php 8 in azure app service?

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php 8 in azure app service?

Steven Silva 21

Will azure app services add the latest version of php (PHP 8) in the near future?

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ajkuma 28,036 Microsoft Employee Moderator

@Steven Silva , Adding to learn2skills response. Yes, the next version of PHP is expected to be PHP 8.0. Official support for PHP 8 will only be available on Linux, as a result of this App Service will only support PHP 8 on Apps Service Linux instances.

For additional information on this topic - PHP on App Service

While there is no concrete ETA to share at this time, you may subscribe to these announcements to stay tuned.

https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/ (Check out upcoming changes to Azure services)
https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/topics/announcements/ (You may subscribe to this announcement)
https://github.com/Azure/app-service-announcements (Follow -app-service-announcements page)

Steven Silva 21 Reputation points

2021-02-16T03:55:46.057+00:00

Due to official support for PHP 8 will only be available on Linux, what implications would this have if I develop local php applications with PHP 8 on windows but run in production on linux servers?
Lex Li (Microsoft) 6,037 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2021-02-16T07:08:07.753+00:00

You should assume PHP 8 on Windows/IIS is also out of support https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/110907

If you are on Windows 10, then install a Linux distro via WSL and develop your PHP app on that.
ajkuma 28,036 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-02-16T08:56:48.98+00:00

@Steven Silva , As lextm mentioned you could migrate to Linux.
And as noted - "If you are currently targeting Windows for PHP development, we advise to plan for migrating development to target Linux. After November 28 2022, Linux will be the only OS supported by future versions of PHP and continued feature, quality and security updates."

You can see changes/incompatible features/migration on the official site.

Hope this helps! Thanks for the follow-up.
reanmox 1 Reputation point

2021-07-22T13:34:08.027+00:00

Hey @Anonymous

are there any updates on php8 for azure app service?

As an alternative I would use azure app service for container, but multi-container apps are also in preview (https://azure.microsoft.com/de-de/updates/app-service-multi-container-and-linux-support-for-ase-preview/). So currently I dont see a good option for production ready php8 apps.

Are there any good alternative azure offerings here that we can use instead?

Thank you and many greetings!
ajkuma 28,036 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-07-27T12:18:31.997+00:00

reanmox-4529 , PHP 8 is expected to be available in a couple months’ time. We do not have a concrete ETA at this time. Please note that the ETA is subject to change due to myriad factors.

Alternatively, Azure offers a number of ways to host your application code. The term compute refers to the hosting model for the computing resources that your application runs on. The flowchart in the doc, will help you to choose a compute service for your application.
https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/guide/technology-choices/compute-decision-tree#features- This article helps you understand the options and make the right choice for your web application.
Valentin Watel 6 Reputation points

2021-08-19T06:39:09.037+00:00

@Anonymous
I took at look at the links you shared regarding announcements but I didn't find any news about PHP 8 although it seems, according to the latest comments in this post, that PHP 8 has been released already.
Could you please share by when the announcements as well as the documentation will be provided for the same? It seems according to the latest comments in this post that the migration from Apache to Nginx is not that easy.

Thank you for your support, very appreciated.

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Alex Ryall 11

As a warning switching from PHP 7 to PHP 8 it has switched from using Apache to Nginx so any previous rules in .htaccess will be lost and will almost certainly break your app.

There doesn't seem to be any documentation about this switch so can't find a supported way of changing the Nginx config. I did manage this by using sed and a "service nginx reload" in the startup scripts but not very elegant.

Vinícius Santana 1 Reputation point

2021-08-13T18:09:26.627+00:00

I noticed the same thing. Took me I few hours to understand that there's no Apache process running in the built-in container.

We need a supported way to change the Nginx config.
Deepak Thomas 21 Reputation points

2022-08-31T14:54:05.903+00:00

The lack of documentation is quite troublesome. I've faced this multiple times and finally got Laravel 8 working on Linux PHP8. Now I come to know that WebJobs are not available for Linux !!! So thought of redoing the setup for Windows + PHP8 and such a combo is not supported.

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SUNOJ KUMAR YELURU 15,256 MVP Volunteer Moderator

Hi @Steven Silva
In Azure web app > app service, current PHP version 7.4 supporting and for the latest PHP 8 in the near future you need to check with the web app product team.

Post your request in the web app product feedback forum you will get a reply from the product team.

If the Answer is helpful, please click Accept Answer and up-vote, this can be beneficial to other community members.

Ivonne Maritza Duran Prada 1 Reputation point

2021-08-03T16:37:41.527+00:00

Hello, I updated php at version 8.0.2, and now I don´t know how install the extension PDO_sqlsrv....help me please

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Stuart Creed 1

PHP 8 is now on there.

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Valentin Watel 6

Is there any documentation planned by Microsoft about the changes from Apache to Nginx when using PHP 8.X?

ajkuma 28,036 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-09-29T18:48:58.637+00:00
Apologies for the delay! we have a blog on this:
Configuring NGINX Rewrite Rules for Azure App Service blessed images running PHP 8.x

Intro:
Azure App Service on Linux images using PHP 8.x are now bundled with NGINX instead of Apache. The use of .htaccess files will not work for NGINX as these are used for Apache only. This will require the need to setup a custom startup script and modifying the existing NGINX site configuration.

Steps

Navigate to your App Service via the Azure Portal. Under the Development Tools section, select SSH then Go -->.

Modifying the default site config

You will want to make a copy of the existing configuration and place the file inside the /home/site directory.

cp /etc/nginx/sites-available/default /home/site/default

Once copied, edit the /home/site/default file and update the section below:

server {

# Section Excluded location / { index index.php index.html index.htm hostingstart.html; try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args; } # Section Excluded

}

Create the custom startup script and Updating the application settings
Dan 1 Reputation point

2022-09-05T16:12:45.507+00:00

@Anonymous - these paths no longer exist. What is the supported way to do this now?
Valentin Watel 6 Reputation points

2022-09-09T05:43:31.64+00:00

@Anonymous is it possible to get a timeline where PHP 8.1.0 will be supported in App Service Linux?
Thank you very much for your help.
ajkuma 28,036 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-09-16T20:40:20.043+00:00

ValentinWatel-3743, The next App Service rollout, should update this. Certain regions receive update sooner - App Service update cycle
Valentin Watel 6 Reputation points

2022-09-19T04:53:09.887+00:00

Thank you @Anonymous for your reply.
I took a look at the link you shared. However, I didn't find any timeline or anything that mentions what is the period for each App Service update cycle.
Do you have more information to share about this? Such information would help us planning for the next update and review if the next PHP version is supported or not.

Thank you very much for your help - Valentin.

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