Linux Ubuntu 20.04 Lightning-Services PHP

[JNog]

PHP 7.4.1 and PHP 8.0.0 not working 100%
( PHP 7.3.5 OK , despite imagick optional module not installed )

1. Freshly installed OS
   Ubuntu 20.04
   /home partition not formatted
   so ~/.config/Local was kept from previous installation
2. Freshly installed Local
   Version 5.9.7+5156
3. New site created
   PHP 7.3.5
   
   
4. Changed PHP version to 7.4.1
   ( Local has provided a way to download updated PHP files to ~/.config/Local/lightning-services/php-7.4.1+14 )
   
   
   
   “Could not reach WordPress.org”
   As a result, no Themes or Plugins can be added at all
5. Changed PHP version to 8.0.0
   ( download of PHP files to ~/.config/Local/lightning-services/php-8.0.0+1 )
   
   
   
   Quite promising, just imagick module issue as on PHP 7.3.5, but…
   http://sitename.local/wp-admin/plugin-install.php for adding new plugins renders nothing but a blank screen
   Weird enough, http://sitename.local/wp-admin/theme-install.php for adding new themes seems to be working fine
   Local Log:
   local-lightning.log (558.3 KB)

Being able to switch between mentioned PHP versions, which is quite good, given the fact that only one of those is performing good enough.
I sincerely hope this can help experts to find a solution. I would be happy to have PHP 8.0.0 working, even if version 7.4.1 would not be “fixed”.
Great job the localwp team has been doing, by the way.

Regards

[egriffiths]

I can confirm. Seeing the exact same issue on Ubuntu 20.04 using php 7.4.1 with Local Version 5.9.8+5191. Php 7.3.5 works fine, but it is nice to be able to build with the same version as production server.