so whats the scoop on PHP53 for CentOS 5?
I have a long running webserver, runs a bunch of mostly php+postgresql stuff, mostly hobby sites (clubs and local scout troops and such). has latest updates to php 5.2.10-xx but I want to install something thats insisting on php53. If I try and yum install php53, it says it conflicts with php-5.2.10 ...
ok, do I remove the old PHP and install the one one? does that stand a reasonable chance of not blowing up in my face?
On 10/15/2012 07:18 AM, John R Pierce wrote:
so whats the scoop on PHP53 for CentOS 5?
I have a long running webserver, runs a bunch of mostly php+postgresql stuff, mostly hobby sites (clubs and local scout troops and such). has latest updates to php 5.2.10-xx but I want to install something thats insisting on php53. If I try and yum install php53, it says it conflicts with php-5.2.10 ...
ok, do I remove the old PHP and install the one one? does that stand a reasonable chance of not blowing up in my face?
Iirc the php 5.3 packages from the IUS repo are the ones you need. Not sure if it's an update or parallel install (I just went to CentOS 6). There might be security and other implications when going from 5.2 to 5.3. Iirc php.net has some docs on this subject.
Regards, Patrick
On 10/14/12 10:18 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
I have a long running webserver, runs a bunch of mostly php+postgresql stuff, mostly hobby sites (clubs and local scout troops and such). has latest updates to php 5.2.10-xx but I want to install something thats insisting on php53. If I try and yum install php53, it says it conflicts with php-5.2.10 ...
so, upon more digging, I figured out this php-5.2.10 had come from c5-testing or somethign, and was no longer there. I hooked up to IUS and installed their php52 as it turns out other stuff I'm running claims not to work with 5.3 without me oding a whole bunch of major upgrading/reimlementing of webpiles... so IUS set me up with 5.2.17 and I'm happy. The thing I was installing wanted at least 5.2.11
John R Pierce wrote:
On 10/14/12 10:18 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
I have a long running webserver, runs a bunch of mostly php+postgresql stuff, mostly hobby sites (clubs and local scout troops and such). has latest updates to php 5.2.10-xx but I want to install something thats insisting on php53. If I try and yum install php53, it says it conflicts with php-5.2.10 ...
so, upon more digging, I figured out this php-5.2.10 had come from c5-testing or somethign, and was no longer there. I hooked up to IUS and installed their php52 as it turns out other stuff I'm running claims not to work with 5.3 without me oding a whole bunch of major upgrading/reimlementing of webpiles... so IUS set me up with 5.2.17 and I'm happy. The thing I was installing wanted at least 5.2.11
You really want to talk to the folks whose website(s) it/they are, and point out to them that php 5.2 is obsolete, and full of bugs and security holes, and sooner or later *all* maintenance will go away, and they will be SOL, and they need to be thinking about porting it to 5.3 soon, as in starting last month.
mark
On 10/17/12 10:54 AM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
You really want to talk to the folks whose website(s) it/they are, and point out to them that php 5.2 is obsolete, and full of bugs and security holes, and sooner or later*all* maintenance will go away, and they will be SOL, and they need to be thinking about porting it to 5.3 soon, as in starting last month.
well, that would be me. its a website I setup for my kid's former boyscout troop, they are still using it, and updating it (its CMS based). they've been making noises about switching to something else, that will solve this problem.
unless I'm mistaken, the vast majority of PHP exploits are if you allow someone untrustworthy to publish sites, and not 'external' exploits (I'm not counting exploits created by bad php code, such as SQL injection)? noone has access to this host except the server owner and me.
John R Pierce wrote:
On 10/17/12 10:54 AM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
You really want to talk to the folks whose website(s) it/they are, and point out to them that php 5.2 is obsolete, and full of bugs and security holes, and sooner or later*all* maintenance will go away, and they will be SOL, and they need to be thinking about porting it to 5.3 soon, as in starting last month.
well, that would be me. its a website I setup for my kid's former boyscout troop, they are still using it, and updating it (its CMS based). they've been making noises about switching to something else, that will solve this problem.
unless I'm mistaken, the vast majority of PHP exploits are if you allow someone untrustworthy to publish sites, and not 'external' exploits (I'm not counting exploits created by bad php code, such as SQL injection)? noone has access to this host except the server owner and me.
Do you have phpmyadmin installed?
mark
John R Pierce wrote:
On 10/17/12 12:14 PM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Do you have phpmyadmin installed?
I don't use mysql at all. I use postgresql, and I administrate with ssh and the psql command line.
Sorry, I was conflating two things: no web administration of php or the website?
mark
On 10/17/12 1:03 PM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Sorry, I was conflating two things: no web administration of php or the website?
no web adminsitration of php or databases or the OS (no cpanel, webmin).
the CMS has web administration of the CMS, but thats only available to the few authenticated users.
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