PHP 5.1.2 Experience

[indoracer]

I followed the instructions in this post about upgrading PHP to version 5. I used the unstable repo instead and had no major problems upgrading my FC2 VDS. I haven't been able to test all my websites but so far it seems that everything is running alright. One thing I had to do was to change the /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf file. I changed the first line from:

LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so

to:

LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so

After doing this everything worked.

[scott]

Thanks for the update, please keep us posted on any incompatibilities you run into. I'd be especially interested on how the app vault packages handle 5.1.

[indoracer]

So far I haven't run into any. I did test a couple php websites on our server (including a Joomla install) and so far no problems. I would like to get the latest version installed (php 5.1.4). Is the best way for me to do this to compile the source using make? It's a little tricky and I want to make sure everything gets put in the right folders. I found this statement for a FC2 server posted by someone (I'm running FC2 with plesk 7.5.4):

./configure --host=i386-redhat-linux --build=i386-redhat-linux --target=i386-redhat-linux-gnu --program-prefix= --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc --datadir=/usr/share --includedir=/usr/include --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/libexec --localstatedir=/var --sharedstatedir=/usr/com --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --cache-file=../config.cache --with-config-file-path=/etc --with-config-file-scan-dir=/etc/php.d --with-openssl --enable-ftp --enable-sockets --with-mysql=shared,/usr --with-apxs2=/usr/sbin/apxs --with-mysqli=/usr/bin/mysql_config

make
make install

I'm confused by these options:

--program-prefix=
Should program-prefix be blank?

--with-mysql=shared,/usr
I think the right path is /var/lib.

--sharedstatedir=/usr/com
I don't have the directory /usr/com on my machine but suppose I can make it.

I plan to uninstall all php 5.1.2 related rpms before doing this.

[michaelfavia]

i dont know what's more distrubing the fact that someone referenced my post as a resource to upgrade php or that i didnt recongize that it was my post until i was well more than halfway through reading it (apparently for the first time, proofreading is so overrated).

That aside i was considering upgrading to the 5.1 rpms and wanted to know if there are any known issue these days? If not ill forge ahead and report back. thx, -mf

[scott]

Ive been hearing a lot of good things about it, but I cant really say they've had a lot of testing across a wide range of applications. I've heard there are some horde issues, which people have been able to fix without a lot of hassle, and some applications like oscommerce that dont work with it. Also fixable alledgedly.

I have had some inconsistant reports that PSA breaks. This could be distribution related, since the older ones need to have a few dependencies upgraded on top of PHP 5.1, so if you have the option to test this out on something more modern, like FC4 or CentOS4, I'd recommend starting there.