PHP5 default on all servers

19 August 2008

On August 22, 2008 we will be upgrading all of our servers to use PHP5 by default. The changeover should be very seamless, as we have been running php4 and php5 side by side since June 2007. We will be upgrading to PHP 5.2.6.

The reason why we are upgrading is because PHP4 is no longer being updated or maintained, which means that in time, there will be more vulnerabilities to exploit it. PHP5 is very stable and has been out for a long time with a proven track record. As a technology based company, we want all of you to have the latest and greatest stable versions of software available.

We are not changing environments, so any mod_php servers will continue to be mod_php and any phpsuexec, will continue to be phpsuexec.

We are not upgrading mysql, this is strictly a PHP only upgrade.

There is no downtime associated with this changeover.