I venture to suggest that Ray, being the stellar Programmer we all know he is, could sort these issues (basic Security Assist login) in an afternoon's work.
We also know Rays in business to make money, (like us, his Customers) so the next paid update is a big deal from the company perspective. But, maybe fix these basic issues and do so as a beta release so us long term Customers can continue working with at least a viable php 7 core set of features, while we wait for the next paid release?