Upgrading To PHP-5

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:21 am

Any reason NOT to upgrade to PHP-5? All my domains are up to date wtih RN 2.3.0.1. I have one client still at Nuke 7.6 and refuses to upgrade with the old theory "if it ain't busted don't fix it". I have ONE other customer running WordPress and needs PHP-5 for some of the latest plugins ...

Comments?

Thanks

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:53 am

No, RN should work fine. Very Happy

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 10:12 am

Thanks, any issues with the client's Nuke 7.8 (not 7.6 as posted). One of the issues is that register_globals has been removed in PHP-5, not that we enabled it anyway.

Cheers

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 10:19 am

register_globals is still available in php5, but it is just disabled by default. I believe it is removed from php6 though.

I've never used phpNuke 7.8 with php5 so can't say for definite, but give it a go on XAMPP and see what happens. Wink

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 10:37 am

That's up to the client as to compatiblility and I've suggested too many times to upgrade to RN. And for whatever reason XAMPP has never worked for me. But nonethless I have several test domains to test live anyways.

Cheers

Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:35 am

dad7732, it is possible to run both PHP4 and PHP5 on the same server. Raven did it for his servers in 2008 to help with the switch. I refused to support PHP4 once I upgraded, so not sure the "how to".

Also, although RN has been able to run on PHP5 for almost three years now, there are still add-ons that may not run. This is where the testing is so important. However, usually the issues are minor and fairly easy to fix.

Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:59 am

Thanks, but the one stubborn client has submitted and will "just take it from there" once PHP-5 is installed. Smile

Cheers