How do I update PHP minor versions?

Nathan Kitchen 1

According to the post here, the PHP minor version update for 7.2.27 should be rolled out to app services in February 2020.

At time of writing (mid-March), a web app I'm running in UK South is still showing as version 7.2.22. I'm establishing this by running php -v from the command line, though the same issue has been flagged by our pen-testing regime.

Do I have to undertake any specific action for the minor version upgrade to roll out to my instance?

Apologies if this is documented somewhere, I've not been able to find the right combination of keywords to locate the relevant docs.

1 answer

Ryan Hill 26,056 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2020-03-11T20:32:59.683+00:00

Hi @Nathan Kitchen

You will have to switch your runtime for you web app manually. As runtimes are updated, App Services does not update your app to latest versions. I ran az webapp list-runtimes and can see PHP 7.4 as an available runtime on Windows. I'm assuming your app is on a Linux box because for az webapp list-runtimes --linux, it's not listed. I'm hearing though it should be rolled out next month assuming there aren't any delays.

No apologies needed. The initial announcement should've been more explicit in that the February 2020 update was for Windows images. Hope this helps.
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Nathan Kitchen 1 Reputation point

2020-03-12T08:48:53.427+00:00

It's a Windows web app, not Linux. The question isn't about how to update the runtime (I'm fine on 7.2 for now), but how to get the image to update its minor version from 7.2.22 to 7.2.27.

Ryan Hill 26,056 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2020-03-18T00:25:57.517+00:00

I understand what you're saying now @Nathan Kitchen . This isn't something that you can upgrade yourself. It's dependent on the rollout of platform updates. What version is your Azure App Service running? It will be listed on the kudu home page of your app under Environment.

Nathan Kitchen 1 Reputation point

2020-03-19T17:34:06.747+00:00

Build is reported as 85.11226.4297.0, App Service version is 86.0.7.153. I figured it wasn't something I could upgrade myself, but I thought this was what was announced as the Feb 2020 upgrade. Windows version is reported as 10.0.14393.

Ryan Hill 26,056 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2020-03-26T01:13:05.483+00:00

Can you share your app name @Nathan Kitchen ?

Nathan Kitchen 1 Reputation point

2020-03-26T13:21:51.63+00:00

I'd rather not, it's a production workload and evidently has an older version of PHP. We did raise a ticket and were told that the Feb 2020 update was only for Linux and not Windows, which is apparently to be released "next month". This seems to contradict your initial comment that the release was for Windows rather than Linux. It would be good to see this explicitly called out in the next notification.

I think we're just going to sit on it until the next announcement and then check whether it auto-updates in the background.

Thanks for the assist.

Ryan Hill 26,056 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2020-03-27T17:33:20.4+00:00

Understandable. The PHP update is part of the 87 release. I heard this was release was significantly delayed but has been rolled out to the majority of the regions. If your app service still shows 86.x, then email me at AzCommunity[at]microsoft[dot]com with your app service name and I will investigate.
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