Just a quick note to say that I've recently made a couple of server side changes, which after much prep work seem to have gone without a hitch. But do let me know if any bugs crop-up on the forum over the next day or so, as I can always revert.
The main changes are:
1. Upgraded from PHP7.4 to PHP8 - this actually occurred a month ago, so I doubt any issues would be as a result of this, as I've crushed all the initial or obvious bugs.
2. Moved the forum database from MySQL 5.7 to MariaDB 10.5 - this is the main change that occurred this morning. But as both frameworks are effectively drop-in changes, then there shouldn't be any problems.
I adopted MariaDB 10.5 as it's easy to do, the forum software is fully compatible, and we benefit from a nice little performance improvement.
The main changes are:
1. Upgraded from PHP7.4 to PHP8 - this actually occurred a month ago, so I doubt any issues would be as a result of this, as I've crushed all the initial or obvious bugs.
2. Moved the forum database from MySQL 5.7 to MariaDB 10.5 - this is the main change that occurred this morning. But as both frameworks are effectively drop-in changes, then there shouldn't be any problems.
I adopted MariaDB 10.5 as it's easy to do, the forum software is fully compatible, and we benefit from a nice little performance improvement.