Announcing the upcoming deprecation of PHP runtimes 8.0.x and below

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On January 13, 2025, in order to continue supporting our customers with tools that are secure and maintainable, AWS will publish a minor version bump of the SDK, which will formally end support for PHP runtimes 8.0.x and below.

The PHP Group has deprecated PHP 8.0 as of November 30th, 2023, which means no new bug reports, fixes, or changes will be made to PHP 8.0. Many widely-used PHP projects and packages have discontinued support for PHP versions below 8.0, and we will be joining these deprecations to maintain a secure and up-to-date SDK.

I use a PHP language level below 8.0. What should I do?
For users below 8.0.x, we recommend updating your PHP language version to a language version supported by the SDK, if possible. Versions of the SDK published early-mid August 2024 through January 13th, 2025 will emit a warning on client construction that your PHP version will be deprecated soon. This can be turned off by setting suppress_php_deprecation_warning to true in your client constructor, or globally by setting the AWS_SUPPRESS_PHP_DEPRECATION_WARNING environment variable to true.

What if I can’t upgrade to PHP 8.1 or higher?
In the event that you’re unable to migrate to PHP 8.1 or higher, previous versions of the AWS SDK for PHP will continue to operate after the deprecation date. Depending on your installation method, you will either stop receiving updates after the deprecation date, or will need to download a release that is compatible with your PHP version.

I use a PHP language level of 8.1 or higher. What should I do?
If you already use a version with continued support, no action is required. You are not impacted by this announcement.

Conclusion
If you’re currently using PHP versions 8.0.x or below with the SDK, we encourage you to upgrade to PHP 8.1 or above. Please share your questions, comments, or concerns with us in a direct reply to this issue.

Links

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/announcing-the-end-of-support-for-php-runtimes-8-0-x-and-below-in-the-aws-sdk-for-php/