~27% of PHP apps run on EOL or security-only versions. Over 50% of top packages still support unsupported PHP.
This isn't a personal failing. It's an industry condition.
Wrote about practical paths forward that don't require betting everything on a rewrite.
https://blog.ecotone.tech/your-legacy-php-codebase-isnt-hopeless

Your Legacy PHP Codebase Isn't Hopeless
You ship a small bug fix. Suddenly, two other features break. Every deployment feels like gambling. The business depends on this app—it brings in revenue, customers use it daily—but nobody feels confident working on it.





