php forced update from 5.6 to 7.2

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not sure what this means exactly, but got an email from dreamhost stating they're going to start updating domains this month
hopefully i have time to test this out locally before it happens on the public server

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damn, we were on version 5.6 all the time?
thats amazing!!!!

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lol i hope godaddy doesnt do that anytime soon cuz the s3xmoditmania arena is also on php5..

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i don't think that that would break anything, would it?

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it will if the site uses anything in php5 that's deprecated (and removed) in php7 (which is not unlikely)

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any of the old mysql stuff for example is completely nonfunctional in php7

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oh dear, i hope a lot of code doesn't have to be rewritten :o

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i think i had to upgrade all the mysql stuff for the 5.6 upgrade already, but not totally sure i won't have to again
looks like the exception handler will need updating
https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration70.php
also some tests on foreach uses
otherwise should be ok
i have time tomorrow to get it up and running locally on 7

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remember to pool together your resources of your friends and discord peeps if you are feeling overwhelmed.

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php5 => php7 is kinda rough, good luck

iirc the mysql stuff for php7 is different and requires a major upgrade (lots of deprecated/obsolete functions, etc.)

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on a good note, battleofthebits.com will consume way less system resources afterwards. it will also be more memory efficient. i have no idea how these things impacts the website however since it's managed hosting(?)

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with any luck, it means our neighbors on the shared host will be more efficient too! <3

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WOW DOES TEH SITE FEEL FASTER TO YOU TOO?!?!?

we're on that PHP 7.3 now

fuck 7.2 thats so few months ago or whenever that was whatever

some interesting syntactical updates, but otherwise ok to do

115510

wow lol the site loaded immediately
hopefully that was the trick

115555

installing cocaine

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the site loaded before i even hit ENTER

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speaking of php forsed updates, I believe nesdev just got efected by it as well. colors layout got borked.

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complain to whoaman about it