PHP7 + Synth issue

[Matt Smith]

On Feb 17 15:05, Kurt Jaeger wrote:
>Hi!
>
>> > The long term solution will be switching to mysqli or pdo_mysql which is
>> > provided by php70 (and php55/56), I am working right now on cleaning up
>> > the pecl ports, after that I'll go and check which port can switch already.
>
>> The problem with that approach is that his tree is broken now.
>> His choice is don't build at all or don't use php 7.0.
>>
>> I think it's something that needs attention now unless the intent is to
>> say, "don't use php7 yet, it is not ready for prime time" (which is
>> possible)
>
>The PHP eco-system is so huge that one can say that even php56 is
>not yet ready for prime time 8-)
>
>So: Everyone knows that php70 has open issues, miwi and others are
>tracking them down, and if users/testers submit problem reports via
>bugzilla, it helps enormously.
>
>It will settle the next few weeks.
>

I'll search bugzilla to see if there are any bug reports for this and if 
not I'll raise one then.

I know php70 is very new so I was expecting problems. Synth is pretty 
new as well though so I thought I would let people know in case they 
were not aware of this type of breakage.

Thanks,

-- 
Matt