Operational playbook · Agencies · MSPs
How to safely update PHP across 250 production websites
Fleet-wide runtime upgrades without Monday-morning chaos.
Goal
Move a large fleet to a supported PHP version with preview, maintenance windows, verification and rollback.
Steps
- Inventory PHP versions via Forge / monitoring
- Group sites by risk and client
- Define organisation standard for target PHP
- Schedule maintenance windows per tranche
- Apply → Verify → Evidence → Rollback if needed