Steven
07-17-2008, 09:55 AM
On August 1, 2008 we will be upgrading all of our servers (shared, VPS, and dedicated) to use PHP5 by default. The changeover should be very seamless, as we have been running php4 and php5 side by side since June 2006. New servers have php5 by default and are working beautifully.
So we ask that over the next week or so, you go through your scripts and files and please make sure that they work under php5. All you need to do to take advantage of PHP5 is to add the following two lines to an .htaccess file to force .php files be handled by php5.
AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .php
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php
The reason why we are upgrading is because PHP4 is no longer being updated or maintained, which means that in time, there will be more vulnerabilities to exploit it.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.
There is no downtime associated with this changeover.
-Steven
So we ask that over the next week or so, you go through your scripts and files and please make sure that they work under php5. All you need to do to take advantage of PHP5 is to add the following two lines to an .htaccess file to force .php files be handled by php5.
AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .php
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php
The reason why we are upgrading is because PHP4 is no longer being updated or maintained, which means that in time, there will be more vulnerabilities to exploit it.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.
There is no downtime associated with this changeover.
-Steven