Re: [RFC] Drop support for 32bit builds

From: Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2025 22:05:27 +0000
Subject: Re: [RFC] Drop support for 32bit builds
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Hello, my two cents,

On Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM Marc Bennewitz <marc@mabe.berlin> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> During the discussion about the year 2038 issue it turned out that maybe
> it's time to drop support for 32-bit of PHP completely.
>
> Based on that I have created an RFC to deprecate 32-bit build in 8.next
> and drop support for it in 9.
>
> RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/drop_32bit_support


I'd hate to see PHP cut itself out of 32bit, especially with workloads
getting device specific "on the edge", and heavy loads moving in to
different components; the lightness of 32 IMHO will be an asset.  I think
too it'd put a burden on the tiny-container approach.  Way back, we were
excited <https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/12974>
but most of it was
Apache.

I guess it'd be a drag to maintain two branches but maybe an option.  To be
honest, the only processes I see over 4gb, even these days, are browsers. :)

Best,

Hans

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