Title: Should I use PHP 5.4 ?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Should I use PHP 5.4 ?

 *  [kitchin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kitchin/)
 * (@kitchin)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/should-i-use-php-54/)
 * What’s the best PHP version to use if your host offers too many choices to decide
   🙂 ? I already ran into an issue with a plugin not coded for 5.2, see [http://wordpress.org/tags/_dir_](http://wordpress.org/tags/_dir_)
 * Here’s what my web host offers, via a choice in cPanel. Standard LAMP stack.
 * // PHP Version 5.2.17
    // PHP Version 5.3.24 // PHP Version 5.4.14 // PHP Version
   5.5.0beta3
 * I’m thinking 5.4. Any known issues in the WP ecosystem?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/should-i-use-php-54/#post-3750614)
 * I think PHP 5.4 should be fine although I noted that my personal favourite hosts
   are still using 5.3.24.
 *  Thread Starter [kitchin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kitchin/)
 * (@kitchin)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/should-i-use-php-54/#post-3750683)
 * The performance benchmark improvements look good for 5.4 [http://news.php.net/php.internals/57760](http://news.php.net/php.internals/57760)
   and the “backward-incompatible” changes look pretty minimal this time [http://www.php.net/manual/en/migration54.incompatible.php](http://www.php.net/manual/en/migration54.incompatible.php)
   so I’ll probably give it a whirl. (I’m sure WP core is fine, it’s just plugins
   I’m worried about.)
 * I didn’t even notice my host was defaulting to 5.2 until recently, I guess they
   are trying to be super safe. And offering too many options 🙂

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 * Last activity: [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/should-i-use-php-54/#post-3750683)
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