# Total CMS with PHP 8

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**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [December 1, 2021, 4:34am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/total-cms-with-php-8/41592 "2021-12-01T04:34:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![infomatique](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/infomatique/32/5463_2.png) [@infomatique](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/infomatique)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 4:34am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/total-cms-with-php-8/41592/1 "2021-12-01T04:34:15Z")

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I cannot get Total CMS blog to work an am beginning to suspect that it might be a PHP issue. Does anyone know if Total CMS works with PHP 8

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**Author:** ![NeilUK](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/neiluk/32/23434_2.png) [@NeilUK](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/NeilUK)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/total-cms-with-php-8/41592/2 "2021-12-01T06:09:58Z")

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In the TotalCMS updates section, there are references to using PHP 8. Joe actually recommends it. [Total CMS Stack for RapidWeaver](https://www.weavers.space/stacks/total-cms#updates)

> Both Total CMS and Easy CMS a minimum of PHP 7.4+.

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**Author:** ![Ruyton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ruyton](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Ruyton)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/total-cms-with-php-8/41592/3 "2021-12-01T09:03:32Z")

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I run TCMS on PHP 8 with Chillidog as a host.

However, not all PHP 8 server installations are the same. A good test would be to try with PHP 7.4 and if it still doesn’t work, it’s probably your setup. If it does, then suspect the server PHP 8

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**Author:** ![infomatique](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/infomatique/32/5463_2.png) [@infomatique](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/infomatique)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/total-cms-with-php-8/41592/4 "2021-12-01T10:11:31Z")

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Thanks … I will try 7.4

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**Author:** ![infomatique](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/infomatique/32/5463_2.png) [@infomatique](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/infomatique)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/total-cms-with-php-8/41592/5 "2021-12-02T00:33:30Z")

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I switched to 7.4 and after some file permission issues I got it to work and then switched back to 8 and everything appears to be OK. Thanks

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/system/32/25301_2.png) [@system](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/total-cms-with-php-8/41592/6 "2022-01-01T10:34:18Z")

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
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