WHMCS: which version of MySQL, PHP, ioncube loader?

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Hello @KaiSchwarz-cnic,

Is WHMCS v8.8 supported?

What is the minimum php version that can I use with the latest release (v21.6.8)?

Is php73 still supported? (as I can seen on my prev issue #227 and also this release note: https://github.com/centralnicgroup-opensource/rtldev-middleware-whmcs/releases/tag/v8.3.1 but on this issue #234 (comment) I see that the php 7.x support was dropped)

Can you please clarify?

[KaiSchwarz-cnic]

We usually do not support PHP versions that reached EOL (marked in red):
https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php

Based on that range of supported PHP versions, please refer to the below Guides to identify your final WHMCS setup.

Identify

• supported WHMCS Versions via our supported Versions using the WHMCS/PHP Matrix
• the IonCube Loader Version via the respective WHMCS Version using the WHMCS/IonCube Loader Matrix
• the MySQL Version via the respective WHMCS Version using the WHMCS/MySQL Matrix

NOTE: We always support the latest version of WHMCS and the respective maximum versions of the above listed software dependencies.

Still, our modules could be compatible with an older version of PHP e.g. PHP 7.4. We are just not offering support for it and can't ensure that this still works.

Maybe of use: Versions higher than v22.7.1 are encoded with ioncube encoder 74 and 81. Older versions were encoded with 72 and 81. From ioncube encoder's user guide:

ioncube encoder 81 is the PHP 8.1 Encoder, and should be used for encoding projects that make use of PHP 8.1 language features. Files can run on PHP 8.1.
ioncube encoder 74 is the PHP 7.4 Encoder, and should be used for encoding projects that make use of PHP 7.4 language features. Files can run on PHP 7.4.
ioncube encoder 72 is the PHP 7.2 Encoder, and should be used for encoding projects that make use of PHP 7.2 language features. Files can run on PHP 7.2 and 7.4.

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