From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JFv2S-0007Xv-7b for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:29:56 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7C388E0914; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:29:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from shakti.fmp.com (shakti.fmp.com [216.110.12.105]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64466E0914 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:29:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.253] ([::ffff:10.8.0.7]) (AUTH: LOGIN fmouse@fmp.com) by shakti.fmp.com with esmtp; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:29:53 -0600 id 000000000019BD0E.000000004790E211.0000142B Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] PHP4 From: Lindsay Haisley To: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20080118110850.C41241@shell.bway.net> References: <20080118110850.C41241@shell.bway.net> Organization: FMP Computer Services Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:29:53 -0600 Message-Id: <1200677393.27864.58.camel@localhost.localdomain> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.1 X-Archives-Salt: 0d3c8bb9-c1db-4c3d-aef8-a777e69fba60 X-Archives-Hash: bf848b07709ad901e737fc323e5397e3 On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 11:10 -0500, A. Khattri wrote: > So if we had waited we wouldn't have gone through the pain of > upgrading servers to PHP5 The upgrade is reasonably painless. _Most_ code written for PHP4 will run transparently on PHP5, assuming you have your php.ini files well coordinated. Going forward, there are a number of very nice enhancements in PHP5, notably a substantial improvement in OOP support. You can also run both PHP4 and PHP5 at the same time and switch over on a per-virtual server basis, so if you host lots of websites you don't have to worry about possibly breaking all of them at once. The only limitation here (which is an apache limitation, I think) is that either v4 or v5 must run as CGI, which means that you can't use php_value settings in a .htaccess file for the CGI version. It's always a pleasure to work with well designed code. -- Lindsay Haisley | "In an open world, | PGP public key FMP Computer Services | who needs Windows | available at 512-259-1190 | or Gates" | http://pubkeys.fmp.com http://www.fmp.com | | -- gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org mailing list