# PHP8.1 is not supported in NC yet, but some OS's has transitioned to it, leaving PHP7.4/8.0 behind **URL:** \ **Category:** ℹ️ Support\ **Tags:** php\ **Created:** [January 27, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/php8-1-is-not-supported-in-nc-yet-but-some-oss-has-transitioned-to-it-leaving-php7-4-8-0-behind/132128 "2022-01-27T22:17:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 20
**Author:** ![flotillaropes](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/flotillaropes/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@flotillaropes](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/flotillaropes)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/php8-1-is-not-supported-in-nc-yet-but-some-oss-has-transitioned-to-it-leaving-php7-4-8-0-behind/132128/20 "2022-02-13T23:25:29Z")
One can run multiple php instances. Why not just set the system php to 8.0 for nextcloud 23. I explain how to do it in this post > [@\[Solved\] Nextcloud 23 and Php 8.1.2 breaks cron.php](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/solved-nextcloud-23-and-php-8-1-2-breaks-cron-php/132541): > > I’m running NC 23 on Rasperry Pi 4. It has been and continues to run great. Today, when I navigated to overview nextcloud runs the Security and setup scan. I noticed a strange message I’ve never seen before. Last background job execution ran 14 days ago. Something seems wrong. I checked the log and it’s clean. Nothing to see here. So, I manually run the cron.php command from the command line with: sudo -u www-data php -f /var/www/nextcloud/cron.php and it doesn’t run at all. It outputs this… --- _[View the full topic](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/php8-1-is-not-supported-in-nc-yet-but-some-oss-has-transitioned-to-it-leaving-php7-4-8-0-behind/132128)._