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Re: php-7.4.33-x86_64-3_slack15.0

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On Mon, 29 Dec 2025 20:27:40 +0000, Tom Crane wrote:

> This is the current version of php on Slackware 15.0 but according to
> https://www.php.net/eol.php , version 7.4 went EOL 3 years ago.
> 
> My Central IT dept. security team flagged this up.  Could anyone comment
> on its maintenance status?
> 
> I notice that php 8.0, 8.1 & 8.2 are in the extra repository/directory
> although 8.0 is already EOL
> (https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php).
> 
> Slackware-current has php-8.4.
> 
> Thanks Tom Crane

8.2 should receive security updates for 12 more months if you install it, 
it runs fine but read the  changes 7-8 8.0-8.2, some things relating to 
security have changed and wont throw errors so you might think your safe 
but not, phpinfo output will also leed you to false sense of security 
because its output values make you think they're honored,  for example, 
setting php admin value in apache vhosts for say disable_functions no 
longer works, you can only set it globally in php.ini thats been the case 
since 8.0 due to ordering in the code, although it is being looked at for 
mod_php its very low priority and changes AFAIK have not made it into the 
recently released 8.5, its not the only thing that no longer works, but 
if you use open_basedir that does still work :)

as for eol 3 years ago, yes, it was eol when Pat released 15.0 whoch he 
promised we wouldnt wait another 5 years for a release, so I suppose he's 
getting closer, in Feb it'll be 4 years since release, but then 
technically he has 13 months for it to be "before 5 years"  /sigh/

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php-7.4.33-x86_64-3_slack15.0 Tom Crane <Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]> - 2025-12-29 20:27 +0000
  Re: php-7.4.33-x86_64-3_slack15.0 noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-12-30 10:46 +1000
    Re: php-7.4.33-x86_64-3_slack15.0 Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2025-12-30 06:31 +0000
      Re: php-7.4.33-x86_64-3_slack15.0 noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2026-01-01 22:47 +1000
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