Brief MySQL scheduled maintenance April 29 & 30, 2017 for some servers (completed)

We’re beginning the process of upgrading our MySQL database servers from the 5.5 series to the MySQL 5.6 series (specifically, from version 5.5.54 to 5.6.36).

The upgrade requires that each Web server be taken offline for approximately 60 seconds, causing brief scheduled “downtime”.

This coming weekend, we’ll be updating some (but not all) web servers:

• Saturday, April 29, 8-10 AM Pacific: servers ending in digits “9” and “8” (completed)
• Sunday, April 30, 8-10 AM Pacific: servers ending in digits “7” and “6” (completed)

(Servers ending in digits 0-5 will be updated the following weekend; we’ll post a separate announcement about that.)

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PHP 7.0.18 and 7.1.4

The PHP developers recently released versions 7.0.18 and 7.1.4 that fix several bugs. We’ve upgraded the PHP 7.0 and 7.1 series on our servers as a result.

These changes should not be noticeable, but as always, don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any trouble.

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PHP 7.0.17 and 7.1.3

The PHP developers recently released versions 7.0.17 and 7.1.3 that fix several bugs. We’ve upgraded the PHP 7.0 and 7.1 series on our servers as a result.

These changes should not be noticeable, but as always, don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any trouble.

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