[CentOS] PHP version not enough for developers

[Kai Schaetzl]

Nux! wrote on Thu, 22 Oct 2015 17:27:26 +0100 (BST):

> It's irrelevant in this case that PHP 5.3 is EOL. It will continue
> to be supported by Red Hat with security patches.

Exactly.
Nevertheless, PHP 5.6 is not "bleeding edge" as someone else said. 5.5 and 
5.6 are really state of the art and often necessary to install certain 
software packages or for some functionality. The packages provided by RH 
are much too fast outdated or have other problems. It's a reality.

Kai