Hello everybody,
we are using Laminas-DB and are in the process of upgrading to PHP8.4. Laminas-DB requires versions 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3.
Is there a timeline when Laminas-DB will be available for PHP 8.4?
Thank you for your contribution here.
Best regards
Roland
makxk
July 22, 2025, 1:36pm
2
Hi there!
I remember there being a thread on laminas-db
a while back, this one:
Today we have 15 opened pull request and 11 opened issues.
But we have no reaction of comunity.
Last merge was 4 monch ago.
Unit tests have errors.
Tests for Oracle not support.
Version 3 not activity since 31 Dec 2019.
What is the future of the project “laminas-db”?
If the development of the project is not planned, then you need to look for a replacement (for example, Eloquent from the Laravel project).
In that case, why use Laminas?
To quote @ocramius , a laminas-maintainer:
This means that we won’t put improvements in the projects besides:
keeping it running
security maintenance
In order for laminas/laminas-db
to receive new features, improvements and refactoring anything, we need an active maintainer that owns changes applied to the project.
Without such a maintainer, the architectural vision of the project is not there, and any changes landing it it would mostly be “random”, or perhaps just generate chaos and instability.
So, laminas-db
is currently in need of a maintainer who can make it compatible to PHP 8.4.
The support of PHP 8.4 can be added without a maintainer. The real problem is Microsoft:
opened 08:50AM - 21 Sep 24 UTC
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 https://github.com/microsoft/msphpsql/issues/1477#issuecomment-1848002475 :)
Some more context:
2.21.x
← cod43156:php8.4_support
opened 10:03AM - 01 Oct 24 UTC
| Q | A
|-------------- | ------
| Documentation | yes/no
| Bug… fix | yes/no
| BC Break | yes/no
| New Feature | yes/no
| RFC | yes/no
| QA | yes/no
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makxk
July 22, 2025, 2:29pm
4
Oop, thanks for clarifying!
Looks like we will not have an upgrade until October, at least:
opened 08:50AM - 21 Sep 24 UTC
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 https://github.com/microsoft/msphpsql/issues/1477#issuecomment-1848002475 :)