Joomla! 3.5.x with PHP 7 Support Released
Recently a new Joomla! version (3.5) was released. We are really excited about it because it offers new features and also fully supports PHP 7.
Faster Joomla! Sites via PHP 7
Did we mention that we were the first web hosting company to offer PHP 7 last year when it was released? And, oh boy, sites that use PHP 7 are so much faster. We are happy that now Joomla! officially supports the latest PHP release and our clients can take advantage of this. If you want to configure your site to use PHP 7 then you can use our PHP Version Manager tool in your cPanel to do this. Our article on how to use the cPanel PHP version manager explains this.
NOTE: If you are using the SiteGround SuperCacher Memcached option and you would like to use PHP 7, then please make sure that your Joomla! configuration file is updated and the $cache_handler variable is set to:
public $cache_handler = ‘memcached‘;
For the complete list of new features introduced in 3.5 please check the official release notes.
Updating to Joomla! 3.5.1
Due to a small bug in the 3.5.0 version, which was quickly fixed, we are now updating our clients directly to version 3.5.1. All customers that have enabled the Joomla! Auto Update service are already upgraded. The rest of you need to update manually. You can check the official instructions how to do that.
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Hoan Ta
Thank you for your post. There only one thing I would like to comment is that after setting public $cache_handler = 'file'; to public $cache_handler = 'memcached'; GTmetrix shows my page (www.thietbiloc.com) loading time much slower, i.e from 0.8s to 5s.
Daniel Kanchev Siteground Team
Hi, Hoan. You should change the $cache_handler variable only if you're using Memcached. As for your site's speed, please post a new support ticket, so that we can check the case in details.
Sue Babcock
I just wish the IonCube Loader for PHP 7 would get done. I'd appreciate any updates on this as they become available.
Hristo Pandjarov Siteground Team
Hopefully they will release it soon.
Sue Babcock
They've released IonCube for php7. When will Siteground install it on the GoGeek servers?
Angelina Micheva
Sue, IonCube for php7 has only recently come out of demo version. Before we add new software on our servers we make sure it is stable and that is why it has not been installed earlier. The process is in progress and our team is already working on building packages to make it available shortly. Please submit a ticket in case you need further assistance with that our support team will be happy to help you.
Peter
Do I have to a) unpublish joomla (siteground) sgachepress plugin to use memcached ? B) unpublish joomla page cache plugin t use memcached Thanks
Daniel Kanchev Siteground Team
Peter, you simply have to edit your configuration.php file in order to use Memcached. There is no need to change the settings of your plugins.
Pete
Is it best to turn on Memcached with Googlepage speed ...as i though you werent supposed to mix... And if your just using Googlepage speed do i leave the config file with this public $cache_handler = 'file'; or change to: public $cache_handler = 'memcached';
Daniel Kanchev Siteground Team
Hi, Pete. There is no problem to use PageSpeed and Memcached but you have to test if your site will be faster using this combination. If you don't want to use Memcached then simply set the $cache_handled to "file". If you cannot configure your app please post a support ticket and we'll assist you.
Mark
Hello, how do you deal with security vulnerability of Php versions that have reached the End of Life, like versions 5.3 or 5.4 ? Thanks
Daniel Kanchev Siteground Team
The official supported PHP versions are listed here: http://php.net/supported-versions.php If a vulnerability is found in an earlier version of PHP we'll check the problem in details and try to patch the PHP on our end.
Francis
After making the change, i get the error below Error displaying the error page: Application Instantiation Error: Memcached Extension is not available
Hristo Pandjarov Siteground Team
If you see the error after you have made the changes mentioned in this post, please open a ticket in your Help Desk and my colleagues will assist you further.
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