I have to update my WampServer 2.5 to the latest 3.1.3 version.
These are the details of the different supported versions: WAMPServer 2.5: - Apache 2.4.9 - PHP 5.5.12 - MySQL 5.6.17
WAMPServer 3.1.3: - Apache 2.4.33 - PHP 5.6.35 - MySQL 5.7.21
I need to know which are the critical points of the 3 products that must be handled, more specifically: - MySQL: is there any deprecated or not supported functions / data types / syntax that may result in data loss? For example, I'm aware that the date "0000-00-00" is no longer supported, and unfortunately we use it a lot in our database and our PHP code. Which is the best way to fix this issue? - PHP: is there any generic syntax which is deprecated and need to be updated? - Apache: I don't know too much about this web server; to copy the settings of our httpd.conf file into the new one would be enough?
In general, which is the best approach to avoid critical problems and make our System working with the new WampServer in a reasonable amount of time?
Any suggestion is appreciated, Thank you very much!