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Dreamweaver UPGRADE: PHP 7.4 / PHP 8?

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
June 15, 2022
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Dear Adobe DreamWeaver-Team,

currently it is only possible to select PHP 7.1 in the preferences.

When can we hope to select 7.4 and 8?

Many thanks!

Best regards from Germany,

madiko

// currently using: DreamWeaver 21.2

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Paul-M

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I don’t think this is going to happen, I have asked the same question a couple of times...

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PMisPM

Participant

So Dreamweaver is leaving us soon? Going the way of Muse? Really? I'd like to hear an answer on that directly from Adobe.

Clues are there: there's no Dreamweaver version beyond 21.3.0 available via CC updates (that's DW version 2021, a.k.a. "21.3.0.15593" on my M2 Mac –– and that's as far as you can go on uploads). PHP 8 is not available either and my host is going to PHP 8 in a few days and not supporting anything less.

I gave up typing HTML, etc. line by line a long time ago and got Dreamweaver instead (my fingers wore out doing line-by-line coding). Somebody please let me know if DW is dying and it's really going to be time to use a new tool.

Good luck to all.

P.M.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Not true. Nobody has announced publicly or privately that Dreamweaver is going away. That's a total myth.

Here's what we actually know:

In Fall of 2021, the Dreamweaver team announced that no new features were being planned for Dreamweaver. It is being minimally maintained now with occasional security & compatibility updates. That's it.

Dreamweaver will continue to be maintained for the benefit of legacy users. But don't expect any new feature enhancements.

Dreamweaver still works well for most things and you can continue using it alongside your other favorite web tools the same as you always have.

I hope that clarifies the situation.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

madikoAuthor

Inspiring

Thank you very much for your fast answer(s), @osgood_ and @Nancy OShea.

So it seems, I have to consider a new tool. *sigh

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

I still use Dreamweaver alonside other coding tools like FileZilla S/FTP client and Visual Studio Code.

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Eclipse

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Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

No. Dreamweaver is only minimally maintain now. No new features are planned.

If you want to use modern code, do it. There's nothing preventing you from using modern code in Code View if that's what your project requires.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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osgood_

Legend

Dear Adobe DreamWeaver-Team,

currently it is only possible to select PHP 7.1 in the preferences.
When can we hope to select 7.4 and 8?
Many thanks!

By @madiko

Never I suspect. Dreamweaver is minimally maintained now, only bug fixes and OS updates are planned for the future.

Its probably a good idea, considering the amount of similar questions concerning the future of Dreamweaver to have a significant 'sticky' at the top of the forum relating to the current status of the program.

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