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
>  > >>>
>  > >>>
>  > >>>
>  > >>>
>  > >>>
>  > >>>
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  >
>  >
> >

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