Php 4 To Php 5

[bwyatt]

We tried to upgrade our server to php 5, but all the php on my forum wouldn't parse, the browser just tried to download it. Is there a setting(s) I need to change that tells IPB that we're now using php 5? Any tips on migrating to mysql 5 while we're on the subject would be nice too. :)

Thanks for any help.

[logonus_merged]

are you on apache [cgi / mod ??] ?
did you check your webservers config-file and did you reload [invoke-rc.d apache2 restart] the configuration file/s?

for me it seems that your apache(2?) config file was not properly setted up...

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[bfarber]

This isn't IPB, it's the server config as logonus said.

[bwyatt]

are you on apache [cgi / mod ??] ?

did you check your webservers config-file and did you reload [[i]invoke-rc.d apache2 restart[/i]] the configuration file/s?

for me it seems that your apache(2?) config file was not properly setted up...

i

[logonus_merged]

in your apache httpd.conf file [debian: apache2.conf] check for something like this:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3 .php4 .phtml

did you customize your (new) php.ini?

did you remove php4 before you installed php5?

really, you should ask your admin to have a look on your server...

[bwyatt]

Okay, I've got my server provider to do it.

Will IPB work with it fine straight away, or will it need to be changed or told to use php 5 instead of php 4?

[bwyatt]

Not even my provider can do it, there should be a guide somewhere - google doesn't return anything. :(

[logonus_merged]

It

[bwyatt]

I know it's not IPB, I just can't find a guide to correctly configure the server at all. I've found no guides to go from php 4 to php5...

[m_13]

My host is 1and1 and they recently advised me that I must move to PHP4 from PHP3 as they were removing PHP3. They also suggested moving to PHP5 if I could to gain security benefits.

Their advice was this:

guarantee that PHP 4 scripts will function 100% correctly under PHP 5. Please note that in contrast to PHP 4, the default for the variable RegisterGlobals is "off". By default Apache uses PHP 4 for .php extension. If you don't want to rename all your scripts to .php5 you can do the following: Create a .htaccess file and place the following line AddType x-mapp-php5 .php in it. This will tell Apache to use PHP 5 instead of PHP 4 for the extension .php in the directory the .htaccess is placed and all sub-directories under it.

While the PHP developers have done their utmost to ensure compatibility, we cannot

As it was only one file I tried it, place the .htaccess file at the root of my forum directory and am now running on PHP 5.2.4.