This site is currently running on php 7.0. Upgrading to 7.1 or newer will break it in it's current implementation. I intend to increment versions fixing introduced issues as I go.
Current Task: Server implementation of CPanel does not include multiphp, but PHP Selector. Since this is not the only site running on this server I do not want to upgrade PHP system wide. So I need to figure out how to target PHP versions per site.
However since I now have a local dev site I went ahead and began updating PHP versions and resolving errors that occur due to the changes.
I am currently at 7.4.33 which is the final version of the 7.4 branch.
this is on hold until the community server is up and running. It'll be easier to manage the PHP install on a vps than it is on shared hosting.
