Topic: PHP 4.3.11 or PHP 5x

[edb]

Can anyone tell me where I can get the SME 7.2 working rpms for either PHP 4.3.11 or PHP5x?

Thanks

edb

[byte]

or PHP5x?

http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=37481.0

[edb]

I'm really looking for PHP 4.3.11 right now as my app requires this version though I'm told PHP5x will be required for my next release in about six months. Currently, I don't think it will run with PHP5x ...

edb

[Mjohnson]

I was attempting to install the latest SugarCRM version which requires PHP 4.3.11 (or PHP 5.?).  Rather than install PHP 5 per the above thread, I just installed an earlier version of SugarCRM.  This was the first time an installed component version has been an issue.  Also, installing the previous Sugar version has worked out to be an acceptable solution for me.

I notice from the PHP web site that support for the PHP 4.? line will be ending on 12-31-07.  Are the Dev's planning to upgrade PHP to 5.? 

Also, out of curiousity, what drives the decision on which version of PHP to install??  I was surprised to see that the current SME 7.2 installed PHP 4.3.9 was originally released in Sept '04  (http://www.php.net/releases/). 

[edb]

I don't care what version it packages with as long as an upgrade path is available.

I still need 4.3.11  and the php-mcrypt for that version as well if anyone can comment on this please.

edb

[cactus]

Also, out of curiousity, what drives the decision on which version of PHP to install??  I was surprised to see that the current SME 7.2 installed PHP 4.3.9 was originally released in Sept '04  (http://www.php.net/releases/). 

SME Server is based on CentOS 4.5, which in turn is based on RHEL4. To minimize maintenance of packages SME Server uses the deafult upstream packages , which CentOS does as well.

Although the support for PHP 4.3.9 will seize, there will be security updates for a bit longer:

The PHP development team hereby announces that support for PHP 4 will continue until the end of this year only. After 2007-12-31 there will be no more releases of PHP 4.4. We will continue to make critical security fixes available on a case-by-case basis until 2008-08-08. Please use the rest of this year to make your application suitable to run on PHP 5.

As soon as SME Server 8 is released there will be support for PHP 5 supplied by the base, as this is based on CentOS 5, which comes with PHP 5.1.6 as default version. Until that time sponsor development with everything you have: bug fixing, testing, documentation, money or whatever you can think of! The sooner we will have SME Server 8!

[Mjohnson]

Thanks Cactus...and my appologies for hijacking the thread.

[cactus]

I don't care what version it packages with as long as an upgrade path is available.

I still need 4.3.11  and the php-mcrypt for that version as well if anyone can comment on this please.

edb

Would this perhaps do? It holds a RHEL 4 RPM of php-mcrypt for php-4.3.9. I believe the libcrypt package should be in the dag repository. Configuration instructions for the Dag repository are in the wiki.

After downloading and adding you could try installing the packages like this:

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yum localinstall /path/to/php-mcrypt.rpm --enablerepo=dag
To have it loaded you will have to add it to a custom template, expand the /etc/php.ini file and reload the httpd-e-smith service.

Note: I have not tested this... so be aware...

[edb]

Thanks Cactus

But what part of I need PHP 4.3.11 doesn't everyone understand!
Can nobody here address this question specifically?

I already have all the PHP 4.3.9 packages installed but I need PHP 4.3.11 .... geesh.

Not to sound ungreatfull for the replies 

[cactus]

Thanks Cactus

But what part of I need PHP 4.3.11 doesn't everyone understand!
Can nobody here address this question specifically?

Sorry, but I was not aware that you need at least PHP 4.3.11. I thought you had trouble finding the mcrypt library for the default PHP version in SME and thought it would be easier to use 4.3.11... if I may ask, what pressing reason is there to use 4.3.11?

I do not know if they will work, but here is a php-4.3.11 for ClarkConnect.

[edb]

Thanks Cactus

I'm currently running SME6.0.1 and the proprietary ecommerce application requires PHP 4.3.11 therefore, I won't be able to migrate to SME7.2 until I can get PHP to this version with the mcrypt extentions as well.

Is clarkconnect a Centos4.5 base?

[cactus]

I'm currently running SME6.0.1 and the proprietary ecommerce application requires PHP 4.3.11 therefore, I won't be able to migrate to SME7.2 until I can get PHP to this version with the mcrypt extentions as well.

And you are sure it does not run on php 4.3.9? The changes between 4.3.9 (changelogs for 4.3.10 and 4.3.11) do not seem that big to me, no major functionality changes, but a lot of bugfixes.

Is clarkconnect a Centos4.5 base?

AFAIK ClarkConnect is RHEL based like Centos... I actually do not know which version of RHEL but my guess is RHEL 4, maybe RHEL 5. Perhaps someone else here in the forums knows.

[jpl]

rpm packages from php 4.3.11 were included in Free-EOS server 1.3-2. You could try these packages.

CD iso is avalaible on SourceForge ( http://sf.net/projects/free-eos )