I don't know anything about OSX coming with PHP at all, so I can't speak to that issue. But I do know that any server with PHP 5.2 will not have any security patches applied to it going into the future, so whether you choose to use Habari there or not, your server will likely be insecure/unpatched unless you upgrade.
I suggest we have some knowledgeable folks write up some basic upgrade instructions to move from 5.2 to 5.3 so that people who are hesitant have no reason not to keep their servers secure. Most of us use Debian or Ubuntu, so it's probably something common enough that people could help and/or find the results useful. Owen On Dec 3, 2011, at 12:41 PM, Bryce Campbell <[email protected]> wrote: My MBP came with 5.3.0 and Mediawiki, nor any other wiki, would install. Due to database issues versions later than 5.3.0 fixed my issue, but I had to install MacPorts to upgrade PHP. Also, I don't feel like messing around with my Debian server and breaking its stability by upgrading the PHP version. On Dec 3, 2011 7:43 AM, "Owen Winkler" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/3/2011 10:22 AM, Bryce Campbell wrote: > >> Don't do it. Mediawiki had troubles with PHP 5.3 and my Debian server >> only has 5.2. My MBP is the the only one that has 5.3 and I had to >> install Macports just to get web apps working. >> > > Random facts: > * PHP 5.2 is no longer supported. > * PHP 5.4 is in currently Release Candidate. > * PHP 5.3 fixes some issues which we've had to write workarounds for. > * PHP 5.3 has been running Habari without fail on most of our own > developers' servers. > > Is your concern that other scripts on the same server will cease to > function if you were to upgrade PHP to the only currently supported > version? habariproject.org actively runs both Habari and MediaWiki under > PHP 5.3, so I'm not sure what the problem is there. > > Owen > > -- > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to habari-dev-unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/habari-dev <http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev> -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev
