[BlueOnyx:25546] Re: AlmaLinux 9 - BlueOnyx 5211R development

[Ernie]

I am curious,
why does BX admserv use the system php, instead of it's own stable php
version tucked away in a safe place so where people want to fiddle with the
php version, it doesn't break the GUI?

- Ernie.



> Hi Ernie,
> 
> > in the meantime, can you relase a version of 5210R with php 8.0 which is now
> > a standard stream in Almalinux 8.6?
> > 
> > I tested that the stream was available on a fresh install of Almalinux 8.6
> > and it was.
> > 
> > I had to do a:
> > 
> >   yum module reset php:7.2
> > 
> > then
> >   yum module install php:8.0
> > 
> > and it worked..
> > 
> > (Don't try that on BX it may break big time)
> 
> 
> Oh dear. That might indeed break things in the GUI! So I *really* do not 
> recommend it and I do have NO plans to release 5210R with anything other 
> than the OS supplied PHP-7.2. At least not for the foreseeable future.
> 
> Of course you can install other PHP version from AppStream on an 
> AlmaLinux 8 or RockyLinux 8. But like said: The BlueOnyx GUI on 5210R 
> itself is only tested with PHP-7.2.
> 
> Due to the GUI development on AlmaLinux 9 for 5211R I know for certain 
> that the CodeIgniter that 5210R uses does not play nice with PHP-8.1 or 
> PHP-8.0. The whole cryptology layer (MCrypt - we use it extensively in 
> the GUI) goes down the drain and there are deprecations and broken stuff 
> in other areas as well. There are other third party components included 
> in the GUI (phpMyAdmin, phpSysinfo) that are also present in versions on 
> 5210R that are not ready for anything but the PHP that 5210R shipped with.
> 
> That is why the GUI on 5211R is (or will be when done) overhauled or in 
> large parts a rewrite in some fundamental areas.
> 
> I can't stress this enough: If you need more modern PHP in 5210R: Get 
> the PHP from the shop. That gives you access to all PHP versions from 
> PHP-5.6.40 all the way up to the latest PHP-8.1 and soon PHP-8.2 once it 
> leaves beta. And you can install *all* of these PHP packages at the same 
> time. Vsites can be configured to use each and any of these PHP packages 
> to make sure all your Vsites run with the exact PHP version they need. 
> And this can be changed at any time.
> 
> Likewise: For Shell usage and cronjobs these PHP PKGs also play nice and 
> you can easily set up scripts and cronjobs that make use of the 
> individual PHP versions as you see fit.
> 
> There isn't a good reason to upgrade the PHP that the OS itself uses and 
> it also risks breaking the GUI big time.
> 
> 
> -- 
> With best regards
> 
> Michael Stauber
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