[Discuss] phpBB 3.1 "Ascraeus" to require PHP 5.3.3

MichanForo · Post by **MichanForo** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:22 pm

Well, my hosting is running PHP 5.2.14... but I hope they'll upgrade soon to this version

DoYouSpeakWak · Post by **DoYouSpeakWak** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:10 pm

victory1 wrote:I see on my cpanel that my host is using PHP 5.2.17, when I inquire when they will switch to 5.3, I was told how to switch to PHP 5.3.x?

By default, we use PHP 5.2.x on our systems, however if you wish to run PHP 5.3.x, please add the following line to your public_html .htaccess file:

AddType application/x-httpd-php53 php53 php

So just because your host is running 5.2, does not mean that 5.3 is not available. My ACP PHP Information says PHP Version 5.3.6

If your acp php info says you running 5.3.6 then your running 5.3.6, some hosts provides both still. I suggest anyone to get a vps and install it them self. you can get a vps for 15-20 dollars a year these days that works just fine.

Pony99CA · Post by **Pony99CA** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:23 pm

DoYouSpeakWak wrote:I suggest anyone to get a vps and install it them self. you can get a vps for 15-20 dollars a year these days that works just fine.

That sounds wak (pun intended). Non-free shared hosting that I've seen runs at least $2.00 per month (or $24 per year). I've never seen VPS for close to that, much less cheaper.

Also, not everybody wants to have to worry about installing their infrastructure themselves. Installing phpBB presents them with enough challenges as is.

Steve

callumacrae · Post by **callumacrae** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:09 pm

Pony99CA wrote:
DoYouSpeakWak wrote:I suggest anyone to get a vps and install it them self. you can get a vps for 15-20 dollars a year these days that works just fine.
That sounds wak (pun intended). Non-free shared hosting that I've seen runs at least $2.00 per month (or $24 per year). I've never seen VPS for close to that, much less cheaper.

Also, not everybody wants to have to worry about installing their infrastructure themselves. Installing phpBB presents them with enough challenges as is.

Steve

I've never used a decent hosting service for $2/m

Minimum I would pay for shared hosting is $5/m, minimum for a VPS would be $15/m - although it is possible to get both for far cheaper.

My stats might be a few years out of date, I get everything for free these days.

Elias · Post by **Elias** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:09 am

callumacrae wrote:My stats might be a few years out of date, I get everything for free these days.

I know, right

DoYouSpeakWak · Post by **DoYouSpeakWak** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:31 am

You can find good offers on WHT, (webhostingtalk.com)

Iwe got two $15-20yr boxes with 128mb ram atm. both for about 6 month. one have had 5 mins of downtime or so, runs nginx and apc, load times 0.020 or so on index. Other has more downtime. So its a chance of course. Then again im using some 30 euro a month vps as well, they arnt perfect either. It all comes down to pride of service for the host. Not always the price.

Its not for everybody, but it does open up some great options. get a kvm vps were you can upgrade the kernel, but arch on it and you will have a very fast box with latest packages. Currently if you are on centos with php 5.2.x your kernel and other essential packages will be years old. Not weeks. But thats a longer discussion

Most hosts just setup a shared box. Let it run without updates as long as its online. Those are the lazy ones you imo have to avoid. unsafe to use such a old system.

bantu · Post by **bantu** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:44 am

DoYouSpeakWak wrote:I suggest anyone to get a vps and install it them self. you can get a vps for 15-20 dollars a year these days that works just fine.

In general this is not a good idea. Most of our users do not have the knowledge to run their own server and it is quite easy to get into legal trouble when it gets hacked e.g. because it is running outdated software. Hosting companies are supposed to take care of those problems.

callumacrae · Post by **callumacrae** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:37 pm

bantu wrote:
DoYouSpeakWak wrote:I suggest anyone to get a vps and install it them self. you can get a vps for 15-20 dollars a year these days that works just fine.
In general this is not a good idea. Most of our users do not have the knowledge to run their own server and it is quite easy to get into legal trouble when it gets hacked e.g. because it is running outdated software. Hosting companies are supposed to take care of those problems.

+1

We have gone so far off topic 0_o

DrinkChoc · Post by **DrinkChoc** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:52 pm

It's a good decision to make considering PHP is evolving and improving but the only problem I see with this is that some people don't have a host that can provide them with the necessary version of PHP meaning they can't update and if they try to, they'll experience a lot of problems. I suppose most hosts should be up to date though anyway as PHP 5.3 isn't exactly new.

Stoker 4.0 · Post by **Stoker 4.0** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:53 pm

Pheeew

Im running 5.3.3 on my server.
But wouldnt this hit a lot of people?

YouTube · Post by **DavidIQ** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 2:36 pm

Seeing that PHP 5.3.2 was published on 2010-03-04, I would certainly hope most hosting providers would have at least gotten there by now.

Sometimes they'll give the owner the option to use one of a set of versions. When my hosting provider went from 4 to 5 they ran both concurrently for some time and I had the option to use either one on my site. I would expect most hosting providers to do the same or have already upgraded.

Stoker 4.0 · Post by **Stoker 4.0** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 3:11 pm

I just think that there are a lot of crappy hosts out there.

YouTube · Post by **DavidIQ** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 3:23 pm

Stoker 4.0 wrote:I just think that there are a lot of crappy hosts out there.

Completely agree. I think that minimum PHP requirements for common/free software like phpBB can help push even those crappy hosts to upgrade.

victory1 · Post by **victory1** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 1:48 pm

DavidIQ wrote:When my hosting provider went from 4 to 5 they ran both concurrently for some time and I had the option to use either one on my site. I would expect most hosting providers to do the same or have already upgraded.

You are right about that in my case for 5.2 & 5.3. I actually never bothered to read my host KB.

It was not until this announcement and I realized my host was running PHP 5.2.17 that I inquire about 5.3; only to be told that 5.3.x was always available to be. Anyway, I switched to 5.3.6 which was the version that my host was running at the time but recently it was upgraded to 5.3.10

So my advice to others is to check with their host or read their KB.

5.3.x might be available to you but you might not be aware.

fac7orx · Post by **fac7orx** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:37 am

Can anyone comment on godaddy? My control panel there says 5.2

.

PHP Version: PHP 5.2

Anyone know of a way to get 5.3 on there?