For what it's worth, Debian 6 (squeeze) ships PHP 5.3.3: http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=php5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (and variants) should have PHP 5.3 available in the php53 RPM: https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/software/packages/details/Overview.do?pid=653567 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (and variants) should have PHP 5.3.3 as the normal php RPM: https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/software/packages/details/Overview.do?pid=626569 (note: RHN login required to access those redhat.com URLs. Sorry about that.) It looks like Ubuntu ships PHP 5.3 in Lucid Lynx and up: http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=php5 On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Owen Winkler <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> [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 > > -- > 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
