Magento 2.1 PHP version suggestion

Question

I recently got a project in Magento 2.1 CE (from scratch). Although the officially recommended of PHP is 5.6, I am more inclined to go with PHP7.

I was looking for a Pros and Cons list of going with either of the PHP versions.

Any thoughts people ?

• Suresh Chikani: I suggest to you PHP7. PHP7 is much faster then other version and also Magento2 is stable working with PHP7.
• Reena Parekh: as compared to php 5 , php7 is much faster with magento2.1. goivvy.com/blog/magento-2-php7-25-performance-increase

Answer 1

PHP 7

• Pro: Much faster
• Con: Possible bugs

PHP 5.6

• Pro: More reliable
• Con: Slower

That's pretty much all it comes down to. At this point, PHP 7 is fairly stable, every module you find for M2 should support it out of box, so you're not likely to run into any problems.

I wouldn't build a site on anything less than PHP 7.

• Amit Bera: hey, @ryan Hoerr, IS php7 best for magento-2.1.6?
• Ryan Hoerr: PHP 7 is always better than PHP 5, unless your code isn't compatible. PHP 7 will actually be required for Magento 2.2 and above--they're dropping support for PHP 5 completely.
• Amit Bera: Yes, i have checked it for 2.2. it working on supports 7.0.2, 7.0.4, and 7.0.6 or later