks for the feedback.

anjanesh

Correct… that was a typo, sorry about the confusion.

sean

phiw13 Does Opalstack not try to maintain the installed packages up-to-date?

We use vendor-provided packages, and we update them when the vendor releases new packages.