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    <p>If you're using PHP for free, you migrate your server to 7.X. If
      you're paying support, your distribution will provide updates.</p>
    <p>Regards,</p>
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    <p>-Urivan<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/18/2018 06:06 AM, tim wrote:<br>
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      <div>Can anyone tell me if this is important?</div>
      <div>Tim the Doc</div>
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          <div class="" style="margin: 0px; "><span class=""
              style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue',
              Helvetica, sans-serif; "><b class="">From: </b></span><span
              class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font,
              'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; ">"SIIA Software
              SmartBrief" <<a href="mailto:siia@smartbrief.com"
                class="" moz-do-not-send="true">siia@smartbrief.com</a>></span></div>
          <div class="" style="margin: 0px; "><span class=""
              style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue',
              Helvetica, sans-serif; "><b class="">Date: </b></span><span
              class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font,
              'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; ">October 15,
              2018 at 10:36:35 AM CDT</span></div>
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          <div class=""><a target="_blank"
href="http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/kvqVCjybgfDfwUBdCieGzpCicNzpMw?format=multipart"
              class="" style="color: rgb(0, 121, 193); font-size: 16px;
              font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; line-height:
              20px; display: block; " moz-do-not-send="true">Report:
              Majority of sites running PHP won't receive security
              updates in 2019</a>
            <div class="name-100" style="font-size: 14px; line-height:
              20px; ">Nearly 79% of all internet sites still run on PHP,
              which will no longer receive security support by 2019,
              according to W3Techs. The study estimates that roughly 62%
              of sites running outdated PHP will no longer receive
              updates, which could expose millions of websites to
              potential security risks.</div>
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      <div class=""><<a
href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/around-62-of-all-internet-sites-will-run-an-unsupported-php-version-in-10-weeks/"
          class="" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.zdnet.com/article/around-62-of-all-internet-sites-will-run-an-unsupported-php-version-in-10-weeks/</a>></div>
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      <div class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(8, 14, 20);
          font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;
          background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">According to
          statistics from </span><a
          href="https://w3techs.com/technologies/details/pl-php/5/all"
          target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class=""
          style="text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; color: rgb(17,
          116, 199); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;
          " moz-do-not-send="true">W3Techs</a><span class=""
          style="color: rgb(8, 14, 20); font-family: Raleway,
          sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
          255); ">, roughly 78.9 percent of all Internet sites today run
          on PHP. </span><span class="" style="color: rgb(8, 14, 20);
          font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;
          background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">But on December 31,
          2018, security support for PHP 5.6.x will officially cease,
          marking the end of all support for any version of the ancient
          PHP 5.x branch. . . .</span></div>
      <div class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(8, 14, 20);
          font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;
          background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">PHP 7.2 will get a
          patch from the PHP team, for free, in a timely manner; PHP 5.6
          will only get one if you're paying for ongoing support from
          your OS vendor.</span></div>
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