# Timescale for PHP 8 use **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [20 February 2022 13:33 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/timescale-for-php-8-use/6350 "2022-02-20T13:33:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hazcrew](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hazcrew](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Hazcrew)\ **Post date:** [20 February 2022 13:33 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/timescale-for-php-8-use/6350/1 "2022-02-20T13:33:42Z")
Is there a timescale for upgrading from PHP 7.4 to PHP 8. I rather not upgrade manually as I don’t want to break the existing menu / update system which is superb ---
**Author:** ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)\ **Post date:** [20 February 2022 14:10 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/timescale-for-php-8-use/6350/2 "2022-02-20T14:10:37Z")
The thing is, that on Debian Bullseye the available PHP version is 7.4 (on Debian repository). To get PHP8, you would need to use some special repositories or upgrade to Debian testing Bookworm. ---
**Author:** ![Hazcrew](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hazcrew](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Hazcrew)\ **Post date:** [21 February 2022 11:08 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/timescale-for-php-8-use/6350/3 "2022-02-21T11:08:04Z")
Thanks Joulinar I guess as there is no release date for Bookworm we will have to wait. Although, if i get bored, I might have a go at installing on a vmware version πŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)\ **Post date:** [21 February 2022 11:31 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/timescale-for-php-8-use/6350/4 "2022-02-21T11:31:48Z")
Following the Debian release cycle, it might be 2023. But of course nothing announced atm. [https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/](https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/) However you could switch to Bookworm manually. Or for testing, you could use one of our available Bookworm images for RPi or VM [https://dietpi.com/downloads/images/](https://dietpi.com/downloads/images/) πŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Hazcrew](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hazcrew](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Hazcrew)\ **Post date:** [21 February 2022 12:02 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/timescale-for-php-8-use/6350/5 "2022-02-21T12:02:02Z")
Now that is a good idea ---
**Author:** ![Hazcrew](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hazcrew](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Hazcrew)\ **Post date:** [22 February 2022 07:36 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/timescale-for-php-8-use/6350/6 "2022-02-22T07:36:11Z")
Is there a reason there is no VMware version of Bookworm in the images list [https://dietpi.com/downloads/images/](https://dietpi.com/downloads/images/) ---
**Author:** ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)\ **Post date:** [22 February 2022 08:53 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/timescale-for-php-8-use/6350/7 "2022-02-22T08:53:17Z")
not really. We simply did not create one yet. As well we need to keep an eye on storage used on our VPS server as it is not endless and simply we can’t create Bookworm testing images for each and every device. πŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Hazcrew](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hazcrew](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Hazcrew)\ **Post date:** [22 February 2022 10:09 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/timescale-for-php-8-use/6350/8 "2022-02-22T10:09:43Z")
That seems like a good enough reason to me πŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![MichaIng](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/michaing/32/7_2.png) [@MichaIng](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/MichaIng)\ **Post date:** [1 March 2022 00:49 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/timescale-for-php-8-use/6350/9 "2022-03-01T00:49:59Z")
VMware Bookworm image is there now πŸ™‚. ---
**Author:** ![Hazcrew](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hazcrew](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Hazcrew)\ **Post date:** [1 March 2022 07:42 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/timescale-for-php-8-use/6350/10 "2022-03-01T07:42:27Z")
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