My server is running on LiteSpeed web server, it really kicks butt. :thumbsup: The maker says PHP4 is faster than PHP5. Which is better to use for IPB? It's the only mysql/php site on my dedicated server. Also, is there a setting for APC opcode cache like eAccelerator does? Thanks in advance. :)

Moving topic to "Server Management, Resources and Optimization" :)

Somewhere I read that IP.Board is best optimized for PHP 5.2.x

I can't test it, I run under 5.1.4 :D

I upgraded my servers PHP version to 5.2.x a few days ago and have noticed a little difference in speed from version 4! Page load times have dropped a bit which is nice :)

Thanks, I would like to hear Brandon's opinion on this. ;)

I only run PHP5 on my server so I would recommend it, I don't know the technical differences but some web based applications I use only can support PHP5 so thats my reasoning for using it. Also I wouldn't get started using an old version only to upgrade, which might wreck PHP4 applications.

 

My server is running on

LiteSpeed

web server, it really kicks butt. :thumbsup: The maker says PHP4 is faster than PHP5. Which is better to use for IPB? It's the only mysql/php site on my dedicated server. Also, is there a setting for APC opcode cache like eAccelerator does? Thanks in advance. :)

Sorry to bump a kinda old topic but when IP.Board 3.0 (and its components) are released, all PHP4 support is being revoked. So the software will only run correctly on PHP5!

Plus, php4 is no longer even getting security updates upstream. Some linux distros are committed to doing what they can to support it for a while, but without the php developers releasing security patches, there is only so much they can do.

To put it in friendly terms, continuing to use php4 is a bad idea.