Developer Area/PHP8

Known issues in the Mahara codebase regarding PHP8 compatibility

Information about popular open source operating systems and their support/compatibility with PHP 8.

Ubuntu: PHP 8 is supported by all currently supported versions

Ubuntu release	22.04	21.10	21.04	20.10	20.04	18.04
End of life	LTS standard support: April 2027 End of life: April 2032	July 2022	Jan 2022	July 2021	LTS standard support: April 2025 End of life: April 2030	LTS standard support: April 2023 End of life: April 2028
Native PHP version	8.1	8	7.4.9	?	?	7.2

Sources
https://php.watch/articles/php-8.0-installation-update-guide-debian-ubuntu
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-server-21-04

Debian: PHP 8 is supported by all currently supported versions

Debian release	11	10	9	8
End of life	June 2026	LTS June 2024	June 2022	June 2020
Native PHP version	7.4	7.3	7.0	5.6

Sources
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases#Current_Releases.2FRepositories
https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#idm120

CentOS

CentOS release	Stream 8	Linux 8	Linux 7
Can PHP 8 be installed?	Yes	Yes	Yes
Native PHP version	7.2/3/4	7.2/3/4	5.4
End of life	May 2024	Dec 2021	Full: Aug 2020 Maintenance: June 2024

Sources
https://wiki.centos.org/About/Product
https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-install-php-8-on-centos-linux/

Red Hat

RHEL release	8	7	6
Can PHP 8 be installed?	Yes	Yes	?
Native PHP version	7.4	7	5.6
End of life	Full: May 2021 Maintenance: May 2029 ELSE: TBD	Full: Aug 2019 Maintenance: June 2024 ELS: June 2026	Full: May 2016 Maintenance: Nov 2020 ELSE: June 2024

Sources
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8-beta/html/8.5_release_notes/new-features#enhancement_dynamic-programming-languages-web-and-database-servers
https://www.tecmint.com/install-php-8-on-centos/

openSuse

openSuse release	Tumbleweed	Leap 15.3
Can PHP 8 be installed?	Official php8 package available	Community packages available
Native PHP version	?	7.4.6
End of life	Rolling release	Nov 2022

Sources
PHP8 for Tumbleweed: https://software.opensuse.org/package/php8
https://get.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/