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Be honest. Which PHP version is your MAIN production app on?

Ayesha Siddiqui@laravel_ayesha

May 30, 2026

#1 in PHP Still Pays

9 votesEnds Jun 13, 2026
#php#laravel#wordpress

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Ayesha Siddiqui@laravel_ayesha#1 in PHP Still Pays
I will go first: our agency has 31 apps. 22 on 8.3, 6 on 8.2, 2 on 7.4 (clients refuse to pay for the upgrade), 1 on 5.6 that I pretend does not exist.
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Nguyễn Minh Hiếu@homelab_hieu3 rep in PHP Still Pays
Not my code but Nextcloud on my homelab run 8.3 :) does that count
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Ayesha Siddiqui@laravel_ayesha#1 in PHP Still Pays
it counts. you are now an honorary PHP developer, no take backs
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Caio Nascimento@caio_backend#9 in PHP Still Pays
Votei 5.6. Not mine, the bank where my friend work have one internal system in PHP 5.3 that nobody can touch. It is load bearing kkkkk
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Rohit Verma@rohit_codes4 rep in PHP Still Pays
7.4 wala side project hai bhai, 2019 mein ek coaching institute ke liye banaya tha. abhi bhi chal raha hai, upgrade karne ki himmat nahi 😂
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Bayu Setiawan@bayu_laravel#2 in PHP Still Pays
8.2 for most, but 3 old koperasi clients still 7.4 because their hosting didn't offer 8 until last year
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Oluwatobi Adeyemi@tobi_freelance#6 in PHP Still Pays
voted 8.1/8.2. the 7.4 ones I do not mention in public
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Matheus Barreto@matheus_wp#5 in PHP Still Pays
chegando atrasado kkkk wordpress clients: half of them on 7.4 because some plugin from 2017 breaks on 8. barril
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