Re: What versions should the documentation cover?

On 25.08.2024 at 21:35, Derick Rethans wrote:

>> See <https://www.php.net/docs.php>, last item.  That PHP4 and PHP5 doc
>> removal happened a couple of years ago (after discussion on the
>> list[1][2]), though some remnants about these old versions can still be
>> found in the docs, and these can (and should) be removed.
>>
>> Back then we decided to also remove the old migration guides but chose
>> to keep migration56 and migration70 as service for the community.  Maybe
>> these should be removed now as well.
>>
>> [1] <https://news-web.php.net/php.doc/969387407> ff
>> [2] <https://news-web.php.net/php.doc/969387511> ff
>
> Before anything destructive gets done, I think we should create an archive (and host it) so that people who unfortunately still need this (due to having to upgrade really old stuff), aren't shafted.

Creating an archive won't hurt, but the information should be available
in <http://doc.php.net/archives/php5/> and also on
<https://php-legacy-docs.zend.com/manual/php5/en/index>.  Maybe some
minor changes have been done to the migration guides (and I believe this
is mostly about these), but probably not much (if anything changed at all).

Christoph