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title: "Cloud Platform - September 24, 2023"
date: "2025-09-12T05:57:24+00:00"
summary: "Cloud Platform updates: PHP 8.1 default, cloud hooks for file/database copying between Next and Classic environments."
image:
type: "announcement"
url: "/acquia-cloud-platform/release/2023-09-24/76436-cloud-platform-september-24-2023"
id: "ca305caa-a369-43be-b22e-abd45e0e220d"
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*   Change The default version of PHP in Cloud Platform is 8.1.
*   Change When you copy files or databases from a Cloud Next environment to a Cloud Classic environment, Cloud Platform can execute cloud hooks.