No more php4 updates after 31st Dec 2007
Posted by Vivek Gite
[Last updated: July 14, 2007]
There will be no updates after 31-Dec-2007 for PHP 4 version. According to the PHP development team ~ support for PHP 4 will continue until the end of this year only
You can easily upgrade to PHP 5 but please keep it mind that - few old php scripts may not work. Following application does works 100% with PHP 5 and MySQL 5:
a) Wordpress blog software
b) Vbulletin and PHPBB forum software
c) Phpmyadmin MySQL admin software
d) Drupal 5.x CMS and many other softwares
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Thats really good to know. Im really tired of web-hosting companies mixing php4 and php5 together to get both working for customers who want either.
Its high time to upgrade to php5-only.
Php 5 also offers good performance with OOP feature.