Koobi Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 I love some of the new things that PHP 5.3 brings with it. The problem is, it's quite new (6 months old?) I was wondering, how long do you guys think it would be before most reputed web hosts out there would start using PHP 5.3 as opposed to 5.2? I hope they begin supporting 5.3 before March 2010 at least! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premiso Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 No clue, it generally takes them a while just because it tends to break a lot of scripts doing updates. I know some hosts still run 4.x EEEK. The best bet is to do a dedicated and you can update it yourself But yea, I am sure you can find some hosts with 5.3 on them right now. Or you can probably coerce your webhost to upgrade by paying them an admin fee to do it, as they can still keep everyone else at a PHP version lower than 5.3 by setting the version in php.ini (at least I think you can). I would say March 2010 is a good estimate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mchl Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 They already do. I'm really happy with my new host Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Last I checked, RHEL based Linux distros were lame enough to only support 5.1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koobi Posted December 3, 2009 Author Share Posted December 3, 2009 No clue, it generally takes them a while just because it tends to break a lot of scripts doing updates. I know some hosts still run 4.x EEEK. The best bet is to do a dedicated and you can update it yourself But yea, I am sure you can find some hosts with 5.3 on them right now. Or you can probably coerce your webhost to upgrade by paying them an admin fee to do it, as they can still keep everyone else at a PHP version lower than 5.3 by setting the version in php.ini (at least I think you can). I would say March 2010 is a good estimate. Oh I'm on a rackspace cloud so I can install any version I want But I'm creating a framework and I can't decide on making the minimum requirements PHP 5.2 or 5.3 I would love to go with 5.3 simply because there's so much more you can do with it...but if there's going to be little support, what's the point :/ Last I checked, RHEL based Linux distros were lame enough to only support 5.1. I'll bet Debian will take about a year to get 5.3 :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mchl Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Framework I'm developing has minimal requirement of PHP 6.0. Both should be finished around same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
448191 Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Meh, you can just compile it. Or use dotdeb for Debian: http://www.dotdeb.org/2009/11/30/php-5-3-1-packages-for-debian-lenny-theyre-here/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Yeah. PHP Freaks is running a manual build of PHP 5.3.1 as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koobi Posted December 3, 2009 Author Share Posted December 3, 2009 I think you guys misunderstood what I was saying. Or maybe I just didn't explain completely in my last post. I am running on a custom compile of 5.3 too but the thing is, I'm building a framework for people to download and use. So if Joe Schmo wants to download my framework and use it on his server and he has no control over the PHP version on his server, he won't use my framework. I'm hoping to complete the framework by March. I'm just wondering if it's a realistic goal to build for 5.3 in case 5.3 is not widely supported by then. On average, how long does it take for hosts to upgrade to a release? 6 months? 1 year? Any ideas guys? I've been out of the loop for a while :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Dunno, but I know that ZF 2, Symfony 2 and Doctrine 2 will all require at least 5.3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 I'm with GoDaddy, and I emailed them asking when they would transition to 5.3 (they currently allow the account user to choose between 5.2.(5)? and 4 - I suspect to allow those who are using outdated shitty code to keep using it in the face of verion 5 being available). Their response: Basically that they are not allowed to discuss such details in advance of a formal press release.... Just for giggles, I mozied on over to Blue Host and utilised their live chat functionality, and asked the same question.. they said they would be using 5.3 around march-ish. But yeah, I wish hosting providers would adopt 5.3 more quickly... I find that it is a large enough jump over 5.2.x. I'm not sure if hosting providers deliberately take their time to ensure there are security issues or whatnot, but I am finding the adoption pace rather slooooowwww. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Just another reason why I refuse to use shared hosting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mchl Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Just another reason why I refuse to use shared hosting. I guess there are shared hostings and share hostings. I can choose from: last 4.x version, last 3-4 5.2 versions and latest 5.3 stable (usually available within week from release). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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