diff --git a/admin_manual/configuration_files/big_file_upload_configuration.rst b/admin_manual/configuration_files/big_file_upload_configuration.rst index a504a0f95..bd0ef564d 100644 --- a/admin_manual/configuration_files/big_file_upload_configuration.rst +++ b/admin_manual/configuration_files/big_file_upload_configuration.rst @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ filesystem. System Configuration -------------------- -* Make sure that the latest version of PHP (at least 5.4.9) is installed +* Make sure that the latest version of PHP (at least 5.6.6) is installed * Disable user quotas, which makes them unlimited * Your temp file or partition has to be big enough to hold multiple parallel uploads from multiple users; e.g. if the max upload size is 10GB and diff --git a/admin_manual/configuration_server/caching_configuration.rst b/admin_manual/configuration_server/caching_configuration.rst index e3c04bc59..4afaaf341 100644 --- a/admin_manual/configuration_server/caching_configuration.rst +++ b/admin_manual/configuration_server/caching_configuration.rst @@ -16,24 +16,15 @@ if you prefer.** A PHP opcache stores compiled PHP scripts so they don't need to be re-compiled every time they are called. PHP bundles the Zend OPcache in core since version -5.5, so you don't need to install an opcache for PHP 5.5+. +5.5, so you don't need to install an opcache manually. -If you are using PHP 5.4, which is the oldest supported PHP version for -Nextcloud, you may install the Alternative PHP Cache (APC). This is both an -opcache and data cache. APC has not been updated since 2012 and is essentially -dead, and PHP 5.4 is old and lags behind later releases. If it is possible -to upgrade to a later PHP release that is the best option. - -Data caching is supplied by the Alternative PHP Cache, user (APCu) in PHP -5.5+, Memcached, or Redis. +Data caching is supplied by the Alternative PHP Cache, user (APCu), Memcached, or Redis. Nextcloud supports multiple memory caching backends, so you can choose the type of memcache that best fits your needs. The supported caching backends are: -* `APC `_ - A local cache for systems running PHP 5.4. * `APCu `_, APCu 4.0.6 and up required. - A local cache for systems running PHP 5.5 and up. + A local cache for systems. * `Memcached `_ Distributed cache for multi-server Nextcloud installations. * `Redis `_, PHP module 2.2.5 and up required. @@ -47,24 +38,6 @@ all possible config parameters). You may use both a local and a distributed cache. Recommended caches are APCu and Redis. After installing and enabling your chosen memcache, verify that it is active by running :ref:`label-phpinfo`. - -APC ---- - -APC is only for systems running PHP 5.4 and older. The oldest supported PHP -version in Nextcloud is 5.4. - -.. note:: RHEL 6 and CentOS 6 ship with PHP 5.3 and must be upgraded to PHP - 5.4 to run Nextcloud. See :doc:`../installation/php_54_installation`. - -On Red Hat/CentOS/Fedora systems running PHP 5.4, install ``php-pecl-apc``. On -Debian/Ubuntu/Mint systems install ``php-apc``. Then restart your Web server. - -After restarting your Web server, add this line to your ``config.php`` file:: - - 'memcache.local' => '\OC\Memcache\APC', - -Refresh your Nextcloud admin page, and the cache warning should disappear. APCu ---- @@ -72,7 +45,7 @@ APCu PHP 5.5 and up include the Zend OPcache in core, and on most Linux distributions it is enabled by default. However, it does not bundle a data cache. APCu is a data cache, and it is available in most -Linux distributions. On Red Hat/CentOS/Fedora systems running PHP 5.5 and up +Linux distributions. On Red Hat/CentOS/Fedora systems running PHP 5.6 install ``php-pecl-apcu``. On Debian/Ubuntu/Mint systems install ``php5-apcu``. On Ubuntu 14.04LTS, the APCu version is 4.0.2, which is too old to use with Nextcloud. Nextcloud requires 4.0.6+. You may install 4.0.7 from Ubuntu backports with this command:: @@ -241,12 +214,9 @@ supported version, or that does not package Redis at all, such as SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The Redis PHP module must be at least version 2.2.5. Please note that -the Redis PHP module versions 2.2.5 - 2.2.7 will only work for: - -:: - - PHP version 6.0.0 or older - PHP version 5.2.0 or newer +the Redis PHP module versions 2.2.x will only work for PHP 5.6.x. + +For PHP 7.0 and PHP 7.1 use Redis PHP module 3.1.x or later. See ``_ diff --git a/admin_manual/configuration_server/occ_command.rst b/admin_manual/configuration_server/occ_command.rst index 7c7a74b84..3c3b924e4 100644 --- a/admin_manual/configuration_server/occ_command.rst +++ b/admin_manual/configuration_server/occ_command.rst @@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ The HTTP user is different on the various Linux distributions. See If your HTTP server is configured to use a different PHP version than the default (/usr/bin/php), ``occ`` should be run with the same version. For -example, in CentOS 6.5 with SCL-PHP54 installed, the command looks like this:: +example, in CentOS 6.5 with SCL-PHP56 installed, the command looks like this:: - sudo -u apache /opt/rh/php54/root/usr/bin/php /var/www/html/nextcloud/occ + sudo -u apache /opt/rh/php56/root/usr/bin/php /var/www/html/nextcloud/occ Running ``occ`` with no options lists all commands and options, like this example on Ubuntu:: diff --git a/admin_manual/configuration_server/security_setup_warnings.rst b/admin_manual/configuration_server/security_setup_warnings.rst index cc2810cf7..9f39429fd 100644 --- a/admin_manual/configuration_server/security_setup_warnings.rst +++ b/admin_manual/configuration_server/security_setup_warnings.rst @@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ Cache Warnings configure a memcache if available." Nextcloud supports multiple php caching extensions: -* APC (PHP 5.4 only) -* APCu (PHP 5.5+, minimum required PHP extension version 4.0.6) +* APCu (minimum required PHP extension version 4.0.6) * Memcached -* Redis (minimum required php extension version: 2.2.5) +* Redis (minimum required PHP extension version: 2.2.5) You will see this warning if you have no caches installed and enabled, or if your cache does not have the required minimum version installed; older versions diff --git a/admin_manual/configuration_user/user_auth_ldap.rst b/admin_manual/configuration_user/user_auth_ldap.rst index 86c4230e8..b45f26bcf 100644 --- a/admin_manual/configuration_user/user_auth_ldap.rst +++ b/admin_manual/configuration_user/user_auth_ldap.rst @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ group memberships, quotas, and sharing permissions just like any other Nextcloud user. .. note:: The PHP LDAP module is required; this is supplied by ``php5-ldap`` on - Debian/Ubuntu, and ``php-ldap`` on CentOS/Red Hat/Fedora. PHP 5.4+ is + Debian/Ubuntu, and ``php-ldap`` on CentOS/Red Hat/Fedora. PHP 5.6+ is required in Nextcloud. The LDAP application supports: @@ -650,8 +650,7 @@ job which keeps the ``user-group-mappings`` up-to-date, and always in cache. Under normal circumstances, all users are never loaded at the same time. Typically the loading of users happens while page results are generated, in steps of 30 until the limit is reached or no results are left. For this to -work on an oC-Server and LDAP-Server, **Paged Results** must be supported, -which presumes PHP >= 5.4. +work on an oC-Server and LDAP-Server, **Paged Results** must be supported. Nextcloud remembers which user belongs to which LDAP-configuration. That means each request will always be directed to the right server unless a user is diff --git a/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.rst b/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.rst index d5197ed36..03672d087 100644 --- a/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.rst +++ b/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.rst @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ If you get a result, the module is present. Required: -* php5 (>= 5.6) +* php (>= 5.6, 7.0 or 7.1) * PHP module ctype * PHP module dom * PHP module GD @@ -87,8 +87,7 @@ Recommended for specific apps (*optional*): For enhanced server performance (*optional*) select one of the following memcaches: -* PHP module apc -* PHP module apcu +* PHP module apcu (>= 4.0.6) * PHP module memcached * PHP module redis (>= 2.2.5, required for Transactional File Locking) @@ -363,11 +362,11 @@ ini file. This can be the case, for example, for the ``date.timezone`` setting. php-fpm Configuration Notes --------------------------- -**Security: Use at least PHP => 5.5.22 or >= 5.6.6** +**Security: Use at least PHP >= 5.6.6** Due to `a bug with security implications `_ in older PHP releases with the handling of XML data you are highly encouraged to run -at least PHP 5.5.22 or 5.6.6 when in a threaded environment. +at least PHP 5.6.6 when in a threaded environment. **System environment variables** diff --git a/admin_manual/operations/scaling_multiple_machines.rst b/admin_manual/operations/scaling_multiple_machines.rst index b4f9c6969..e0979a5fa 100644 --- a/admin_manual/operations/scaling_multiple_machines.rst +++ b/admin_manual/operations/scaling_multiple_machines.rst @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ structure placing the Nextcloud code in the Apache root directory. The following components were installed on each application server: * Apache -* PHP 5.4.x +* PHP 5.6.x * PHP-GD * PHP-XML * PHP-MYSQL diff --git a/developer_manual/app/info.rst b/developer_manual/app/info.rst index bb7bf0619..f2d8489dc 100644 --- a/developer_manual/app/info.rst +++ b/developer_manual/app/info.rst @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ The :file:`appinfo/info.xml` contains metadata about the app: 1234 - + sqlite mysql grep