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The HTTP server H2O recently hit major milestone with version 2.0.0. The new release comes with new features and performance enhancements.
Migrating sites to HTTP/2 is a simple task. Simply upgrade your web server and procure a valid certificate and you're done! That's it for something small like your blog, but complex sites built comprising of multiple subsystems and 3rd party client functionalities likely require more effort.
Back in December 2014 I did some experimenting with the then unfinished version of the HTTP/2 protocol with the H2O web server. I managed to the the server up and running with the built in PHP server to serve some HTTP/2.
PHP 7 was made available on December 3rd 2015. It offers great improvements in performance and memory use, which are even more significant in resource limited environments like the Raspberry Pi. Together with MySQL 5.7 and the lightweight H2O web server it offers significant gains to performance in LAMP applications.
HTTP/2 is here today and growing constantly. As PHP remains the the most common language for creating web sites and web applications with tools like WordPress and Drupal, it is integral that it keeps up to date with the latest web technologies.
For people working with web sites and web applications, there is never a lack of new things to learn. HTTP/2 is one of these things. It will be in a very significant role in both the lives of developers and users of all web services. Somewhat contrarily it won't change anything to the users of these. Or even the developers.