Epic: PHP 8.1 Agent Support

[ruudk]

Summary

PHP 8.1 will be released on 25 November 2021.

Desired Behavior

Prepare the extension so that people can upgrade immediately when 8.1 is released.

PHP 8.1 Alpha 3 was released a week ago and they plan to release Beta 1 on 22 July 2021.

Possible Solution

• Setup CI to include PHP 8.1 beta channel
• Remove restriction that prevents installation on 8.1 (if there is any)

Additional context

https://stitcher.io/blog/new-in-php-81

[ruudk]

PHP 8.1 Beta 1 was just tagged.

https://www.php.net/archive/2021.php#2021-07-22-1

[ruudk]

PHP Beta 2 was just released https://news-web.php.net/php.general/327595

@Fahmy-Mohammed @joshuabenuck Any update from NewRelic on the plan? Can we start updating CI? I really don't want another PHP 8.0 scenario.

[ruudk]

PHP beta 3 released

https://twitter.com/official_php/status/1428409949521158146?s=12

when is NewRelic going to reply here ?

[ak-war]

Hi @ruudk thank you for your valuable feedback and inputs! We are definitely preparing for PHP 8.1 support and are looking to mitigate the risks faced during PHP 8.0. That said I wish to assure you that we are planning ahead now for this upcoming release and will be picking this up soon.

[ruudk]

Happy to hear that! 🤩

[ruudk]

RC 3 was just released. https://twitter.com/allaertpatrick/status/1443629312209530886?s=21

[ruudk]

RC 4 was released some days ago https://www.php.net/archive/2021.php#2021-10-14-1

Is there some more information available as to what's currently being worked on regarding PHP 8.1 compatibility? A branch for example?

[ruudk]

RC 6 released https://twitter.com/allaertpatrick/status/1458847242970882048?s=12

2 more weeks for 8.1 final 🥳

[ruudk]

@ak-war @mfulb @zsistla PHP 8.1 was released on Thursday 25th of November. I see lots of activity lately on this repository regarding PHP 8.1 which is great 🙌 .

I'm wondering if there is already an ETA available. Are we talking about days, weeks or months?

[icanhazstring]

Is there anything we can support you with?

[pascaldevink]

Happy new year! How is the support for PHP 8.1 coming along? Any updates or timelines we can use for planning an upgrade?

[icanhazstring]

As far as my Infos are going:

PHP 8.1 releases are split into 3 phases:

1. First phase is to support PHP 8.1 and ZTS (Zend) framework for PHP 8.0 and PHP 8.1 - this is targeted for mid-February 2022 release.
2. The second phase is Fibers support
3. The third is JIT support (which there is still very little request for by other customers)

Phase 2 and 3 do not have finalised timeframes yet.

[Ak-x]

This portion of the 8.1 Epic is complete. The remainder of the 8.1 Epic will be completed through the Php 8.1 Agent Deployment - #327

[ruudk]

What does it mean? Does it mean we can install the extension with PHP 8.1?

I find all these issues and epics without context extremely confusing.

[icanhazstring]

What does it mean? Does it mean we can install the extension with PHP 8.1?

I find all these issues and epics without context extremely confusing.

Everything related to support PHP 8.1 is ready. I would recon that means deployment is missing. E.g. creating the packages for certain Unix distros and stuff.

[rvanlaak]

Would it be an idea to reopen this issue until 8.1 support actually is available? Or does #327 replace this issue?

[mfulb]

We have transitioned to #327 for tracking the deployment of the next agent release.