PHP 8.0 has reach its End Of Life. Here's how to test your Joomla site on a higher version of PHP that is still supported.
- **Title:** "(1) PHP 8.0 EOL: How to test your Joomla site on a Higher PHP - 🛠MM #278 - YouTube"
- **Summary:**
- PHP 8.0 has reached its end of life (EOL).
- The video discusses how to test if a Joomla site is ready to be upgraded to a higher PHP version.
- Viewers are encouraged to get a free site audit on my sites. Guru.
- Tim Davis, a Joomla enthusiast, presents Maintenance Monday #278 on the Basic Joomla Tutorials YouTube channel.
- Testing a site on a higher PHP version usually involves minimal risk, but caution is advised for specific cases where hosts may restrict downgrading after testing.
- Tim demonstrates the process on a test Joomla site with an old version of JomSocial.
- He logs into the site's backend, turns on debug system and sets error reporting to maximum.
- Tim suggests ensuring display errors for the PHP version to be tested is turned on in the web hosting control panel.
- Deprecated messages may appear even before changing PHP versions, indicating potential issues.
- Tim changes the PHP version to 8.1, causing a 503 error initially due to Apache restarting.
- After resolving the error, fatal errors and deprecated messages indicate issues with a plugin (azrL system).
- Tim shows how to revert to the previous PHP version (7.4) to restore the site's functionality.
- The video concludes with advice on testing Joomla sites in PHP versions higher than 8.0 and encourages viewers to subscribe for more tutorials.
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