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I think I've followed all the steps correct and we're now at https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/pull/4705 and I added it to https://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-15097.

Am I done? What's next?

I thought of that, but there's conditional code around Board version and Orphaned attachments that I didn't want to disturb.

D'oh.
While I have your attention, here's my proposed new Board statistics section showing the PHP version. My concern is the table now contains an odd number of entries. Is that OK or should the empty row/column contain a &nbsp?

New contributor here who needs some guidance. I created the above ticket and I'd like to make my first contribution to fix phpBB 8-) I've previously only used git to clone repositories for use, not for making any code changes.

I'm following the process outlined in Git — phpBB 3.1.x documentation ...

I could find any guidance where to post this, so here goes. The powers that be might want to look at the forum structure here. After all, phpBB 3.0 is EOL yet back here you see Stable Branch: phpBB "Olympus" 3.0. Stable != EOL.

Anyway: what you suggest works, IF you host even supports both PHP 5.x and PHP 7.x. If not, a move from host A to host B is required in the process, something that complicates stuff.

I'll add one more complication to the mix, configuring the local testing environment to support multiple PHP ...

Absolutely a great idea. I'd clearly support the idea .

As a website administrator who also uses WordPress, I'd strongly recommend reviewing their model and implementation, including giving the admin the ability to Configuring Automatic Background Updates « WordPress Codex . I always turn the ...

Executive summary: Keep Automatic Update but change what it does and use WordPress's automatic update as a model.

The long winded explanation: A very timely topic that I've been pondering for a few days. Some background first.

We run our sites on a shared hosting environment and I'd classify ...

Voted for PHP 5.6.x, largely for the reasons cited in
php 5.5 must be excluded from this vote it is in END OF LIFE now, see

http://php.net/supported-versions.php

as in https://www.phpbb.com/about/release/ the end of maintenance of 3.3.x is june 2019
Security support of php 5.6 will end in 31 ...

Have you looked at Tables - phpBB Development Wiki?