Well I can share some short experience, I'm taking my first steps with b2evo, very happy until now and not having any issue with php 7.2. My setup is like this:

My b2evo: b2evolution 6.11.1-beta

Web host setup:
PHP Version 7.2.16
MySQL version 5.5.5-10.2.23-MariaDB-cll-lve

Thanks!

Hi @reid_cornwell

I'm running four versions (6.10.6 | 6.10.7 | 6.10.8 and 7.0.0) on the same setup
PHP 7.2.17
10.2.23-MariaDB-log-cll-lve

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By the way your host say they support B2E 6.7.9 - Can I take the hyphen to mean 6.7.9 and newer. If so install at the lowest 6.10.8 Stable or go higher. See https://b2evolution.net/downloads/

@reid_cornwell Can you give a link to where they say they support b2evolution 6.7.9 ?

This version is too old for PHP 7.2.

You can always manually install the latest version of b2evolution.

• https://b2evolution.net/downloads/
• https://b2evolution.net/man/installation-guide

@reid_cornwell @fplanque

I have just had a chat with Bluehost and quote

Yes, we support b2evolution 6.7.9 . Right now we do not support versions above 6.7.9

@reid_cornwell

Regarding the above you are better off uploading your own new version as mentioned in my earlier post and re-iterated by @fplanque

For interest you may like to chat with Bluehost referring to @fplanque saying b2evo 6.7.9 is too old for php7.2 and ask them if they have a demo or know of any other site running 6.7.9 on 7.2 and anyway what is the issue on supporting the latest stable version?

That answers the Bluehost question - Thanks

Secondly: to match bluehost I installed php72.17 on my development machine wichh is a windows IIS server. I noticed in B2E installation instructions you suggest that it only be installed on Apache servers. What can I expect. What version would you suggest?

You can start here until someone with real knowledge gets into this, but you should really start a new topic, please! something like ~ Installing b2evolution on Windows IIS

When you mix topics, sometimes it can be a bit messy and also makes it more difficult for others to find similar problems to resolve.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/iis/application-frameworks/install-and-configure-php-applications-on-iis/b2evolution-on-iis
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B2evolution

The software will run on IIS using FastCGI,[10] but database servers other than MySQL and MariaDB are not supported.

You should not expect b2evolution to work with IIS. It is possible to install apache on Windows. There are complete packages that instal Apache Mysql and PHP on windows.

• https://b2evolution.net/man/installing-on-windows