On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Michael A. Peters <[email protected]> wrote:

> Adam Richardson wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've developed a framework that requires PHP 5.3 (it takes a more
>> functional
>> approach.)  I'm hosting my own apps on a dedicated server running cpanel
>> (thanks to their recent upgrade.)  However, for client work I prefer not
>> to
>> personally host the websites.
>>
>> I've been contacting hosts about their shared hosting options, and I've
>> only
>> found a couple that accommodate PHP 5.3 so far.  Anybody have
>> recommendations for shared hosting providers that are supporting php 5.3
>> (many of the smaller sites I'm working with don't merit a VPS?)
>>
>> Thank you very much for your help,
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
> I would suggest pointing your clients at something like linode that allows
> them to run whatever they hell they want to run.
>
> I'm running CentOS 5.x w/ php 5.2.12 for example.
>
> I need to update them, but if you want, here are some php 5.3 src.rpm's
> that can be used to build php 5.3 on a CentOS / RHEL 5.x system -
>
> http://www.clfsrpm.net/php/
>
> Running a xen instance is a lot nicer than shared hosting, and not really
> that expensive, and is really preferable to "shared hosting".
>

Because it's hard to find them (even using Google), I've added a page to
display the web hosts that I've found offering PHP 5.3 on shared accounts:
http://nephtaliproject.com/php_53_hosts/index.php

Please feel free to suggest others (or just make a better listing page,
which wouldn't be much work, either.)

Adam

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