peteschulte
IS-IT--Management
Hello Guys and Gals,
The website was created in PHP version 5.3. I didn't create it, but over the years I've been Kevin's go-to guy for HTML page revisions,PHP-My Admin tasks, a new JavaScript window, etc.
Recently the PHP interpreter on the server was upgraded to 5.5. The ISP staff wrote to Kevin and he asked me whether I would have time and skills for the job. Well, there are dozens of PHP files and I'm working 9:00-5:00. I could spare maybe 4 hours a week for a few weeks, but I need to estimate how many hours would we be looking at? What would I need to do?
Could one of you tell me what is entailed in such an upgrade? Can I find a list of necessary changes? Here's what the ISP staff wrote to Kevin.
"The problem appears to be due to incompatibility between your software and PHP 5.5. Today, we changed the default PHP interpreter from 5.3 to 5.5. PHP 5.3 is well beyond its end-of-life. We checked your site's files, and it does not appear that the software that you are using was developed recently. This explains the compatibility issues with the current PHP branch.
"To make your site work again, we changed this line of your .htaccess file:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .html .htm
to read:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php53 .html .htm
"This configures the account to use the PHP 5.3 parser. However, we strongly suggest that you update your software version, if you are using a third-party product. If the code was developed for you by someone else, you may need to contact them for assistance with this matter.
"At some point in the future, we will remove PHP 5.3 from our servers. Then your site will stop working, unless you update it as advised."
There is some information provided in the Support section of the web host, which I'll read now. It's better to talk with folks like you. Okay, thanks for any help!
Peter
Pete S
The website was created in PHP version 5.3. I didn't create it, but over the years I've been Kevin's go-to guy for HTML page revisions,PHP-My Admin tasks, a new JavaScript window, etc.
Recently the PHP interpreter on the server was upgraded to 5.5. The ISP staff wrote to Kevin and he asked me whether I would have time and skills for the job. Well, there are dozens of PHP files and I'm working 9:00-5:00. I could spare maybe 4 hours a week for a few weeks, but I need to estimate how many hours would we be looking at? What would I need to do?
Could one of you tell me what is entailed in such an upgrade? Can I find a list of necessary changes? Here's what the ISP staff wrote to Kevin.
"The problem appears to be due to incompatibility between your software and PHP 5.5. Today, we changed the default PHP interpreter from 5.3 to 5.5. PHP 5.3 is well beyond its end-of-life. We checked your site's files, and it does not appear that the software that you are using was developed recently. This explains the compatibility issues with the current PHP branch.
"To make your site work again, we changed this line of your .htaccess file:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .html .htm
to read:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php53 .html .htm
"This configures the account to use the PHP 5.3 parser. However, we strongly suggest that you update your software version, if you are using a third-party product. If the code was developed for you by someone else, you may need to contact them for assistance with this matter.
"At some point in the future, we will remove PHP 5.3 from our servers. Then your site will stop working, unless you update it as advised."
There is some information provided in the Support section of the web host, which I'll read now. It's better to talk with folks like you. Okay, thanks for any help!
Peter