PHP 7.4 reached EOL

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Harewood
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PHP 7.4 reached EOL

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Hi,

I'm running board version 3.3.9 and php version 7.4.33.

We received a cPanel notification this morning saying:

New Security Advisor notifications with High importance
PHP 7.4 reached EOL
We strongly recommend that you use a version that is still supported upstream.
If you do continue to use it, you will be susceptible to any remaining bugs or security issues.
We recommend that you use the MultiPHP Manager interface to upgrade your domains to a supported version. Then, uninstall this version in the EasyApache 4 interface. For more information, read PHP EOL Documentation.

When we change our php version to 8.0 and navigate to our homepage we get an error message saying: This page isnt working. HTTP error 500.

If we change our php version to 8.1 we get the error:
General Error
SQL ERROR [ mysqli ]
mysqli_connect function does not exist, is mysqli extension installed? []
An sql error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact an administrator if this problem persists.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Many thanks,
Jason
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Re: PHP 7.4 reached EOL

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You, or your host, will need to install the mysqli extension.
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Re: PHP 7.4 reached EOL on 28 Nov 2022

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I would definitely chose PHP 8.1 based on PHP: Supported Versions. That is what I am using for all my boards.
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Re: PHP 7.4 reached EOL

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Thank you for your assistance with this and will get the mysqli extension sorted with php 8.1 ;)
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Re: PHP 7.4 reached EOL

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We have the Mysqi extension added but it's still not working for some reason.
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Re: PHP 7.4 reached EOL

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douza wrote: Tue Jan 24, 2023 6:57 pm We have the Mysqi extension added but it's still not working for some reason.
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