PHP 8.4 support

[SharkMachine]

The last PHP 8.4 beta has been released before the upcoming release candidates. The planned release date is Nov 21 2024. Is there a plan for adding PHP 8.4 support?

I think a lot of people will be happy if the first beta for the driver will be out in October like mentioned in #1477 (comment) :)

[SharkMachine]

The current version already builds against PHP 8.4 :). I'll test it next week.

[theodorejb]

Hopefully a beta driver for PHP 8.4 can be released soon - I'd like to be able to test our apps with the PHP 8.4 release candidate.

[SharkMachine]

Hopefully a beta driver for PHP 8.4 can be released soon - I'd like to be able to test our apps with the PHP 8.4 release candidate.

You can build the current release version against PHP 8.4. I tried to test it properly last week, but there are a couple of packages missing from Ondřej Surý's PPA that the internal Docker image I manage needs.

Edit: I've only tested building pdo_sqlsrv.

[theodorejb]

The stable release of PHP 8.4 is in just two days, on November 21st. Will there be an updated SQLSRV driver to officially support it?

[SharkMachine]

I was able to test it now. 5.12.0 (pdo_sqlsrv) seems to be working with PHP 8.4.

Edit: I don't recommend using it in a production environment before official support has been announced.

[piotrekz5]

How long do we have to wait?

[jansor]

Yes this is, please provide ETD, this is our last ext we need to migrate for testing and Production, i hope before Happy new year??? ;)

[camiant]

I was able to test it now. 5.12.0 (pdo_sqlsrv) seems to be working with PHP 8.4.

Edit: I don't recommend using it in a production environment before official support has been announced.

While waiting for official support, the current version 5.12.0 is also working for me, compiled with 8.4.1-3 (November 25, 2024) on Ubuntu 24.04👍