Is processwire core's code base PHP7 friendly ?

[adrianmak]

Some benchmarks showing that  php7 is out performance 2-3 times than current 5.X version and catching the tail of HHVM

[Beluga]

I guess it comes down to whether PW uses any of these removed features: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/remove_deprecated_functionality_in_php7

[Beluga]

I looked at all greppable features in the removal document and grepped through PW 2.6.9 and any modules I happened to have on my current project and the only results I got was:

Assignment of new by reference
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found in:

wire\core\FieldSelectorInfo.php
wire\core\ImageSizer.php
wire\core\Modules.php
wire\core\Wire.php
wire\modules\LanguageSupport\ProcessLanguage.module
wire\modules\Markup\MarkupHTMLPurifier\htmlpurifier\HTMLPurifier.standalone.php
wire\modules\Markup\MarkupHTMLPurifier\htmlpurifier\standalone\HTMLPurifier\ConfigSchema\ValidatorAtom.php
wire\modules\Markup\MarkupHTMLPurifier\htmlpurifier\standalone\HTMLPurifier\Printer\HTMLDefinition.php
wire\modules\Process\ProcessPageEditImageSelect\ProcessPageEditImageSelect.module
wire\modules\Textformatter\TextformatterMarkdownExtra\markdown.php
wire\modules\Textformatter\TextformatterSmartypants\smartypants.php

A non-greppable removal that caught my attention is:

Scoped calls of non-static methods from incompatible $this context

[pwired]

Upgrading doesn't always bring better performance or safety. Use a hoster where you can choose the php version.

[Ivan Gretsky]

The issue is moving forward https://github.com/ryancramerdesign/ProcessWire/issues/1308/. I wonder if Beluga and mestaritonttu is the same person)

[diogo]

The issue is moving forward https://github.com/ryancramerdesign/ProcessWire/issues/1308/. I wonder if Beluga and mestaritonttu is the same person)

A small google search will tell you that they are

[Beluga]

Ok Mr NSA and Mr GCHQ, cool it down..

[qtguru]

Upgrading doesn't always bring better performance or safety. Use a hoster where you can choose the php version.

yes but in this case it would PHP7 is something else as for saftey maybe true.

[Beluga]

https://github.com/Alexia/php7mar
 

PHP 7 MAR, or just "php7mar", is a command line utility to generate reports on existing PHP 5 code to assist developers in porting their code quickly to PHP 7. It will run against invididual files or entire project folders. Reports contain line numbers, issues noted, and suggested fixes along with documentation links.