Comments on: PHP 5.x – What is your server running? http://www.phpwomen.org/wordpress/2006/12/12/php-5x-what-is-your-server-running Strength in Unity Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:05:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: adnan http://www.phpwomen.org/wordpress/2006/12/12/php-5x-what-is-your-server-running/comment-page-1#comment-9246 adnan Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:17:25 +0000 http://www.phpwomen.org/wordpress/2006/12/12/php-5x-what-is-your-server-running/#comment-9246 I need to upgrade php 4.2.x to 5.2.x running in windows 2003 server using iis as webserver are there any best practise? Thank you, Adnan I need to upgrade php 4.2.x to 5.2.x running in windows 2003 server using iis as webserver are there any best practise?

Thank you,
Adnan

]]> By: Kathy Reid http://www.phpwomen.org/wordpress/2006/12/12/php-5x-what-is-your-server-running/comment-page-1#comment-259 Kathy Reid Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:54:43 +0000 http://www.phpwomen.org/wordpress/2006/12/12/php-5x-what-is-your-server-running/#comment-259 One of the key issues here is coding standards - there are a number of php.ini configurations that are turned off by default in PHP 5 - and are recommended to be kept off for security reasons (such as register_globals). If your PHP 4 codebase heavily utilises these functions, it may require a lot of effort to upgrade to PHP 5. There's a lot to be said for using a business case approach - by asking the questions: - What are the benefits of PHP 5? - Will the effort in upgrading to PHP 5 provide a return? For instance, you may have an application in PHP 4 (or even 3) which is going to be at end of lifecycle in under two years. Is it worth upgrading? If you do choose to upgrade to PHP 5, some good planning now will help to pave the way for PHP 6 and beyond; - What coding standards will your code adhere to? If you avoid deprecated, or suggested-to-be-deprecated syntax then you will be in a better position to upgrade. - What frameworks are you using (ie CakePHP, Smarty etc)? Are they upgradeable to PHP 5 and do they look likely to be developed in the future? One of the key issues here is coding standards – there are a number of php.ini configurations that are turned off by default in PHP 5 – and are recommended to be kept off for security reasons (such as register_globals). If your PHP 4 codebase heavily utilises these functions, it may require a lot of effort to upgrade to PHP 5.

There’s a lot to be said for using a business case approach – by asking the questions:

- What are the benefits of PHP 5?
- Will the effort in upgrading to PHP 5 provide a return? For instance, you may have an application in PHP 4 (or even 3) which is going to be at end of lifecycle in under two years. Is it worth upgrading?

If you do choose to upgrade to PHP 5, some good planning now will help to pave the way for PHP 6 and beyond;

- What coding standards will your code adhere to? If you avoid deprecated, or suggested-to-be-deprecated syntax then you will be in a better position to upgrade.

- What frameworks are you using (ie CakePHP, Smarty etc)? Are they upgradeable to PHP 5 and do they look likely to be developed in the future?

]]> By: aaa http://www.phpwomen.org/wordpress/2006/12/12/php-5x-what-is-your-server-running/comment-page-1#comment-177 aaa Mon, 25 Dec 2006 07:30:45 +0000 http://www.phpwomen.org/wordpress/2006/12/12/php-5x-what-is-your-server-running/#comment-177 All my servers are runnining PHP 4.* versions. But, as you said - it is not a problem to upgrade, my biggest problem are clients. If upgrade - I will have to mantain two branches - one for clients with 4.* php on servers, and one for 5.*. There are two options here: (first) To upgrade to php5, and write the code to be backward compatible (with php4)? And then, at some point in the future switch to php5... Or to upgrade to php5 and write php5 code? All my servers are runnining PHP 4.* versions. But, as you said – it is not a problem to upgrade, my biggest problem are clients. If upgrade – I will have to mantain two branches – one for clients with 4.* php on servers, and one for 5.*. There are two options here: (first) To upgrade to php5, and write the code to be backward compatible (with php4)? And then, at some point in the future switch to php5… Or to upgrade to php5 and write php5 code?

]]> By: nu http://www.phpwomen.org/wordpress/2006/12/12/php-5x-what-is-your-server-running/comment-page-1#comment-157 nu Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:42:27 +0000 http://www.phpwomen.org/wordpress/2006/12/12/php-5x-what-is-your-server-running/#comment-157 I absolutely agree. At work we upgraded servers and applications in the precise moment it appeared an stable version of PHP5 for the Linux distribution we use. I didn't found a reason not to do it, as that step supposed a great improvement on performance and capabilities. The conversion wasn't painful at all, as you say, it was much easier than it seemed. I think that the work of mantaining applications programmed in a non evolutive language costs much more in the long run. I absolutely agree. At work we upgraded servers and applications in the precise moment it appeared an stable version of PHP5 for the Linux distribution we use. I didn’t found a reason not to do it, as that step supposed a great improvement on performance and capabilities.
The conversion wasn’t painful at all, as you say, it was much easier than it seemed. I think that the work of mantaining applications programmed in a non evolutive language costs much more in the long run.

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