No more php4 updates after 31st Dec 2007

Posted on in Categories Links, Linux, php, Sys admin, UNIX, Windows server 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

Migrating from PHP 4 to PHP 5

Posted by: Vivek Gite

The author is the creator of nixCraft and a seasoned sysadmin, DevOps engineer, and a trainer for the Linux operating system/Unix shell scripting. Get the latest tutorials on SysAdmin, Linux/Unix and open source topics via RSS/XML feed or weekly email newsletter.

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  1. 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.

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