Dreamweaver 21.1 PHP 7.4 and PHP 8 will be supported ?

[Erdemir]

Hello there,
Why does Dreamweaver 21.1 not support PHP 7.4? Why do I only have to use PHP 7.1? PHP 8 is out, but Dreamweawer doesn't even have PHP 7.4 yet. Why why why ? PHP 7.4 and PHP 8 support should come as soon as possible. This has stressed me out and I can't work.

[Nancy OShea]

RELAX.  

First find out which version of PHP your server has.

There's no point in coding with PHP 8 if your server doesn't support it.  Also PHP 8 is NOT backwards compatible with PHP 7.

[Erdemir]

Server's PHP version 7.4. But that doesn't matter, the important thing is why can't I change version in Dreamweawer?

[Nancy OShea]

Tools don't build great web apps, people do.

There's almost no difference between incremental updates in PHP 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4.  Manually code with whichever version your server supports.  

If you move to PHP 8, you'll need to be familiar with syntax changes and deprecated functions that are no longer supported.

https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration80.php

Happy coding!

[ElliseProd · Accepted solution]

You love giving an answer to a question that isn't asked without answering the one that is asked, don't you?
And despite what you say, there are significant differences between php 7.1 and 7.4, and much more with php 8.0. New features (new types, etc.) which, if used on DW are marked as errors and therefore pose a real problem when one has to check the syntax of a code. The tool that is supposed to help us, ultimately slows us down. Erdemir is right to complain: by the time PHP evolved, DW should have evolved too.
I fought unsuccessfully for several months to win my case against bugs that have existed on DW since its version 17. These bugs slow me down in my work and are still present, it is unacceptable. But I stopped fighting with Abobe's customer service seeing that it would come to nothing. Today we are impatiently waiting for DW to evolve with PHP. But no: no evolution, no bug resolution, only new tools that are often useless. The DW development team should ask the right questions because many of us are beginning to wonder why we continue to pay to work with such a tool that is becoming obsolete and counterproductive.
This is a complaint message. Please do not reply to this message, your old messages prove your impetence to do so.
Sorry for my poor English.

[Nancy OShea]

Today we are impatiently waiting for DW to evolve with PHP.

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@ElliseProd 

Sarcasm aside,  you will be waiting a long time...  No new features are planned for DW.  It is minimally maintained now.

PHP 8 code hints are NOT supported in DW.  But there's nothing preventing YOU from using it to code manually.

Goodbye & good luck with your project.

[BenPleysier]

This should give you a hint; Adobe promoting Visual Studio, no mention of Dreamweaver.

https://www.adobe.com/products/xd/learn/design-systems/cloud-libraries/vscode-extension.html

Two years ago I left Dreamweaver for Wappler, the only true alternative to Dreamweaver.

[Ben M]

You can try to submit a feature request to Adobe for this: https://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html

However, if this is stressing you, have you considered working in alternative editors?

[Nancy OShea]

Bug & feature requests should be posted on UserVoice where the appropriate product team will see it.

https://dreamweaver.uservoice.com/

You can also submit directly from DW's Help Menu.

[Erdemir]

Thank you. I will try this.
Why should I consider another editor when I have an editor purchased for this?

[osgood_]

Thank you. I will try this.
Why should I consider another editor when I have an editor purchased for this?

By @Erdemir

Why, Why, because it obviously doesnt do what you want. Why should I consider another resturant because the current resturant I use serves food I don't like..........hummmm

[Nancy OShea]

because the current resturant I use serves food I don't like..........hummmm

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...and small portions. 🙂

[osgood_]

..........'small portions' very applicable indeed.