Performance

Backdrop vs. Drupal 7 Benchmarks on PHP 5.5, 5.6, and 7.0

With the recent release of Backdrop 1.4, I wanted to take the opportunity to see how we are doing on our efforts to keep Backdrop running fast. Backdrop's mission is to make site ownership more affordable, and fast performance is a big part of that.

Performance

Backdrop CMS drops support for PHP versions prior to 5.6

As of May 15th, 2022, with the release of Backdrop CMS version 1.22.0, Backdrop CMS will require PHP version 5.6 or greater.

Currently, the listed requirement for Backdrop CMS is PHP 5.3.29 or greater, a version of PHP that has long since reached the end of its official life.

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