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Watch your PHP version

N° 2023/07 - Watch your PHP version php8.2

End of Life for PHP 8.0

Please notice: PHP current Version series are not that long supported any more like they were with elder PHP series, i.e. PHP 5. See this official Support Until announcement page. Even for PHP 8.0 EOL time will end in 3 weeks:

7.2 7.3 7.4 8.0 8.1 8.2 1 Jan 2020 1 Jan 2021 1 Jan 2022 1 Jan 2023 1 Jan 2024 1 Jan 2025 1 Jan 2026 Today: 31 Oct 2023 </div> </div>
Active support A release that is being actively supported. Reported bugs and security issues are fixed and regular point releases are made.
Security fixes only A release that is supported for critical security issues only. Releases are only made on an as-needed basis.
End of life A release that is no longer supported. Users of this release should upgrade as soon as possible, as they may be exposed to unpatched security vulnerabilities.

So better hurry up. The new upcoming Styx 4.3 is your last chance series to work and live with your current PHP versions, but we do recommend to use the latest 8.2 revision! 😉 After Styx 4.3 the work on the new Styx 5 (major) series starts, which will require a minimum of PHP 8.2.

See you soon on this channel!

Serendipity Styx 4.2.0 release

N° 2023/06 - The Serendipity Styx 4.2.0 release php8.2

4.2.0 - A Maintenance Release

Serendipity Styx 4.x.x revisions will be the last update Series supporting the PHP 7.4 Series and will further on only see some maintenance or bugfix releases. The previously announced change to PHP 8 minimum requirement was stashed and we now start developing Serendipity Styx 5.0 up from PHP 8.2 as the minimum. Styx 4.2 has ironed out several bugs and other inconsistencies and is pretty much another good maintenance release, pushing a new 😎 Styx Logo. Read the ChangeLog.

Styx 4.2.0 faces

  • Add the new Styx Logo. “Gone fishing… Phishing for inspiration…”
  • Improve header sets up from HTTP/1.1, including some LiteSpeed server cache exceptions
  • Several Theme templates were updated for some issues
  • Fix and improve the “last page of” multipage search results on MySQL
  • Improve the MediaLibrary messaging for ImageMagick
  • Improve several references with plugin categories
  • Upgrade some template and core assets
  • Improve the new [ b53 ] Work-In-Progress [ WIP ] theme for final assets and new configurable color themes
  • Fix .htaccess core templates for Apache 2.3 deny syntax. This also is the minimum Apache Server version supported.
  • Bug fixes

Check out the ChangeLog for details, or even read the commit history for more. See download.

Serendipity Styx 4.1.3 release

N° 2023/05 - The Serendipity Styx 4.1.3 release php8.2

4.1.3 - A Bugfix Release

After the Serendipity Styx 4.1.2 bugfix release we found it related to PHP 8.2 version on certain servers too.

Styx 4.1.3 fixed

  • A follow-up regression found for PHP 8.2 versions
  • Fix entries search result on bool (no result) for PHP 8.2
  • Improve [ b53 ] theme
  • Other minors

Check out the ChangeLog for details, or even read the commit history for more. See download.

Serendipity Styx 4.1.2 release

N° 2023/04 - The Serendipity Styx 4.1.2 release php8.2

4.1.2 - A quick Bugfix Release

Quickly after Serendipity Styx 4.1.1 bugfix release we found it related to PHP 8.1 version too.

Styx 4.1.2 fixed

  • A follow-up regression found for PHP 8.1.x versions

Check out the ChangeLog for details, or even read the commit history for more. See download.

Serendipity Styx 4.1.1 release

N° 2023/03 - The Serendipity Styx 4.1.1 release php8.2

4.1.1 - A quick Bugfix Release

Quickly after Serendipity Styx 4.1.0 release yesterday an odd type issue was found, resulting in a blank page.

Styx 4.1.1 fixed

  • An incorrect integer value: ‘’ MYSQLI_SQL_EXCEPTION for PHP versions 7.4 and 8.0 setting config vars (i.e. changing templates)

Check out the ChangeLog for details, or even read the commit history for more. See download.

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