-- Jack Sleight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Monday, 08 December 2008, 09:37 PM +0000): > Just a quick question. I noticed the required version of PHP has now > gone up to 5.2.4 (last time I checked it was 5.1.4). This isn't a > problem, but I'd just be interested to know which which components > actually require 5.2.4 to function correctly rather than 5.1.4? > Obviously 5.2.4 is better, and I always encourage people to upgrade to > the latest, but I want to know if my applications would still run > correctly on 5.1.4 using ZF 1.7.1.
Most applications should run with 5.1.4 still. However, there were some functions we needed to use while unit testing that required 5.2.3 and up, and there are some extensions and components used by OpenId, InfoCard, and a few others that are only available in the 5.2.x series. The decision on 5.2.4 was based on an evaluation of the supported PHP version of a variety of leading linux and *bsd distributions. RHEL and debian stable are some of the lone holdouts. A new version of Debian stable (lenny) will be releasing any time now, and will support 5.2.6. RHEL, on the other hand, still only suports 5.1.4, and a new version will not be released until sometime in *2010*; holding back the minimum required version for RHEL is simply not an option, as PHP changes too much in the duration of an RHEL LTS version. -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney Software Architect | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Zend Framework | http://framework.zend.com/
