Yes, it is really up to Plesk & Cpanel. Most of the hosting companies depend on control panel vendors. I think it took Plesk several years to upgrade php version from 4 to 5.
Alexei On 1/07/2009 10:51, S.Mohammed Alsharaf wrote: > hi > > We at Safitech uses the PHP5.2.9. We will be runnning v5.3 when its > confirmed stable with cpanel and wtihin production servers. > > We still have some clients using v4, but they are maybe around 2%. > normally v4 is ran alongside v5 but we're phasing out v4, due to > security holes etc... > > if someone wants specific versions of hosting services outside what is > standard for the shared/reseller hosting... we offer virtual server. > > but our standard shared/reseller hosting services operate with the > latest stable version of cpanel and the same latest/stable versions for > all system services and applications such as apache/php/mysql/etc > > which at this time is v5.2.9 for php, v2.2 for apache, v5.0.77 for mysql > > Mohammed Alsharaf > http://www.safitech.com > http://www.jethost.net.nz > > > Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:41:21 +1200 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [phpug] Re: 5.3 is out > > > > > > Hi Aaron, > > > > Aaron Cooper wrote: > > > It would be good to see Hosting companies offer more rapidly released > > > version-centric hosting packages, and this will probably get > better. But I > > > know of one NZ host in particular who has only just started > offering PHP5 > > > last month. > > > > > Namely? > > > > > > All the best, Grant > > > Cheers > > > Aaron > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Grant Paton-Simpson" <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:06 AM > > > Subject: [phpug] Re: 5.3 is out > > > > > > > > > > > >> Great news James. > > >> > > >> Namespaces - finally. I know the particular implementation has been > > >> controversial but namespacing is so important for a larger project > > >> replying on multiple libraries. Not just to prevent naming collisions, > > >> but to identify what variable came from where when modifying or > > >> debugging. Namespaces provide intelligibility in other words. > > >> > > >> BTW this is my favourite line from The Zen of Python: > > >> > > >> > > >>> Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those! > > >>> > > >> Does anyone think we'll ever see PHP 6 in widespread use, or just > > >> further development within the 0.5 series? Similar to the way that > > >> Linux is probably never going to see a 3.n.n version. > > >> > > >> And finally, how many people are still working more than half the time > > >> with PHP4? I have been 95% PHP5 since the start but I know that > PHP4 is > > >> still very widespread in the wild. > > >> > > >> > > >> James McGlinn wrote: > > >> > > >>> This is the big one folks. From php.net: > > >>> > > >>> The PHP development team is proud to announce the immediate > release of > > >>> PHP 5.3.0. This release is a major improvement in the 5.X series, > > >>> which includes a large number of new features and bug fixes. > > >>> > > >>> Some of the key new features include: namespaces, late static > binding, > > >>> closures, optional garbage collection for cyclic references, new > > >>> extensions (like ext/phar, ext/intl and ext/fileinfo), over 140 bug > > >>> fixes and much more. > > >>> > > >>> For users upgrading from PHP 5.2 there is a migration guide available > > >>> [1], detailing the changes between those releases and PHP 5.3.0. > > >>> > > >>> Further details about the PHP 5.3.0 release can be found in the > > >>> release announcement [2], and the full list of changes are available > > >>> in the ChangeLog [3]. > > >>> > > >>> [1] http://nz2.php.net/migration53 > > >>> > > >>> [2] http://php.net/releases/5_3_0.php > > >>> > > >>> [3] http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Kind regards, > > >>> James McGlinn > > >>> __________________________________ > > >>> CTO > > >>> Eventfinder Limited > > >>> Suite 106, Heards Building > > >>> 2 Ruskin Street, Parnell, Auckland 1052 > > >>> Phone: +649 365 2342 > > >>> Mobile: +6421 633 234 > > >>> > > >>> [email protected] | www.eventfinder.co.nz > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
