end of life of PHP 7.4

[Driesp]

Anyway, I just have compiled PHP 7.4 on Rocky 9 without issue.
You just need to run this patch before compiling PHP 7.4.

PHP :: Bug #81278 :: Patches

bugs.php.net

Or simply delete this line

REGISTER_LONG_CONSTANT("OPENSSL_SSLV23_PADDING", RSA_SSLV23_PADDING, CONST_CS|CONST_PERSISTENT);

in the file 'php-7.4.33/ext/openssl/openssl.c'

 

[MisterM]

On the 8 it crashes?

 

[Driesp]

Yes PHP 8.0 compiles on Rocky 9.

If you delete this line

REGISTER_LONG_CONSTANT("OPENSSL_SSLV23_PADDING", RSA_SSLV23_PADDING, CONST_CS|CONST_PERSISTENT);

in the file 'php-8.0.27/ext/openssl/openssl.c'

But I don't know if you are talking about the same thing.

 

[Richard G]

what they will release a version every 6 months?

No it's still once a year. PHP 8.3 release is set for end of 2023.

On the 8 it crashes?

If you mean the patch on Alma 8, that might be the case, the patch is not intended for Almalinux 8 so for OS 8 versions.

 

[ccto]

For your interest -

I used this patch, and able to compile PHP 5.6 , PHP 7.x , PHP 8.0 with OpenSSL 3.0 in AlmaLinux 9.1 environment preliminarily.

Also, out-of-the-box AlmaLinux 9.1 (no DA installed one) ships PHP 8.0 RPM. Its source file also uses the similar patch for RSA_SSLV23_PADDING.

ref.:

PHP :: Bug #81278 :: Patches

bugs.php.net

http://repo.almalinux.org/vault/9.1/AppStream/Source/Packages/php-8.0.27-1.el9_1.src.rpm