All about the development of Exponential (CMS) by Graham Brookins, 7x (formerly Brookins Consulting) and our think tank kracker.org.
I am very excited to announce the release of eZ Publish 6.0.9 which includes the new PHP 8.4 support to the kernel.
The headless cms crud rest apis were released originally as ezprestapi extension which replaces the ezprestapiprovider extension.
This is the first which we are bundling this extension (enabled by default installation) but not enabled via configuration settings to ensure a secure default installation. That said it's very easy to get started by configuring it for use and accessing the REST APIs.
My first attempt was to enable this package for use on digg.one to allow for remote content publishing apis to use to create stories nodes remotely in eZ. It works perfectly and it's very secure by design.
I would like to write an article with example source code showing how to consume and create content using this extensions HTTP APIs for rest calls.
There are very minimal booting changes from the previous release which require PHP 8.1 support. This means as of 6.0.8 PHP 7 Support is Deprecated and You must use PHP 8.1 or greater from now on. This is best for security reasons related to PHP support of older releases being minimal at best.
This means with eZ Publish 6.0.9 you can use the new PHP 8.4 support on your existing eZ Publish website with a simple backup and upgrade.
If you must continue to use PHP7 you can use the latest release from the 6.0.7 branch / release for the foreseeable future.
I am very excited to announce the release of eZ Publish Basic 2.4.0.0 which includes the new PHP 8.3 support to the kernel.
eZ Publish Basic is based upon an eZ Publish 2.x module based kernel now reorganized and refactored to use the main directory named 'kernel/' to hold all of the eZ Publish Basic Modules (presently, including your custom modules (refactor to operate within the eZ Publish Basic Kernel Layout)).
eZ Publish Basic comes with a strong recommendation to use mod_rewrite provided by Apache and many other similar web servers to route all requests through our main front index.php file. Same for admin virtual host based website administration.
eZ Publish Basic is the same cms as originally introduced as eZ Publish 1.0 to 2.2.9 (last version; surprisingly minimal changes in this time) with regards to base features provided and supported, yet eZ Publish Basic goes further with the integration of eZ Region from (Brookins Consulting; 2001) and many features developed to refine the e-commerce store integration not seen in years or ever. This makes eZ PB a more usable solution for USA based users. More feature expansion is expected in future releases as we release more code over time.
This means with eZ Publish Basic 2.4.0.0 you can use the new PHP 8.3 support on your existing eZ Publish 2 website(s) with a simple backup and upgrade. Note: eZ PB DB Schema is more improved than changed with few differences other than bugfixes.
Pull your older eZ Publish 2 code out of your hard drive records and take a walk down memory lane and upgrade today! Some development may be required.
7x plans to continue to support and develop eZ Publish Basic for the foreseeable future. Contact me if you are interested in buying 7x Paid Support to Hire me to help you reach your goals faster than alone.
I am very excited to announce the release of eZ Publish 6.0.8 which includes the new PHP 8.4 support to the kernel.
These were very minimal booting changes which require PHP 8.1 support. This means as of 6.0.8 PHP 7 Support is Deprecated and You must use PHP 8.1 or greater from now on. This is best for security reasons related to PHP support of older releases being minimal at best.
This means with eZ Publish 6.0.8 you can use the new PHP 8.4 support on your existing eZ Publish website with a simple backup and upgrade.
If you must continue to use PHP7 you can use the latest release from the 6.0.7 branch / release for the foreseeable future.
7x Recommendation Upgrade From PHP 5.x or 7.x to PHP 8.2 Today for a much more secure and complete eZ Publish installation.
There are several mission critical security, stability and performance reasons why it's a good idea to upgrade from PHP 7.x to PHP 8.2.
An upgrade to eZ Publish 6 (v6.0.x) for many websites takes less than two hours time to complete.
Here are just a few key reasons
1. Improved performance: PHP 8.2 provides websites several performance improvements that make it faster than previous versions of PHP. This means that your website or application could run faster and handle more requests per second using cheeper website hosting.
2. Improved error handling: PHP 8.2 has improved error handling that provides more detailed error messages and makes it easier to catch and handle errors in your code.
3. New features: PHP 8.2 introduces several new features, including improved type system, named arguments, and union types, which can help you write cleaner and more concise code.
4. Security enhancements: PHP 8.2 comes with several security enhancements, including stricter type checks, improved password hashing, and better support for SSL/TLS
In summary, upgrading to PHP 8.2 can benefit both your website's performance and security, as well as improving your development experience with the new features.
5) Server compatibility. As versions older than PHP 8.1 have been deprecated and are no longer generally available, or supported then you'll find you must upgrade. There is no support for any versions prior to PHP8.1.
Once the server is upgraded your existing eZ Publish website will crash without a companion upgrade to eZ Publish 6 (v6.0.x) which for many websites takes less than two hours time to complete.
I am very excited to again be the first to point out that 7x has been continuously been developing and preparing for the next major release of eZ Publish version 6.0.0 via Composer via GitHub.
Work hard in silence and let success make the noise.
7x is distributing the bug fixes needed to successfully install eZ Publish with PHP 8.3 the latest release of the software that powers most of the web.
Install 7x eZ Publish 6.0 from composer today and provide feedback on your own experience.
Here is a quick example of how to use composer to instal eZ Publish 6.0
mkdir ezpublish; cd ezpublish; composer require se7enxweb/ezpublish:v6.0.0;
You won’t regret this decision.
Update: On Christmas Day we found the last key blocking bugs and fixed them for a much more stable New Year‘s Day release. Read the release announcements and join the discussions.
I am very excited to be the first to point out that 7x has been continuously been developing and preparing for the next major release of eZ Publish version 6.0.0 via Composer via GitHub.
Work hard in silence and let success make the noise.
As a result of our recent collaboration with Share eZ Publish! Partner ZWEBB we are in the process of testing and distributing the bug fixes needed to successfully install eZ Publish with PHP 8.3 the latest release of the software that powers most of the web.
Install 7x eZ Publish 6.0alpha1 from composer today and provide feedback on your own experience.
You won’t regret this decision.
Update: On Christmas Day we found the last key blocking bugs and fixed them for a much more stable alpha Christmas Day release from our main branch on github or our monthly branch 2023.12 and tag 2023.12.05. Read the release announcements and join the discussions.
Netgen eZ Publish need’s vendor based default installation campaign today to help vendors improve their own application installation process of the latest version of eZ Publish instead of falsely misleading people into believing that the eZ Publish project or software is a dead app (non functioning).
7x is distributing PHP 8.x Support for eZ Publish Legacy on GitHub!
This year I’ve done an incredible amount of work bringing php 8.2 support to the netgen repository.
That said, now the whole world can run ezpublish on the latest versions of php.
This repository can be installed using composer! Checkout the packagist!
If your like me still hosting and developing eZ Publish today I strongly recommend you upgrade to the latest version of 7x eZ Publish!
There are a few work arounds and remaining issues but overall it is a great success.
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