Upgrading to PHP 5

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icesolid
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Upgrading to PHP 5

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I am currently running PHP 4 and I am wondering what are some opinions on upgrading to PHP 5 (better, same, worse)?
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daedalus__
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Post by daedalus__ »

There has been alot of discussion on this already, I recommend searching the forum.
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feyd
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Oh, definitely worse. :roll:

http://php.net/migration5
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Ollie Saunders
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Oh yeah its much worse. :roll:
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Buddha443556
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Post by Buddha443556 »

If your using shared hosting make sure you do some testing first. So far I've had only two of my hosts offer PHP5 neither of which have per directory PHP configuration working with PHP5. I'm being to think I'll be stuck with PHP4 till hell freezes over. :cry:
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Post by RobertGonzalez »

If you have control over your server, why not install PHP5 and run that on the same server. If you like it, go with it. If not, or if things go haywire, you still have PHP4 as a fallback and can easily switch back without changing anything related to your PHP4 install.
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