How Using Latest PHP Version is Beneficial for Your Magento Store?

PHP 8.0 is the long-awaited version of PHP – a website scripting language. The latest version is scheduled for general availability on Nov 26, 2020. PHP 8.0 has some groundbreaking features and enhancements like the new JIT compiler.

Just in Time or JIT compiler is the most hyped feature upgrade of the latest PHP version and is speculated to improve the performance of the websites running on PHP like Magento 2. And to find that out, we put it on a test and also compared the performance with the website running on PHP 7.3. We properly optimized both the website and tested them under similar circumstances. The result of this test was quite surprising as to the expectations.

We started out by installing PHP 8 first. It was an easy and straightforward process. Then, we installed Magento 2 on PHP 8. During the installation of Magento 2, we were faced with few problems and applied solutions to the best of our knowledge to overcome those issues.

Once the installation was complete, we conducted a few performance tests. You can read this article here to know how the latest version of the PHP has performed against PHP 7.3.

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How to Survive your eCommerce business in the time of Corona Outbreak

An unprecedented event like the corona pandemic has put the lives of many people and businesses at risk. The uncertainty of the event has terrified many fear-stricken people. Businesses are waking up in a world where the COVID-19 has been able to overtake the economy. Many businesses have lost their balance for operating at a rate they would in normal conditions. That’s when the emergency plan comes into the picture. Big corporates have a specialized team for analyzing risk and how to manage the business during emergencies like COVID-19. But small business does not have such teams or an emergency plan either. So, what they can do is to prepare a business for the worst case scenario, explore insurance options, spread ways to minimize the effects of the pandemic, take care of your worried customers and employees as well. There are strategies aggressive actions that you can implement right away. Also, be transparent and optimistic in your communication over the different channels. B

Top 10 Best Payment Gateways in India [Updated]

Due to the increase in the internet user base, the digital economy of India is growing. As per Statista, the eCommerce market share in India will cross the $64 billion mark for the year 2020. And by the year 2027, ‘tis expected to grow beyond $200 billion. From these statistics, we can say that the digital economy of India is growing day by day. Also, one report estimates that India will have 2.2% of the global digital payment market share by the year 2023. Thus, to conduct such kinds of huge digital payments, Indian service providers and eCommerce owners need strong, secure, fast, and user-friendly payment gateways in India. And due to the digitization move getting stronger day by day, people have started to use credit/debit cards, digital wallets, and other methods for doing payments on online platforms. As a new age entrepreneur and startup, you should look for transaction charges, time for setup, user interfaces, payment options, after-sale support, etc before selecting a pay

‘Figure Out’ 16 Reasons to Migrate to Magento 2 from your old Magento 1 Store

As we all know that Magento is shutting off Magento 1 from its list and are only going to focus on the development of Magento 2. So, the only option Magento 1 users have is to migrate to Magento 2. And June 2020 is the deadline for Magento 1. After that no technical support from the Magento team will be provided. Most of the users, foreseeing the future of Magento 2, have already transitioned to Magento 2. But there are still Magento 1 merchants who are confused and don’t know why they should rush into migrating to Magento 2. First, let’s talk about what happens if you do not migrate to Magento 2, Magento is ending support for all Magento 1.X editions. It means that no quality or security patches after June 2020. Magento 1 will become an outdated platform. It will have bugs and critical issues without any reliable solutions. With an outdated platform and critical bugs, you could lose PCI compliance. No PCI compliance means that you cannot accept payment via credit cards. Th

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