andy206uk — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 00:19:58 +0000

You could always install both side by side. Have existing sites running with a .php file extension continue to use PHP4 and have PHP5 only work in files with a .php5 extension. Their sysadmins should know how to do that.

That way you get the best of both worlds!

Greg K — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 09:27:35 +0000

The good (?) news the server does not use any public scripts, it is all custom built from the ground up.

I'm thinking of requesting the upgrade.

-Greg

webdude12 — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 06:58:07 +0000

The problem with php5 is there are alot of public used scripts that do not support it yet. So if you upgrade your server, make sure you check any public scripts you may have installed. Also it is possible to run php4 on some sites, and php5 on others. I have done that on one of my vpses

Busy — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:37:53 +0000

I upgraded my home pc to PHP5 to test my sites as my host said they were going to upgrade.
If the code is written without shortcuts it should still work ok, some of teh functions have changed a bit but my main site at the time (e-com site) didnt have any problems, that includes all sorts including image uploads.
The $_GET etc should be done even in PHP4, more secure. I believe safe mode is on by default in PHP5 (I had to turn it off for file uploads via php.ini).
In the end I went back to PHP4 as my host never did upgrade.

You can run both versions on your pc if you wanted, just change the pointer to either version, I named mine php4 and php5. can be a pain as you have to restart apache each time you change.