PHP PHP 7.4.0 GA Stable Release coming soon

Yup PHP 7.4.0 GA stable release is due in around 24hrs time according to PHP: todo:php74. Technically, PHP 7.4.0 is already released here in their Github repo. But their official php.net announcement isn't ready yet. Just make sure your PHP web apps are compatible with PHP 7.4 before upgrading. Reminder if you find Centmin Mod LEMP stack useful, please support Centmin Mod in keeping the project alive, Ways you can support Centmin Mod.

PHP 7.4 Benchmarks

PHP comparison benchmarks are out for PHP 7.4.0 vs 7.3.12 vs 7.2.25 vs 7.1.33 vs 7.0.33 https://community.centminmod.com/th...-4-vs-7-3-vs-7-2-vs-7-1-vs-7-0-php-fpm.18741/

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PHP 7.4 Information

• Official PHP 7.4 Bug Tracker
• Official PHP 7.4 Migration Guide
• What’s New in PHP 7.4 (Features, Deprecations, Speed)
• What’s new in PHP 7.4? Top 10 features that you need to know
  
• WordPress and PHP 7.4
• First Look at PHP 7.4 for WordPress Developers
• PHP 7.4 Upgrade Notes from Github repo
• REMI's list of PHP 7.4 compatible PHP extensions

Centmin Mod PHP 7.4.0 Support

Centmin Mod 123.09beta01 and newer has already had PHP 7.4 support since early PHP 7.4 alpha/betas/release candidate versions.

Example running centmin.sh menu option 5 and entering PHP version = 7.4.0 at prompt to update.

First ensure latest local Centmin Mod 123.09beta01 code is updated via cmupdate command. Example output.

Code (Text):

cmupdate
No local changes to save
remote: Enumerating objects: 9, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (9/9), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (6/6), done.
remote: Total 9 (delta 4), reused 4 (delta 3), pack-reused 0
Unpacking objects: 100% (9/9), done.
From https://github.com/centminmod/centminmod
   fae171b..6c4f66b  123.09beta01 -> origin/123.09beta01
Updating fae171b..6c4f66b
Fast-forward
 centmin.sh             | 2 +-
 inc/php_upgrade.inc    | 4 ++--
 inc/phpng_download.inc | 6 +++---
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Run centmin.sh menu option 5 and when prompted enter PHP version = 7.4.0. I usually answer no to YUM update checks as it isn't needed and saves time.

Code (Text):

--------------------------------------------------------
     Centmin Mod Menu 123.09beta01 centminmod.com
--------------------------------------------------------
1).  Centmin Install
2).  Add Nginx vhost domain
3).  NSD setup domain name DNS
4).  Nginx Upgrade / Downgrade
5).  PHP Upgrade / Downgrade
6).  XCache Re-install
7).  APC Cache Re-install
8).  XCache Install
9).  APC Cache Install
10). Memcached Server Re-install
11). MariaDB MySQL Upgrade & Management
12). Zend OpCache Install/Re-install
13). Install/Reinstall Redis PHP Extension
14). SELinux disable
15). Install/Reinstall ImagicK PHP Extension
16). Change SSHD Port Number
17). Multi-thread compression: zstd,pigz,pbzip2,lbzip2
18). Suhosin PHP Extension install
19). Install FFMPEG and FFMPEG PHP Extension
20). NSD Install/Re-Install
21). Data Transfer (TBA)
22). Add Wordpress Nginx vhost + Cache Plugin
23). Update Centmin Mod Code Base
24). Exit
--------------------------------------------------------
Enter option [ 1 - 24 ] 5
--------------------------------------------------------

Code (Text):

Do you want to run YUM install checks ?  [y/n]
This will increase your upgrade duration time wise.
Check the change log centminmod.com/changelog.html
to see if any Nginx or PHP related new additions
which require checking YUM prequisites are met.
If no new additions made, you can skip the
YUM install check to speed up upgrade time.
 [y/n]: n

PHP Upgrade/Downgrade - Would you like to continue? [y/n] y
----------------------------------------------------------------
Install which version of PHP? (version i.e. 5.6.40, 7.0.33, NGDEBUG)
PHP 7.x/7.1.x/7.2.x/7.3.x is GA Stable but still may have broken PHP extensions.
NGDEBUG is PHP 8.0 dev builds minus incompatible PHP extensions
----------------------------------------------------------------
Current PHP Version: 7.4.0RC6
Enter PHP Version number you want to upgrade/downgrade to: 7.4.0
Do you still want to continue? [y/n] y

----------------------------------------------------------------
existing php.ini will be backed up at /usr/local/lib/php.ini-oldversion_271119-112407
----------------------------------------------------------------

Code (Text):

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Detected PHP 7.4 branch.
You can compile Zend OPcache (Zend Optimizer Plus+) support
as an alternative to using APC Cache or Xcache cache.
But Zend OPcache only provides PHP opcode cache and
DOESN'T do data caching, so if your web apps such as Wordpress,
Drupal or vBulletin require data caching to APC or Xcache,
it won't work with Zend OPcache.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Do you want to use Zend OPcache [y/n] ? y
*************************************************
* Zend Optimizer Plus OPcache configured
*************************************************
PHP 7+ detected which uses newer mysqlnd
or PDO MySQL extensions and removed the
legacy mysql extension. You can optionally
re-add the removed legacy mysql extension
to PHP 7+ by answering yes to next question
Only answer yes if you know for sure you
have very old web scripts which need mysql
legacy extension re-added. Otherwise answer
no which is recommended for best stability
Re-add legacy mysql extension to PHP 7+ [y/n] ? n

At end of PHP upgrade run, you'll return to centmin.sh menu. But prior to that, the last output will be php-config output displaying PHP version and other configuration if like below:

Code (Text):

Usage: /usr/local/bin/php-config [OPTION]
Options:
  --prefix            [/usr/local]
  --includes          [-I/usr/local/include/php -I/usr/local/include/php/main -I/usr/local/include/php/TSRM -I/usr/local/include/php/Zend -I/usr/local/include/php/ext -I/usr/local/include/php/ext/date/lib]
  --ldflags           [ -L/usr/local/lib64]
  --libs              [-lcrypt  -lc-client  -ltidy -largon2 -lresolv -lcrypt -lncurses -laspell -lpspell -lrt -lldap -llber -lstdc++ -lcrypt -lpam -lgmp -lbz2 -lrt -lm -ldl  -lsystemd -lxml2 -lgssapi_krb5 -lkrb5 -lk5crypto -lcom_err -lssl -lcrypto -lsqlite3 -lz -lcurl -lxml2 -lenchant -lgmodule-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lffi -lssl -lcrypto -lz -lpng15 -lwebp -ljpeg -lXpm -lX11 -lfreetype -lgssapi_krb5 -lkrb5 -lk5crypto -lcom_err -lssl -lcrypto -licuio -licui18n -licuuc -licudata -lonig -lsqlite3 -ledit -ltinfo -lxml2 -lnetsnmp -lssl -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lxml2 -lsodium -lcrypt -largon2 -lxml2 -lxml2 -lxml2 -lxml2 -lxslt -lm -lxml2 -lexslt -lxslt -lm -lgcrypt -ldl -lgpg-error -lxml2 -lzip -lssl -lcrypto -lcrypt ]
  --extension-dir     [/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20190902]
  --include-dir       [/usr/local/include/php]
  --man-dir           [/usr/local/php/man]
  --php-binary        [/usr/local/bin/php]
  --php-sapis         [ cli embed fpm phpdbg cgi]
  --ini-path          [/usr/local/lib]
  --ini-dir           [/etc/centminmod/php.d]
  --configure-options [--enable-fpm --enable-opcache --enable-intl --enable-pcntl --with-mcrypt --with-snmp --enable-embed=shared --with-mhash --with-zlib --with-gettext --enable-exif --with-zip --with-libzip --with-bz2 --enable-soap --enable-sockets --enable-sysvmsg --enable-sysvsem --enable-sysvshm --with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock --with-curl --enable-gd --with-xmlrpc --enable-bcmath --enable-calendar --enable-ftp --enable-gd-native-ttf --with-freetype --with-jpeg --with-png-dir=/usr --with-xpm --with-webp --with-t1lib=/usr --enable-shmop --with-pear --enable-mbstring --with-openssl --with-mysql=mysqlnd --with-libdir=lib64 --with-mysqli=mysqlnd --enable-pdo --with-pdo-sqlite --with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd --enable-inline-optimization --with-imap --with-imap-ssl --with-kerberos --with-readline --with-libedit --with-gmp --with-pspell --with-tidy --with-enchant --with-fpm-user=nginx --with-fpm-group=nginx --with-ldap --with-ldap-sasl --with-password-argon2=/usr/local --with-sodium=/usr/local --with-config-file-scan-dir=/etc/centminmod/php.d --with-fpm-systemd --with-ffi --with-xsl LIBSODIUM_CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LIBSODIUM_LIBS=-L/usr/local/lib64 -lsodium LIBZIP_CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LIBZIP_LIBS=-L/usr/local/lib64 -lzip]
  --version           [7.4.0]
  --vernum            [70400]
***************************************************
* PHP compiled with CPU_MARCH=haswell
* PHP upgraded and auto reinstalled PHP extensions
***************************************************

Exit centmin.sh menu via option 24 and then you can verify PHP 7.4.0 install via commands below

Code (Text):

php -v
PHP 7.4.0 (cli) (built: Nov 27 2019 17:39:33) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.4.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v7.4.0, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

Your php ini settings files where you can use /etc/centminmod/php.d/preload.ini for your PHP 7.4's newly added Zend Opcache Preload supported settings.

Code (Text):

php --ini
Configuration File (php.ini) Path: /usr/local/lib
Loaded Configuration File:         /usr/local/lib/php.ini
Scan for additional .ini files in: /etc/centminmod/php.d
Additional .ini files parsed:      /etc/centminmod/php.d/a_customphp.ini,
/etc/centminmod/php.d/curlcainfo.ini,
/etc/centminmod/php.d/geoip.ini,
/etc/centminmod/php.d/igbinary.ini,
/etc/centminmod/php.d/imagick.ini,
/etc/centminmod/php.d/mailparse.ini,
/etc/centminmod/php.d/maxminddb.ini,
/etc/centminmod/php.d/mcrypt.ini,
/etc/centminmod/php.d/memcache.ini,
/etc/centminmod/php.d/memcached.ini,
/etc/centminmod/php.d/preload.ini,
/etc/centminmod/php.d/redis.ini,
/etc/centminmod/php.d/timezonedb.ini,
/etc/centminmod/php.d/zendopcache.ini

PHP Argon2 and sodium support

Code (Text):

php -r 'print_r(get_defined_constants());' | grep -i argon
    [PASSWORD_ARGON2I] => argon2i
    [PASSWORD_ARGON2ID] => argon2id
    [PASSWORD_ARGON2_DEFAULT_MEMORY_COST] => 65536
    [PASSWORD_ARGON2_DEFAULT_TIME_COST] => 4
    [PASSWORD_ARGON2_DEFAULT_THREADS] => 1
    [PASSWORD_ARGON2_PROVIDER] => standard
    [SODIUM_CRYPTO_PWHASH_ALG_ARGON2I13] => 1
    [SODIUM_CRYPTO_PWHASH_ALG_ARGON2ID13] => 2
    [SODIUM_CRYPTO_PWHASH_STRPREFIX] => $argon2id$

Code (Text):

php --ri sodium
sodium
sodium support => enabled
libsodium headers version => 1.0.18
libsodium library version => 1.0.18

On CentOS 7 builds PHP-FPM is built with systemd stats support so can use command shortcut = fpmstats

Code (Text):

fpmstats
Processes active: 0, idle: 20, Requests: 5, slow: 0, Traffic: 0req/sec
pool:                 www
process manager:      static
start time:           27/Nov/2019:17:41:40 +0000
start since:          2622
accepted conn:        7
listen queue:         0
max listen queue:     0
listen queue len:     65535
idle processes:       19
active processes:     1
total processes:      20
max active processes: 2
max children reached: 0
slow requests:        0

Other PHP extensions

memcache

Code (Text):

php --ri memcache
memcache
memcache support => enabled
Version => 4.0.4
Revision => $Revision$
Directive => Local Value => Master Value
memcache.allow_failover => 1 => 1
memcache.max_failover_attempts => 20 => 20
memcache.default_port => 11211 => 11211
memcache.chunk_size => 32768 => 32768
memcache.protocol => ascii => ascii
memcache.hash_strategy => consistent => consistent
memcache.hash_function => crc32 => crc32
memcache.redundancy => 1 => 1
memcache.session_redundancy => 2 => 2
memcache.compress_threshold => 20000 => 20000
memcache.lock_timeout => 15 => 15
memcache.session_prefix_host_key => 0 => 0
memcache.session_prefix_host_key_remove_www => 1 => 1
memcache.session_prefix_host_key_remove_subdomain => 0 => 0
memcache.session_prefix_static_key => no value => no value
memcache.session_save_path => no value => no value
memcache.prefix_host_key => 0 => 0
memcache.prefix_host_key_remove_www => 1 => 1
memcache.prefix_host_key_remove_subdomain => 0 => 0
memcache.prefix_static_key => no value => no value

memcached

Code (Text):

php --ri memcached
memcached
memcached support => enabled
Version => 3.1.4
libmemcached version => 1.0.16
SASL support => yes
Session support => yes
igbinary support => no
json support => yes
msgpack support => no
Directive => Local Value => Master Value
memcached.sess_locking => On => On
memcached.sess_lock_wait_min => 150 => 150
memcached.sess_lock_wait_max => 150 => 150
memcached.sess_lock_retries => 5 => 5
memcached.sess_lock_expire => 0 => 0
memcached.sess_binary_protocol => Off => Off
memcached.sess_consistent_hash => Off => Off
memcached.sess_consistent_hash_type => ketama => ketama
memcached.sess_number_of_replicas => 0 => 0
memcached.sess_randomize_replica_read => Off => Off
memcached.sess_remove_failed_servers => Off => Off
memcached.sess_server_failure_limit => 0 => 0
memcached.sess_connect_timeout => 3000 => 3000
memcached.sess_sasl_username => no value => no value
memcached.sess_sasl_password => no value => no value
memcached.sess_persistent => Off => Off
memcached.sess_prefix => memc.sess.key. => memc.sess.key.
memcached.sess_lock_wait => not set => not set
memcached.sess_lock_max_wait => not set => not set
memcached.compression_type => fastlz => fastlz
memcached.compression_factor => 1.3 => 1.3
memcached.compression_threshold => 2000 => 2000
memcached.serializer => php => php
memcached.store_retry_count => 2 => 2
memcached.default_consistent_hash => Off => Off
memcached.default_binary_protocol => Off => Off
memcached.default_connect_timeout => 0 => 0

redis

Code (Text):

php --ri redis
redis
Redis Support => enabled
Redis Version => 5.1.1
Available serializers => php, json, igbinary
Available compression => zstd
Directive => Local Value => Master Value
redis.arrays.algorithm => no value => no value
redis.arrays.auth => no value => no value
redis.arrays.autorehash => 0 => 0
redis.arrays.connecttimeout => 0 => 0
redis.arrays.distributor => no value => no value
redis.arrays.functions => no value => no value
redis.arrays.hosts => no value => no value
redis.arrays.index => 0 => 0
redis.arrays.lazyconnect => 0 => 0
redis.arrays.names => no value => no value
redis.arrays.pconnect => 0 => 0
redis.arrays.previous => no value => no value
redis.arrays.readtimeout => 0 => 0
redis.arrays.retryinterval => 0 => 0
redis.arrays.consistent => 0 => 0
redis.clusters.cache_slots => 0 => 0
redis.clusters.auth => no value => no value
redis.clusters.persistent => 0 => 0
redis.clusters.read_timeout => 0 => 0
redis.clusters.seeds => no value => no value
redis.clusters.timeout => 0 => 0
redis.pconnect.pooling_enabled => 1 => 1
redis.pconnect.connection_limit => 0 => 0
redis.session.locking_enabled => 0 => 0
redis.session.lock_expire => 0 => 0
redis.session.lock_retries => 10 => 10
redis.session.lock_wait_time => 2000 => 2000

zip

Code (Text):

php --ri zip
zip
Zip => enabled
Zip version => 1.15.5
Libzip headers version => 1.5.2
Libzip library version => 1.5.2

imagick

Code (Text):

php --ri imagick

imagick

imagick module => enabled
imagick module version => 3.4.4
imagick classes => Imagick, ImagickDraw, ImagickPixel, ImagickPixelIterator, ImagickKernel
Imagick compiled with ImageMagick version => ImageMagick 6.9.10-75 Q16 x86_64 2019-11-27 https://imagemagick.org
Imagick using ImageMagick library version => ImageMagick 6.9.10-75 Q16 x86_64 2019-11-27 https://imagemagick.org
ImageMagick copyright => © 1999-2019 ImageMagick Studio LLC
ImageMagick release date => 2019-11-27
ImageMagick number of supported formats:  => 241
ImageMagick supported formats => 3FR, 3G2, 3GP, AAI, AI, ART, ARW, AVI, AVS, BGR, BGRA, BGRO, BIE, BMP, BMP2, BMP3, BRF, CAL, CALS, CANVAS, CAPTION, CIN, CIP, CLIP, CMYK, CMYKA, CR2, CR3, CRW, CUR, CUT, DATA, DCM, DCR, DCX, DDS, DFONT, DNG, DOT, DPX, DXT1, DXT5, EPDF, EPI, EPS, EPS2, EPS3, EPSF, EPSI, EPT, EPT2, EPT3, ERF, EXR, FAX, FILE, FITS, FRACTAL, FTP, FTS, G3, G4, GIF, GIF87, GRADIENT, GRAY, GRAYA, GROUP4, GV, H, HALD, HDR, HISTOGRAM, HRZ, HTM, HTML, HTTP, HTTPS, ICB, ICO, ICON, IIQ, INFO, INLINE, IPL, ISOBRL, ISOBRL6, J2C, J2K, JBG, JBIG, JNG, JNX, JP2, JPC, JPE, JPEG, JPG, JPM, JPS, JPT, JSON, K25, KDC, LABEL, M2V, M4V, MAC, MAGICK, MAP, MASK, MAT, MATTE, MEF, MIFF, MKV, MNG, MONO, MOV, MP4, MPC, MPEG, MPG, MRW, MSL, MSVG, MTV, MVG, NEF, NRW, NULL, ORF, OTB, OTF, PAL, PALM, PAM, PANGO, PATTERN, PBM, PCD, PCDS, PCL, PCT, PCX, PDB, PDF, PDFA, PEF, PES, PFA, PFB, PFM, PGM, PGX, PICON, PICT, PIX, PJPEG, PLASMA, PNG, PNG00, PNG24, PNG32, PNG48, PNG64, PNG8, PNM, PPM, PREVIEW, PS, PS2, PS3, PSB, PSD, PTIF, PWP, RADIAL-GRADIENT, RAF, RAS, RAW, RGB, RGBA, RGBO, RGF, RLA, RLE, RMF, RW2, SCR, SCT, SFW, SGI, SHTML, SIX, SIXEL, SPARSE-COLOR, SR2, SRF, STEGANO, SUN, SVG, SVGZ, TEXT, TGA, THUMBNAIL, TIFF, TIFF64, TILE, TIM, TTC, TTF, TXT, UBRL, UBRL6, UIL, UYVY, VDA, VICAR, VID, VIFF, VIPS, VST, WBMP, WEBP, WMF, WMV, WMZ, WPG, X, X3F, XBM, XC, XCF, XPM, XPS, XV, XWD, YCbCr, YCbCrA, YUV

Directive => Local Value => Master Value
imagick.locale_fix => 0 => 0
imagick.skip_version_check => 0 => 0
imagick.progress_monitor => 0 => 0

 

Officially announced PHP 7.4.0 release now PHP: News Archive - 2019

 

PHP comparison benchmarks are out for PHP 7.4.0 vs 7.3.12 vs 7.2.25 vs 7.1.33 vs 7.0.33 https://community.centminmod.com/th...-4-vs-7-3-vs-7-2-vs-7-1-vs-7-0-php-fpm.18741/