centos 5 and php53
 

so whats the scoop on PHP53 for CentOS 5?

I have a long running webserver, runs a bunch of mostly php+postgresql
stuff, mostly hobby sites (clubs and local scout troops and such). has
latest updates to php 5.2.10-xx but I want to install something thats
insisting on php53. If I try and yum install php53, it says it
conflicts with php-5.2.10 ...

ok, do I remove the old PHP and install the one one? does that stand
a reasonable chance of not blowing up in my face?






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On 10/15/2012 07:18 AM, John R Pierce wrote:
> so whats the scoop on PHP53 for CentOS 5?
>
> I have a long running webserver, runs a bunch of mostly php+postgresql
> stuff, mostly hobby sites (clubs and local scout troops and such). has
> latest updates to php 5.2.10-xx but I want to install something thats
> insisting on php53. If I try and yum install php53, it says it
> conflicts with php-5.2.10 ...
>
> ok, do I remove the old PHP and install the one one? does that stand
> a reasonable chance of not blowing up in my face?

Iirc the php 5.3 packages from the IUS repo are the ones you need. Not
sure if it's an update or parallel install (I just went to CentOS 6).
There might be security and other implications when going from 5.2 to
5.3. Iirc php.net has some docs on this subject.

Regards,
Patrick

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>> >does that stand a reasonable chance of not blowing up in my face?
> where should be a problem?
> your changed configs are saved as .rpmsave as everytime while deal with rpm
>

I discovered that one of my older websites flat out won't work with php
5.3 and requires a vey complex upgrade. meh.



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It might not be _as_ bad as you think.

We made the push to php5.3 on a few web hosts and I got the fun job of
fixing some old code for customer CMSes. Tail the site/vhost's
error_log and fix the broken items. Once I took care of a few sites,
I had a pretty comprehensive list that made further sites easy.

If you're adventurous, I could toss you a quick list of common items
that need fixed.

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On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 4:34 AM, John R Pierce <pierce@hogranch.com> wrote:
>
>>> >does that stand a reasonable chance of not blowing up in my face?
>> where should be a problem?
>> your changed configs are saved as .rpmsave as everytime while deal with rpm
>>
>
> I discovered that one of my older websites flat out won't work with php
> 5.3 and requires a vey complex upgrade. meh.
>
>
>
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Am 15.10.2012 um 17:09 schrieb SilverTip257:
> It might not be _as_ bad as you think.
>
> We made the push to php5.3 on a few web hosts and I got the fun job of
> fixing some old code for customer CMSes. Tail the site/vhost's
> error_log and fix the broken items. Once I took care of a few sites,
> I had a pretty comprehensive list that made further sites easy.
>
> If you're adventurous, I could toss you a quick list of common items
> that need fixed.


http://php.net/manual/en/migration53.php

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On 10/15/12 8:09 AM, SilverTip257 wrote:
> It might not be_as_ bad as you think.
>
> We made the push to php5.3 on a few web hosts and I got the fun job of
> fixing some old code for customer CMSes. Tail the site/vhost's
> error_log and fix the broken items. Once I took care of a few sites,
> I had a pretty comprehensive list that made further sites easy.
>
> If you're adventurous, I could toss you a quick list of common items
> that need fixed.

thanks, but no thanks. I hate the php language, I find its an
abomination, sloppy, poorly structured, full of weirdnesses that lead to
poor programming. the simple fact that code that worked on 5.2 is
known broken on 5.3 alone is enough to condemn it. anyways, the last
thing I want to be doing is mucking through ancient CMS code.

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On 10/15/12 2:53 AM, Reindl Harald wrote:
> any application which does not run years after 5.3 was released
> and also a long time after 5.4 is released can be considered as
> broken and insecure
>
> "requires a vey complex upgrade"
> so you do not upgrade the application and ignore security-issues?

get off that 'horse', it is an ass.

the upgrade path would be to recreate the website from scratch with a
different CMS, spending 100s of hours copying and reformatting old
pages. its a hobby site, it works as is and I have better things to do
with my time.

In this case, the security exposures are purely if you allow untrusted
users logins on this particular CMS. I limit authenticated user access
strictly to a few trusted users (web editors), there are no exposures.
from the perspective of an anonymous user, this particular website is
purely static. as the server hasn't been hacked or defaced in 5 years,
it appears my assumptions here are valid.





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On 10/15/12 10:35 AM, Reindl Harald wrote:
> there are no exposures YOU KNOW about

I could say exactly the same thing about *ANY* software, including
6.3.latest.

your point?



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On 10/15/12 10:36 AM, Reindl Harald wrote:
> php is not resposible that braindead idiots develop software
> without any knowledge - i prove the opposite with more than
> 250.000 lines of code brough without pain from PHP 4.1 to
> PHP 5.4 without any real problem


gee, want to re-implement this site for me? I'll give you 100% of my
payment for it....



oh yeah, 100% of nothing is... yeah, nothing. oh well.



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