{"id":2028,"date":"2018-12-15T14:29:41","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T19:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/?p=2028"},"modified":"2020-04-05T09:18:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T13:18:14","slug":"zen-cart-1-5-6-upgrade-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/15\/zen-cart-1-5-6-upgrade-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Zen Cart 1.5.6 &#8211; Upgrade Drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There&#8217;s a new release of Zen Cart &#8211; but why should you upgrade?&nbsp; I&#8217;ll review some of the key reasons in this post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Compatibility with PHP 7.2 and 7.3: PHP is constantly changing, and as new versions are introduced, older ones fall by the wayside.&nbsp; This means they no longer receive bug fixes or even security patches for issues which are discovered by researchers and hackers.&nbsp; If you look at the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Compatibility with PHP 7.2 and 7.3: PHP is constantly changing, and as new versions are introduced, older ones fall by the wayside.&nbsp; This means they no longer receive bug fixes or even security patches for issues which are discovered by researchers and hackers.&nbsp; If you look at the PHP supported versions page, you'll see that&nbsp; (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/php.net\/supported-versions.php\" target=\"_blank\">PHP supported versions page<\/a>, you&#8217;ll see that versions prior to PHP7 won&#8217;t even receive security patches after January 2019.&nbsp; To stay secure, you must update your PHP, which means you must update your Zen Cart software.<\/li><li>All security patches released in Zen Cart 1.5.5 and before included: if your Zen Cart hasn&#8217;t been actively maintained, you may have missed the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Compatibility with PHP 7.2 and 7.3: PHP is constantly changing, and as new versions are introduced, older ones fall by the wayside.&nbsp; This means they no longer receive bug fixes or even security patches for issues which are discovered by researchers and hackers.&nbsp; If you look at the PHP supported versions page, you'll see that versions prior to PHP7 won't even receive security patches after January 2019.&nbsp; To stay secure, you must update your PHP, which means you must update your Zen Cart software.?All security patches released in Zen Cart 1.5.5 and before included: if your Zen Cart hasn't been actively maintained, you may have missed the PHPMailer security patch,&nbsp; (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zen-cart.com\/showthread.php?221619-Patch-PHPMailer-security-patch-(Dec-2016)-for-v155c-and-older\" target=\"_blank\">PHPMailer security patch<\/a>, the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Compatibility with PHP 7.2 and 7.3: PHP is constantly changing, and as new versions are introduced, older ones fall by the wayside.&nbsp; This means they no longer receive bug fixes or even security patches for issues which are discovered by researchers and hackers.&nbsp; If you look at the PHP supported versions page, you'll see that versions prior to PHP7 won't even receive security patches after January 2019.&nbsp; To stay secure, you must update your PHP, which means you must update your Zen Cart software.?All security patches released in Zen Cart 1.5.5 and before included: if your Zen Cart hasn't been actively maintained, you may have missed the PHPMailer security patch, the Trustwave patch,&nbsp; (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zen-cart.com\/showthread.php?219732-Trustwave-Security-report-Patch-Included-TWSL2016-006\" target=\"_blank\">Trustwave patch<\/a>, or any of the other <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Compatibility with PHP 7.2 and 7.3: PHP is constantly changing, and as new versions are introduced, older ones fall by the wayside.&nbsp; This means they no longer receive bug fixes or even security patches for issues which are discovered by researchers and hackers.&nbsp; If you look at the PHP supported versions page, you'll see that versions prior to PHP7 won't even receive security patches after January 2019.&nbsp; To stay secure, you must update your PHP, which means you must update your Zen Cart software.?All security patches released in Zen Cart 1.5.5 and before included: if your Zen Cart hasn't been actively maintained, you may have missed the PHPMailer security patch, the Trustwave patch, or any of the other Zen Cart security patches which has been released in the last few years.&nbsp;&nbsp; (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/faq\/index.php?action=artikel&amp;cat=4&amp;id=9&amp;artlang=en\" target=\"_blank\">Zen Cart security patches<\/a> which has been released in the last few years.&nbsp; Upgrading to Zen Cart 1.5.6 gets you all those patches without any extra work.<\/li><li>All prior bugfixes from ZenCart 1.5.5 and below are included: how many times have you struggled with an issue, only to find that it has been resolved in a newer release?  Upgrading means you&#8217;re using the latest fixes.<\/li><li>&nbsp;Improved admin appearance: the Zen Cart 1.5.6 admin is <em>much<\/em> easier on the eyes than the older versions.&nbsp; Works great on mobile too!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/product_edit-599x1024.png\" alt=\"Mobile product editing in Zen Cart 1.5.6\" class=\"wp-image-2036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/product_edit-599x1024.png 599w, https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/product_edit-176x300.png 176w, https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/product_edit-768x1312.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/product_edit.png 830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><figcaption>Product Editor Screen in Zen Cart 1.5.6 on Mobile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"609\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Webstore_Customers-609x1024.png\" alt=\"Mobile customer edit screen in Zen Cart 1.5.6\" class=\"wp-image-2031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Webstore_Customers-609x1024.png 609w, https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Webstore_Customers-178x300.png 178w, https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Webstore_Customers-768x1291.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Webstore_Customers.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><figcaption>Customer Editor Screen in Zen Cart 1.5.6 on Mobile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Admin_Category_Product_Listing-1024x267.png\" alt=\"Zen Cart 1.5.6 Product\/Category creation screen\" class=\"wp-image-2042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Admin_Category_Product_Listing-1024x267.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Admin_Category_Product_Listing-300x78.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Admin_Category_Product_Listing-768x200.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Looks good on the desktop too!&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a new release of Zen Cart &#8211; but why should you upgrade?&nbsp; I&#8217;ll review some of the key reasons in this post. Compatibility with PHP 7.2 and 7.3: PHP is constantly changing, and as new versions are introduced, older ones fall by the wayside.&nbsp; This means they no longer receive bug fixes or even &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/15\/zen-cart-1-5-6-upgrade-drivers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Zen Cart 1.5.6 &#8211; Upgrade Drivers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-zen-cart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2028"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2221,"href":"https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028\/revisions\/2221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thatsoftwareguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}