{"id":6646,"date":"2017-01-30T16:53:16","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T15:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/blog\/?p=6646"},"modified":"2017-02-01T17:33:08","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T16:33:08","slug":"php-7-1-finally-available-migrate-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/blog\/php-7-1-finally-available-migrate-now\/","title":{"rendered":"PHP 7.1 is finally available \u2013 migrate now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, after upgrading to PHP 7.1.0 on the SSH nodes, this version of this server-side web development language has been made available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.combell.com\/nl\/hosting\/php-webhosting\">Combell\u2019s Linux web hosting accounts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>What are the key new features?<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6649\" title=\"PHP 7.1 available on our webhosting\" src=\"https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/blog\/files\/2017\/02\/PHP-7.1-available-on-our-webhosting.jpg\" alt=\"PHP 7.1 available on our webhosting\" width=\"250\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/blog\/files\/2017\/02\/PHP-7.1-available-on-our-webhosting.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/blog\/files\/2017\/02\/PHP-7.1-available-on-our-webhosting-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/blog\/files\/2017\/02\/PHP-7.1-available-on-our-webhosting-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/blog\/files\/2017\/02\/PHP-7.1-available-on-our-webhosting-1024x512.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>The execution time of scripts had already been drastically reduced in version 7.0, but this newer version goes a step further. This version also offers the following features: the ArgumentCountError Exception, Nullable Types, the Iterable Type, Catching Multiple Exception Types and Invalid String Arithmetics. You will find more comprehensive information (including examples of code) in an article published on SitePoint\u2019s PHP blog entitled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sitepoint.com\/whats-new-and-exciting-in-php-7-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What's new and exciting in PHP 7.1?<\/a>\u201d. And on PHP.net, you will find the complete <a href=\"http:\/\/www.php.net\/ChangeLog-7.php#7.1.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">changelog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"cta_button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/hosting\/php-webhosting\">Discover our PHP hosting<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h2>How can you migrate?<\/h2>\n<p>As usual, upgrading to this new version is very easy: you just need to go to your My.combell control panel, where you can choose the new PHP 7.1 version in the \u201cVersion:\u201d drop-down list in the General tab of your PHP settings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6647 size-full\" title=\"How can you migrate to PHP 7.1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/blog\/files\/2017\/02\/How-can-you-migrate-to-PHP-7.1.png\" alt=\"How can you migrate to PHP 7.1\" width=\"507\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/blog\/files\/2017\/02\/How-can-you-migrate-to-PHP-7.1.png 507w, https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/blog\/files\/2017\/02\/How-can-you-migrate-to-PHP-7.1-300x226.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This version includes all the features that PHP 7.0.x already offered, except <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IonCube\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ioncube<\/a>, the add-on that protects your PHP source code against theft and change by compiling to bytecode.<\/p>\n<h2>Something fishy going on?<\/h2>\n<p>Only those who use the Magento e-commerce software should be careful. If you want to have Magento run with your PHP 7.1 code, we advise you not to use Magento 1. With Magento 2, issues have been reported with the mcrypt extension. <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/magento\/magento2\/issues\/5880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magento is aware of such issues<\/a> and mcrypt should therefore no longer be supported in version 2.2 or even 2.1.2. Those who cannot wait for the release of this new version will find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cadence-labs.com\/2016\/09\/magento-2-php-7-1-fix-function-mcyrpt_module_open-deprecated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a workaround in this article published on Cadence-Labs.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find out more about the various features and benefits of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.combell.com\/nl\/hosting\/php-webhosting\">Combell\u2019s PHP web hosting<\/a>, such as pages or web stores that load 20 times faster thanks to our SSD hosting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"cta_button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/hosting\/php-webhosting\">Discover our PHP hosting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, after upgrading to PHP 7.1.0 on the SSH nodes, this version of this server-side web development language has been made available on Combell\u2019s Linux web hosting accounts. 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