Upgrading from PHP 4.2.2 to 4.3.10 [Archive]

spader

03-16-2005, 06:41 AM

Has anyone done this or know how to do it? I have a new system for my site and there are things in the PHP code that are only supported, from what I can tell, with PHP 4.3.x

retep

04-09-2005, 10:55 PM

Each distro comes with a particular version of PHP. The distro maker will sometimes upgrade the version. Usually they do that to resolve a PHP bug or vulnerability. However most of the time that just affects the minor version number. You don't often get major version upgrades.

If you compile your own versions of applications, then you are then responsible for keeping them up to date with the latest security patches and bug fixes. You will also need to ensure that the programs you compile/install remain compatible with other apps on your server (e.g. Apache and MySQL).

That said: I have some notes on building PHP5 that I can share with you. Just pop in a support ticket.

Another option is to move to a newer distribution. See http://forums.rimuhosting.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77. I think both whitebox linux 3 and our new RimuHosting Enterprise Linux 4 have 4.3 (or newer) PHPs.