Switching to PHP 8.x in Four Steps – An Interview with Juliette Reinders Folmer
Upgrading a WordPress site, plugin, or theme to a new version of PHP is a task that recurs regularly. But how do you do this as efficiently as possible? How do you know you won’t overlook anything? Is there a roadmap for it?
In this article, we’ll tackle these questions (and more) and look at what’s involved in a smooth transition to PHP 8.x for your WordPress site, plugin, or theme, including a roadmap.
We’ll do this based on an interview we conducted with PHP expert Juliette Reinders Folmer. She devotes most of her daily life to programming and everything around it, focusing mainly on open-source projects, including WordPress.
Are you ready to make the switch smoothly too? Curious about our step-by-step plan? Then let’s dive right in!