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The major PHP 8 release is here on the FastComet servers. Although it was officially released for General Availability on November 26, 2020, it is now fully available for all FastComet customers.…

Six months after Laravel 7, on September 8th, 2020, Laravel 8 was officially released — right on schedule. As always, the new version of the free, open-source PHP web framework comes with some exciting additions and a lot of quality improvements.…

Keeping your apps and software up-to-date is one of the easiest ways to avoid a myriad of security breaches. That should also include keeping the core files of your Joomla! platform updated to the latest maintenance version.…

PHP 7.4, the last minor release before 8.0, was released for General Availability on November 28th, 2019 and as of today, it is fully available for all FastComet customers. Performance is key, and as always, PHP 7.4 does not disappoint.…

Yes! Laravel 6.0 is officially out now! Since you are here, you probably already know that Laravel is one of the most popular PHP frameworks, used by developers across the globe.…

It’s almost inevitable to relate Spring to natural growth and rejuvenation. Once you hear the chirping birds and see the blossoms outside, you can’t help but feel refreshed. What better time to get on with your spring cleaning than now?…

Our constant dedication delivering at your fingertips the latest and most stable PHP versions and other features as soon as we can, after rigorously testing it throughout our hosting environment goes without saying.…

Here at FastComet, the constant stability, security, and speed of your websites are at utmost importance for us, as they are for you. We thoroughly believe that keeping your software updated is a good idea for a lot of reasons.…

WordPress is primarily written on the scripting language PHP and it’s undoubtedly one of the parts that have the highest impact on all WordPress sites in existence. Major parts of not only the back but also the front end of your WordPress interface and page exist because of PHP.…

The most used scripting language is PHP. It’s rapidly evolving and after more than ten years without a significant upgrade to it, the scripting language introduced it’s 7.0 version. PHP 7 made a debut at the end of 2015.…

The wait is finally over! Version 5.5 of Laravel is now officially out and as expected the Laravel community is super excited about the new features of the new version. …

Composer is a tool for dependencies management which enables you to easily download all the required packages/libraries your PHP project can use. The tool is dependent on the PHP service and from this point on will be available on all our Shared Hosting packages.…