From 7df9081ea1fc807cefb56492e4e586445190cd8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brad Dutton <brad-github@duttonbros.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2020 11:17:29 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] add note about db config for php 5 to 7 upgrade

---
 README.md | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b69aadc4..c55e926b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,15 @@ For complete system requirements, please refer to:
 
 Installing and Upgrading Instructions
 -------------------------------------
-
+**NOTE:** When upgrading from PHP 5 to PHP 7 you will need to change the database type from mysql to mysqli in var/database.php:
+```php
+$config['default'] = array(
+  'benchmark'     => false,
+  'persistent'    => false,
+  'connection'    => array(
+    'type'     => 'mysqli',
+```
+    
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   https://hub.docker.com/r/bwdutton/gallery3