<p>Short yes! You can find a detailed Benchmark on <a href="http://www.lornajane.net/posts/2014/php-5-6-benchmarks">http://www.lornajane.net/posts/2014/php-5-6-benchmarks</a>. If possible i would try to update from PHP 5.4.40 direct to PHP 7. The performance from PHP 5.4 to PHP 7 is massiv. A change to PHP7 made our Craft installation twice as fast. You can find some further information here -> <a href="https://pixelandtonic.com/blog/php-7">https://pixelandtonic.com/blog/php-7</a></p>

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Yeh, PHP 7 is crazy fast. Not sure what distro you're running but it looks like Ubuntu 16.04 will have PHP 7 now as a [default](https://www.techandme.se/ubuntu-server-16-04-will-get-php-7-as-default/) option.  Good news for php IMO.
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2016-03-21T13:20:05.873Z
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<p>Simple question, are there performance gains or any other benefits to make it worth the effort of updating the server?</p>

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Are there any advantages of updating from PHP 5.4.40 to 5.6?
# Are there any advantages of updating from PHP 5.4.40 to 5.6?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-03-21)

Simple question, are there performance gains or any other benefits to make it worth the effort of updating the server?

**Tags:** php, performance

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-03-21. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

Short yes! You can find a detailed Benchmark on <http://www.lornajane.net/posts/2014/php-5-6-benchmarks>. If possible i would try to update from PHP 5.4.40 direct to PHP 7. The performance from PHP 5.4 to PHP 7 is massiv. A change to PHP7 made our Craft installation twice as fast. You can find some further information here -> <https://pixelandtonic.com/blog/php-7>

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Yeh, PHP 7 is crazy fast. Not sure what distro you're running but it looks like Ubuntu 16.04 will have PHP 7 now as a [default](https://www.techandme.se/ubuntu-server-16-04-will-get-php-7-as-default/) option.  Good news for php IMO.  

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