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Howdy,
One way to do that would be to migrate to a new server, running a new distribution, as described in your post here:
https://virtualmin.com/node/33436
Another way is that, beginning in CentOS 5.6, they provide PHP 5.3.3, which you can install in place of your current PHP version.
You can see those packages by running "yum search php53-".
What you would need to do is remove your existing "php-" packages, and in their place, install the corresponding "php53-" packages.
-Eric
Thanks for that, is there any way I can get 5.3 on my current setup migration sounds like a lot of work?
Howdy,
Well, using PHP 5.3 on your current setup is described in the second half of my post above... take a peek at that (starting at where it says "Another way is that, beginning in CentOS 5.6") and see if that will work for you.
-Eric
Sorry thanks Eric
Sorry to be so dumb which should I pick which is the full distro of php53
yum search php53-Reducing Red Hat Enterprise 5 - x86_64 - Virtualmin Bleeding Edge to included pa ckages only Finished =============================== Matched: php53- ================================ php53-bcmath.x86_64 : A module for PHP applications for using the bcmath library php53-cli.x86_64 : Command-line interface for PHP php53-common.x86_64 : Common files for PHP php53-dba.x86_64 : A database abstraction layer module for PHP applications php53-devel.x86_64 : Files needed for building PHP extensions php53-gd.x86_64 : A module for PHP applications for using the gd graphics : library php53-imap.x86_64 : A module for PHP applications that use IMAP php53-intl.x86_64 : Internationalization extension for PHP applications php53-ldap.x86_64 : A module for PHP applications that use LDAP php53-mbstring.x86_64 : A module for PHP applications which need multi-byte : string handling php53-mysql.x86_64 : A module for PHP applications that use MySQL databases php53-odbc.x86_64 : A module for PHP applications that use ODBC databases php53-odbc64.x86_64 : A module for PHP applications that use ODBC databases via : unixODBC64 php53-pdo.x86_64 : A database access abstraction module for PHP applications php53-pgsql.x86_64 : A PostgreSQL database module for PHP php53-process.x86_64 : Modules for PHP script using system process interfaces php53-pspell.x86_64 : A module for PHP applications for using pspell interfaces php53-snmp.x86_64 : A module for PHP applications that query SNMP-managed : devices php53-soap.x86_64 : A module for PHP applications that use the SOAP protocol php53-xml.x86_64 : A module for PHP applications which use XML php53-xmlrpc.x86_64 : A module for PHP applications which use the XML-RPC : protocol
Is it yum install php53-common.x86_64
Howdy,
If you run this command:
rpm -qa | grep php-You'll see all the PHP 5.2.17 packages that you currently have installed.
What you would want to do is replace each one of those, with a corresponding php53- package.
You would need to remove those php- packages, and then replace them with the php53- packages.
-Eric
Thanks for this, I have installed....
# rpm -qa | grep php-wbm-php-pear-1.5-1
php-cli-5.2.17-1.el5.vmbleed
php-mbstring-5.2.17-1.el5.vmbleed
php-xmlrpc-5.2.17-1.el5.vmbleed
php-pdo-5.2.17-1.el5.vmbleed
php-5.2.17-1.el5.vmbleed
php-devel-5.2.17-1.el5.vmbleed
php-gd-5.2.17-1.el5.vmbleed
php-snmp-5.2.17-1.el5.vmbleed
php-mysql-5.2.17-1.el5.vmbleed
php-pear-1.8.0-1.el5.vm
php-mcrypt-5.2.17-1.el5.vmbleed
php-common-5.2.17-1.el5.vmbleed
php-odbc-5.2.17-1.el5.vmbleed
php-pgsql-5.2.17-1.el5.vmbleed
php-imap-5.2.17-1.el5.vmbleed
When I compare against the yum search php53- results shown above there isn't an alternative 5.3 version for:
wbm-php-pear-1.5-1php-5.2.17-1.el5.vmbleed
php-pear-1.8.0-1.el5.vm
php-mcrypt-5.2.17-1.el5.vmbleed
What should I do?
Howdy,
The first three shouldn't be a problem... however, RHEL/CentOS doesn't provide an "mcrypt" module. So that's something that won't be there when you update.
So before you upgrade, you'd want to determine if any of your applications rely on the PHP mcrypt module.
-Eric
OK in case it's useful to others I've managed to upgrade to PHP 5.3 using this guide:
http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/how-to-installupgrade-...