diff --git a/daily.php b/daily.php
index 1f0ca5950a..f82d859c52 100644
--- a/daily.php
+++ b/daily.php
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
  * (c) 2013 LibreNMS Contributors
  */
 
+use LibreNMS\Config;
+
 $init_modules = array('alerts');
 require __DIR__ . '/includes/init.php';
 include_once __DIR__ . '/includes/notifications.php';
@@ -30,6 +32,25 @@ if ($options['f'] === 'update') {
     exit(0);
 }
 
+if ($options['f'] === 'check_php_ver') {
+    $min_version = '5.6.4';
+    $warn_title = 'Warning: PHP version too low';
+
+    // if update is not set to false and version is min or newer
+    if (Config::get('update') && version_compare(PHP_VERSION, $min_version, '<')) {
+        new_notification(
+            $warn_title,
+            'PHP version 5.6.4 will be the minimum supported version on January 10, 2018.  We recommend you update to PHP a supported version of PHP (7.1 suggested) to continue to receive updates.  If you do not update PHP, LibreNMS will continue to function but stop receiving bug fixes and updates.',
+            1,
+            'daily.sh'
+        );
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    remove_notification($warn_title);
+    exit(0);
+}
+
 if ($options['f'] === 'rrd_purge') {
     if (is_numeric($config['rrd_purge']) && $config['rrd_purge'] > 0) {
         $cmd = "find ".$config['rrd_dir']." -type f -mtime +".$config['rrd_purge']." -print -exec rm -f {} +";
@@ -98,13 +119,15 @@ if ($options['f'] === 'device_perf') {
     }
 }
 
-if ($options['f'] === 'set_notification') {
+if ($options['f'] === 'handle_notifiable') {
     if ($options['t'] === 'update') {
         $title = 'Error: Daily update failed';
 
         if ($options['r']) {
+            // result was a success (1), remove the notification
             remove_notification($title);
         } else {
+            // result was a failure (0), create the notification
             new_notification(
                 $title,
                 'The daily update script (daily.sh) has failed. Please check output by hand. If you need assistance, '
diff --git a/daily.sh b/daily.sh
index c6eca5ab39..4813f68958 100755
--- a/daily.sh
+++ b/daily.sh
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ status_run() {
     echo "${tmp}" >> ${log_file}
     echo "Returned: ${exit_code}" >> ${log_file}
 
-    # print OK if the command ran succesfully
+    # print OK if the command ran successfully
     # or FAIL otherwise (non-zero exit code)
     if [[ "${exit_code}" == "0" ]]; then
         printf " \033[0;32mOK\033[0m\n";
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ status_run() {
         if [[ "${arg_option}" == "update" ]]; then
             php "${LIBRENMS_DIR}/daily.php" -f notify -o "${tmp}"
         fi
+        if [[ ! -z "${tmp}" ]]; then
+            # print output in case of failure
+            echo "${tmp}"
+        fi
     fi
     return ${exit_code}
 }
@@ -97,7 +101,7 @@ call_daily_php() {
 }
 
 #######################################
-# Set critical notifications for the user
+# Send result of a notifiable process to php code for processing
 # Globals:
 #   LIBRENMS_DIR
 # Arguments:
@@ -107,12 +111,12 @@ call_daily_php() {
 # Returns:
 #   Exit-Code of Command
 #######################################
-set_notification() {
+set_notifiable_result() {
     local args="$@";
     local arg_type=$1;
     local arg_result=$2;
 
-    php "${LIBRENMS_DIR}/daily.php" -f set_notification -t ${arg_type} -r ${arg_result};
+    php "${LIBRENMS_DIR}/daily.php" -f handle_notifiable -t ${arg_type} -r ${arg_result};
 }
 
 #######################################
@@ -148,10 +152,12 @@ main () {
     fi
 
     if [[ -z "$arg" ]]; then
+        status_run 'Checking PHP version' "php ${LIBRENMS_DIR}/daily.php -f check_php_ver" 'check_php_ver'
+
         up=$(php daily.php -f update >&2; echo $?)
         if [[ "$up" == "0" ]]; then
             ${DAILY_SCRIPT} no-code-update
-            set_notification update 1  # make sure there are no update notifications if update is disabled
+            set_notifiable_result update 1  # make sure there are no update notifications if update is disabled
             exit
         fi
 
@@ -174,7 +180,7 @@ main () {
         fi
 
         if (( $update_res > 0 )); then
-            set_notification update 0
+            set_notifiable_result update 0
         fi
 
         if [[ "$old_ver" != "$new_ver" ]]; then
@@ -183,10 +189,10 @@ main () {
             # Run post update checks
             if [ ! -f "${LIBRENMS_DIR}/vendor/autoload.php" ]; then
                 status_run "Reverting update, check the output of composer diagnose" "git checkout $old_ver" 'update'
-                set_notification update 0
+                set_notifiable_result update 0
             else
                 status_run "Updated from $old_ver to $new_ver" ''
-                set_notification update 1  # only clear the error if update was a success
+                set_notifiable_result update 1  # only clear the error if update was a success
             fi
         fi