php5 ?

[Bizzeh]

php5 is almost ready for release... what are the plans of the phpbb guys for php5?

[Techie-Micheal]

Some time ago, psoTFX, the lead dev., tested phpBB 2.1 on PHP5, and it worked with very few problems. The devs do have plans to have support for PHP5.

[sparkster]

Another thing to note, while PHP5 is getting closer to release, your average web host won't be updating for quite a while after release until any major bugs get sorted out.

Unless you are lucky and happen to own a dedicated server and are prepared to update, you will still be using PHP 4.3.6 for a while yet.

[Skeleton]

for lots ofm people it will be down to cpanel to decide when php5 is available on their web server

[rabidgopher04]

for lots ofm people it will be down to cpanel to decide when php5 is available on their web server

Unfortunately, yes. In fact my host (which uses cpanel) is still using php 4.3.3.

[olger901]

Yup, my webservers will stay on PHP 4.3.6 for a while aswell. I am at least going to wait half a year and read reactions etc to see if it's really stable and safe for me to upgrade.

[DJ_Max]

For the most part, cPanel is widely used, but it's not te only CP on the market, but most of the ones i've contacted are going to wait about a month after PHP5 is stable before supporting it.

Also, rabidgopher04, cPanel has some issues with some versions of cPanel, so that may be the reason you still have 4.3.3(Mainly because cPanel is so poorly writen. )


As for PHP5 support, the main thing taken out were the HTTP_POST_VARS, HTTP_GET_VARS, etc were taken out. And $_POST, $_GET have taken it's placed.
Other then that PHP5 as added a lot of new and good features.

[rabidgopher04]

As for PHP5 support, the main thing taken out were the HTTP_POST_VARS, HTTP_GET_VARS, etc were taken out. And $_POST, $_GET have taken it's placed.
Other then that PHP5 as added a lot of new and good features.

I thought this was already in PHP4? I know it works for me already.

[DJ_Max]

As for PHP5 support, the main thing taken out were the HTTP_POST_VARS, HTTP_GET_VARS, etc were taken out. And $_POST, $_GET have taken it's placed.
Other then that PHP5 as added a lot of new and good features.

I thought this was already in PHP4? I know it works for me already.

Yeah it was, but PHP4 supported HTTP_POST_VARS & $_POST

In PHP5 HTTP_POST_VARS, etc is no longer supported.

[SHS`]

In PHP5 HTTP_POST_VARS, etc is no longer supported.

Not quite, it's (long input arrays) are just OFF by default if you use php.ini-recommended