> We have to upgrade our PHP to the latest stable version on Redhat Linux >7.3. We have lots of user using our PHP so what are all the precautions >and steps involved while doing this operations without disturbing their >existing program.
At a minimum, we gotta know what version you are *ON*... For starters, you should *WARN* your clients of the impending upgrade. Then *THEY* can prepare any known issues like register_globals etc. Make 100% sure that you also keep all the extensions to PHP you already have. Maybe add a couple more. Maybe upgrade the old ones while you are at it. You *ARE* going to install on a DEVELOPMENT box with no customers and test first, right? Do a backup of the PRODUCTION box before installing, of course. Upgrade very early Monday morning so that corporate customers: A) Don't lose a lot of stuff if you need to back off to your backup B) Are coming in to work anyway, so any problems you've created are solvable at their work-hours, not 4 am on a Sunday. Most sites can be down for a few hours and just blame it on network errors or something... Though if there are mission-critical sites on that server... Well, you ought to have roll-over fail-safes in the first place, right? Upgrade one at a time, and be ready to roll-over fast. Put yourself in your customer's shoes and ask yourself all the worst "What if...?"s -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm I'm looking for a PRO QUALITY two-input sound card supported by Linux (any major distro). Need to record live events (mixed already) to stereo CD-quality. Soundcard Recommendations? Software to handle the recording? Don't need fancy mixer stuff. Zero (0) post-production time. Just raw PCM/WAV/AIFF 16+ bit, 44.1KHz, Stereo audio-to-disk. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
