rpieszak Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Hello, Yahoo hosting is using version 4.3.11, but I can't find it for download to install on my dev machine. Any ideas where I can find it? Thanks! Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathStar Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Just a question: Why on earth would you want to use 4.3.1.1 if 5.2.1 is out..? Stable Releases 1. Current PHP 5 Stable: 5.2.1 2. Current PHP 4 Stable: 4.4.6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpieszak Posted March 24, 2007 Author Share Posted March 24, 2007 That's the version Yahoo is using, where my sites will be hosted, and I'd like to mimic the production environment as much as possible. Is 4.4.6 close enough to 4.3.11 that I could develope on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathStar Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 php is php period. Just upgrades to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpieszak Posted March 24, 2007 Author Share Posted March 24, 2007 As you can tell, I'm fairly new to this. Thanks for the advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildteen88 Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 It doesnt matter what version of PHP you have. PHP5 is the same as PHP4. It just that its got more functionality added to it like OOP. However what you will want to concentrate on is PHP's configuration close to that off Yahoo. Just run phpinfo on yahoo to see what they have PHP settings set to, look at the Core Options. Then set your php.ini to or close to those settings on your dev pc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathStar Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 It doesnt matter what version of PHP you have. PHP5 is the same as PHP4. It just that its got more functionality added to it like OOP. However what you will want to concentrate on is PHP's configuration close to that off Yahoo. Just run phpinfo on yahoo to see what they have PHP settings set to, look at the Core Options. Then set your php.ini to or close to those settings on your dev pc. Exactly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpieszak Posted March 25, 2007 Author Share Posted March 25, 2007 Awesome, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per1os Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 You also have to watch out for using functions that are PHP5 only or syntax that is specific to PHP5. IE: Do not use Try/Catch because PHP4 does not support it. Also if doing OOP, PHP4 handles OOP way different than PHP5. To be safe I would use the stable version of PHP 4 due to that type of a difference that would and will throw your application off. Your original idea is good, you just do not need to go clear back to PHP 4.3, use the current stable release of 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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