stable php

[Jim Pazarena]

On 2018-12-14 5:52 PM, The Doctor via freebsd-questions wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 03:25:43PM -0500, David Mehler wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm using FreeBSD 11.2. Currently I have Php 5.6 going but it's
>> reaching end of life so I'm needing to upgrade. Versions of Php 7.0
>> and 7.1 look like I'll be having the same upgrade sooner than I'd
>> like. That leaves me with Php 7.2 or 7.3. To those running either
>> which is the stable production-ready version?
>>
> 
> 7.2 .
> 
>> Thanks.
>> Dave.

This same topic caused me no end of grief .

The more important question is how do you determine for any given 
package which one is correct ?

While you may determine 7.2 is the correct php , other port installs 
attempt to compile 'their' recommended version of php which is less than 7.2

same with gcc . if you install the current/production version , other 
ports want a lesser version .

I attempted to research where to find versions but I couldn't find a 
reliable resource .

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Jim Pazarena         fquest at paz.bz