[Comtec Announce] [Shared Web Hosting] Final notice of withdrawal of PHP 5

[David Croft]

This is an advisory notice to customers still running on PHP 5 versions.

Start date: Saturday, 29th December 2018
Start time: 00:00 GMT (UTC+0000)
End date: Sunday, 30th December 2018
End time: 23:59 GMT (UTC+0000)

Purpose:

As previously announced, all PHP 5 versions are end of life and PHP
5.6 will stop receiving security updates after 31st December 2018 [1].

All remaining websites on shared hosting running PHP 5.6 will be
upgraded to PHP 7 during this maintenance window.

Customers with dedicated servers will not be affected, although they
are strongly advised to upgrade as PHP 5.6 will receive no further
security support and we will be unable to support it.

Services affected:

Shared web hosting customers running PHP 5 versions.

Impact:

HIGH - Customer websites will be upgraded to PHP 7 and this will
entail a short outage of the website as well as potential ongoing
disruption if the software is not compatible with PHP 7.

As this contains a major software version upgrade, this e-mail serves
as 30 days notice of a change to the technical functionality of the
Service that does not diminish the Service under clause 2.5 of the
Master Services Agreement.

Action Required:

We recommend that customers verify in advance that their software is
compatible with PHP 7 and if necessary upgrade it [2].

Regards,

David

[1] https://secure.php.net/supported-versions.php
[2] https://secure.php.net/manual/en/migration70.php


-- 
David Croft
Lead Engineer

Comtec Enterprises Ltd
Comtec House
46a Albert Road North
Reigate Industrial Estate
Reigate
Surrey RH2 9EL

Tel: 0845 899 1400
Fax: 0845 899 1401
www.comtec.com

For urgent operational issues please always contact noc at comtec.com
or 0845 899 1423 and not any named individual.