PHP 5.3.6-2 release

[breun]

Like php-cli and php-common ? So yousimply download all these rpms and execute the command. Offcourse then you restart apache and thats it ? You have rolled back ?

Yes, basically that's it.

Sometimes there are package layout changes between releases (like the php-mhash package for instance, which was available for 5.2, but doesn't exist for 5.3 since the hashing functions have moved into PHP core) and you might have to separately reinstall some package that was obsoleted or something, so you might want to check your yum log or backups to see what you had installed before.

Another thing might be configuration file changes, but you should be able to restore that pretty easily (from a backup or by customizing the default from the package again).

[JnascECSI]

Can anyone having issues with joomla after the upgrade tell me if the joomla sites are older versions or the most current last 2 which are 1.5.22 & 1.5.23? Since we have around 40 joomla sites which all are 1.5.22 & last weeks updated 1.5.23 i want to see if it might be version related to older versions before i upgrade to PHP 5.3.

Thanks in advance.

[DarkF@der]

Can anyone having issues with joomla after the upgrade tell me if the joomla sites are older versions or the most current last 2 which are 1.5.22 & 1.5.23? Since we have around 40 joomla sites which all are 1.5.22 & last weeks updated 1.5.23 i want to see if it might be version related to older versions before i upgrade to PHP 5.3.

Thanks in advance.

The problems are with older joomla's older then .22 but also people who using icetheme templates having big problems
If they running joomla 1.5.22 and using the icetheme template the menu's will be broken on there site

[nobody]

I am currently having all joomla users updating their sites code so they can operate. Hope this will resolve soon. Anyhow we should adopt to the newer php one day.

There is another issue I think. I have the feeling it consumes much more ram. Has anyone noticed or is it just my idea ?

Regards

[nobody]

Also there is another issue with Joomla.

If you take a look at the joomla errors there are whole megabytes of the same error. With the timestamp.

I went to php.ini and added the following line in order to resolve this issue at least for now.

date.timezone = Europe/City

Offcourse the City is something that you change. There were also a phpbb inside a joomla and another joomla that wouldn't function without it !

[breun]

The comment for http://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.c ... e.timezone says:

Prior to PHP 5.3.0, the default timezone used by all date/time functions if the TZ environment variable isn't set; this is longer the case as of 5.3.0.

That looks like broken language to me, but apparently indeed something changed with PHP 5.3.0 for date.timezone.

[breun]

Migrating from PHP 5.2.x to PHP 5.3.x might be of interest. It describes Backward Incompatible Changes for instance.

[hostingguy]

I dont know if either of these 2 issues are known issues or not, but they are occuring as of this morning.
Any idea why a yum upgrade php is attempting to install php-common 5.2.17-1 when its updating php to 5.3?

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Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: php = 5.2.17-1.el5.art for package: php-devel
---> Package php.x86_64 0:5.3.6-2.el5.art set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: php-cli = 5.3.6-2.el5.art for package: php
--> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.3.6-2.el5.art for package: php
--> Running transaction check
---> Package php-cli.x86_64 0:5.3.6-2.el5.art set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libedit.so.0()(64bit) for package: php-cli
--> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.2.17-1.el5.art for package: php-gd
--> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.2.17-1.el5.art for package: php-tidy
--> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.2.17-1.el5.art for package: php-mcrypt
--> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.2.17-1.el5.art for package: php-xml
--> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.2.17-1.el5.art for package: php-soap
--> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.2.17-1.el5.art for package: php-mbstring
--> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.2.17-1.el5.art for package: php-snmp
--> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.2.17-1.el5.art for package: php-mysql
--> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.2.17-1.el5.art for package: php-mssql
--> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.2.17-1.el5.art for package: php-embedded
--> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.2.17-1.el5.art for package: php-ldap
--> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.2.17-1.el5.art for package: php-dba
--> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.2.17-1.el5.art for package: php-ncurses
--> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.2.17-1.el5.art for package: php-pspell
--> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.2.17-1.el5.art for package: php-pgsql
--> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.2.17-1.el5.art for package: php-imap
--> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.2.17-1.el5.art for package: php-mhash
--> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.2.17-1.el5.art for package: php-bcmath
--> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.2.17-1.el5.art for package: php-xmlrpc
--> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.2.17-1.el5.art for package: php-pdo
--> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.2.17-1.el5.art for package: php-odbc
---> Package php-common.x86_64 0:5.3.6-2.el5.art set to be updated
---> Package php-devel.x86_64 0:5.3.6-2.el5.art set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
---> Package libedit.x86_64 0:3.0-2.20090923cvs.el5.art set to be updated
---> Package php-bcmath.x86_64 0:5.3.6-2.el5.art set to be updated
---> Package php-common.i386 0:5.2.17-1.el5.art set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libcurl.so.3 for package: php-common
---> Package php-dba.x86_64 0:5.3.6-2.el5.art set to be updated
---> Package php-embedded.x86_64 0:5.3.6-2.el5.art set to be updated
---> Package php-gd.x86_64 0:5.3.6-2.el5.art set to be updated
---> Package php-imap.x86_64 0:5.3.6-2.el5.art set to be updated
---> Package php-ldap.x86_64 0:5.3.6-2.el5.art set to be updated
---> Package php-mbstring.x86_64 0:5.3.6-2.el5.art set to be updated
---> Package php-mcrypt.x86_64 0:5.3.6-2.el5.art set to be updated
---> Package php-mssql.x86_64 0:5.3.6-2.el5.art set to be updated
---> Package php-mysql.x86_64 0:5.3.6-2.el5.art set to be updated
---> Package php-odbc.x86_64 0:5.3.6-2.el5.art set to be updated
---> Package php-pdo.x86_64 0:5.3.6-2.el5.art set to be updated
---> Package php-pgsql.x86_64 0:5.3.6-2.el5.art set to be updated
---> Package php-pspell.x86_64 0:5.3.6-2.el5.art set to be updated
---> Package php-snmp.x86_64 0:5.3.6-2.el5.art set to be updated
---> Package php-soap.x86_64 0:5.3.6-2.el5.art set to be updated
---> Package php-tidy.x86_64 0:5.3.6-2.el5.art set to be updated
---> Package php-xml.x86_64 0:5.3.6-2.el5.art set to be updated
---> Package php-xmlrpc.x86_64 0:5.3.6-2.el5.art set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
---> Package curl.i386 0:7.15.5-9.el5_6.2 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

==============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
 Package                                               Arch                                            Version                                                              Repository                                                   Size
==============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Updating:
 php                                                   x86_64                                          5.3.6-2.el5.art                                                      atomic                                                      1.4 M
Installing for dependencies:
 curl                                                  i386                                            7.15.5-9.el5_6.2                                                     cloudlinux-updates                                          233 k
 libedit                                               x86_64                                          3.0-2.20090923cvs.el5.art                                            atomic                                                       81 k
 php-common                                            i386                                            5.2.17-1.el5.art                                                     atomic                                                      279 k
Updating for dependencies:
 php-bcmath                                            x86_64                                          5.3.6-2.el5.art                                                      atomic                                                       40 k
 php-cli                                               x86_64                                          5.3.6-2.el5.art                                                      atomic                                                      2.6 M
 php-common                                            x86_64                                          5.3.6-2.el5.art                                                      atomic                                                      972 k
 php-dba                                               x86_64                                          5.3.6-2.el5.art                                                      atomic                                                       60 k
 php-devel                                             x86_64                                          5.3.6-2.el5.art                                                      atomic                                                      623 k
 php-embedded                                          x86_64                                          5.3.6-2.el5.art                                                      atomic                                                      1.3 M
 php-gd                                                x86_64                                          5.3.6-2.el5.art                                                      atomic                                                      208 k
 php-imap                                              x86_64                                          5.3.6-2.el5.art                                                      atomic                                                       87 k
 php-ldap                                              x86_64                                          5.3.6-2.el5.art                                                      atomic                                                       55 k
 php-mbstring                                          x86_64                                          5.3.6-2.el5.art                                                      atomic                                                      2.3 M
 php-mcrypt                                            x86_64                                          5.3.6-2.el5.art                                                      atomic                                                       47 k
 php-mssql                                             x86_64                                          5.3.6-2.el5.art                                                      atomic                                                       67 k
 php-mysql                                             x86_64                                          5.3.6-2.el5.art                                                      atomic                                                      158 k
 php-odbc                                              x86_64                                          5.3.6-2.el5.art                                                      atomic                                                       87 k
 php-pdo                                               x86_64                                          5.3.6-2.el5.art                                                      atomic                                                      117 k
 php-pgsql                                             x86_64                                          5.3.6-2.el5.art                                                      atomic                                                      133 k
 php-pspell                                            x86_64                                          5.3.6-2.el5.art                                                      atomic                                                       31 k
 php-snmp                                              x86_64                                          5.3.6-2.el5.art                                                      atomic                                                       39 k
 php-soap                                              x86_64                                          5.3.6-2.el5.art                                                      atomic                                                      276 k
 php-tidy                                              x86_64                                          5.3.6-2.el5.art                                                      atomic                                                       52 k
 php-xml                                               x86_64                                          5.3.6-2.el5.art                                                      atomic                                                      221 k
 php-xmlrpc                                            x86_64                                          5.3.6-2.el5.art                                                      atomic                                                       85 k

Transaction Summary
==============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Install       3 Package(s)
Upgrade      23 Package(s)

And then after the upgrade, php is "broken"

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# php -v
Failed loading /usr/lib64/php/zend/ZendOptimizer-5.3.so:  /usr/lib64/php/zend/ZendOptimizer-5.3.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/dbase.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/dbase.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: mhash: Unable to initialize module
Module compiled with module API=20060613
PHP    compiled with module API=20090626
These options need to match
 in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/ncurses.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/ncurses.so: undefined symbol: first_arg_force_ref in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/sqlite.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/sqlite.so: undefined symbol: third_arg_force_ref in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: suhosin: Unable to initialize module
Module compiled with module API=20060613
PHP    compiled with module API=20090626
These options need to match
 in Unknown on line 0
PHP 5.3.6 (cli) (built: Mar 23 2011 17:24:24)
Copyright (c) 1997-2011 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2011 Zend Technologies
    with the ionCube PHP Loader v4.0.5, Copyright (c) 2002-2011, by ionCube Ltd.

it looks like the ugprader/updater didnt attempt to remove these old packages, so php is now thuroughly confused.

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php-common-5.2.17-1.el5.art
php-sqlite2-5.2.16-1.el5.art
php-sqlite2-5.2.16-1.el5.art
php-mhash-5.2.17-1.el5.art
php-ncurses-5.2.17-1.el5.art
php-zend-optimizer-3.3.9-2.el5.art

I've had hit or miss dependancy problems if I didnt remove php-sqlite2 before the attempted update

if all that isnt enough, after removing all of those other packages it looks like suhosin is throwing problems.
php-suhosin-0.9.32.1-1.el5.art

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# php -v
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: suhosin: Unable to initialize module
Module compiled with module API=20060613
PHP    compiled with module API=20090626
These options need to match
 in Unknown on line 0
PHP 5.3.6 (cli) (built: Mar 23 2011 17:24:24)
Copyright (c) 1997-2011 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2011 Zend Technologies
    with the ionCube PHP Loader v4.0.5, Copyright (c) 2002-2011, by ionCube Ltd.

I had to run an update on it manually as well (updated to php-suhosin.x86_64 0:0.9.32.1-2.el5.art) - so the updater missed this package as well to update.

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# php -v
PHP 5.3.6 (cli) (built: Mar 23 2011 17:24:24)
Copyright (c) 1997-2011 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2011 Zend Technologies
    with the ionCube PHP Loader v4.0.5, Copyright (c) 2002-2011, by ionCube Ltd.
    with Suhosin v0.9.32.1, Copyright (c) 2007-2010, by SektionEins GmbH

[nobody]

The comment for http://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.c ... e.timezone says:

Prior to PHP 5.3.0, the default timezone used by all date/time functions if the TZ environment variable isn't set; this is longer the case as of 5.3.0.

That looks like broken language to me, but apparently indeed something changed with PHP 5.3.0 for date.timezone.

No way ... All Joomla sites in 3 servers (2 plesk - 1 without cp) have tooons of this same error. So I hardcoded it to resolve the issue on php.ini.

Something has changed in the date.timezone for sure or some cms are not compatible with the new syntax ? I really don't know ...

Migrating from PHP 5.2.x to PHP 5.3.x might be of interest. It describes Backward Incompatible Changes for instance.

Only if we knew before

The good thing is that I have everyone upgrading their Joomla so after 3 days 90% of the sites that were damaged are functional again. But anyhow its really bad that you can't rollback to the previous version. And after what I read I was too pesimistic to even try to rollback through other ways in order not to break other things ...


I think probably whoever wants to upgrade to the newer php version should send a mass mail to all their clients and inform them of the upcoming "event" and possible issues with their sites ...

[breun]

Migrating from PHP 5.2.x to PHP 5.3.x might be of interest. It describes Backward Incompatible Changes for instance.

Only if we knew before

Pretty much all software updates come with changelogs. Bigger projects usually also have "What's New" documentation like this. This is not secret information.

The good thing is that I have everyone upgrading their Joomla so after 3 days 90% of the sites that were damaged are functional again. But anyhow its really bad that you can't rollback to the previous version.

And after what I read I was too pesimistic to even try to rollback through other ways in order not to break other things ...

I haven't personally done a downgrade from PHP 5.3 to 5.2, but I wouldn't know why this wouldn't work.

I think probably whoever wants to upgrade to the newer php version should send a mass mail to all their clients and inform them of the upcoming "event" and possible issues with their sites ...

Of course you should. And I'm sorry, but you want to test these things, and know how to roll back, and have backups.

I'm sorry if this sounded harsh.