PHP and Nextcloud

General Discussion
1

Just wondered if there are any plans to upgrade PHP within DietPi. (Running 8.10.2 at present)

I’m currently running Nextcloud 25.0.1 and have PHP Version 7.4

I see that 7.4 reaches EOL in a couple of weeks, and Nextcloud’s recommended version is 8.1

Should I manually upgrade to 8.1? Is it as straightforward as the various online guides seem to suggest?

Thanks for any replies.

2

PHP 7.4 is the version available from Debian apt repository on Bullseye. Currently we don’t plan to add 3rd party repositories.

3

Here are some discussions which suggest it’s not that easy:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28180590
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=976811

Also here is a list of changes which are not downwards compatible.
https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration80.incompatible.php

If you want to change, make a backup of your system and just try it :upside_down_face:

edit:
okay in the nextcloud docs they recommend php 8.1
https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/installation/system_requirements.html

4

Thanks for the prompt replies.

I’ll do a trial - after making a backup - and report back.