Re: PHP Update

From	"M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.php
Subject	Re: PHP Update
Date	2012-09-18 10:30 +0200
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Am 18.09.2012 08:09, schrieb Adam Harvey:
> On Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:48:08 +0200, Christoph Becker wrote:
>> M. Strobel wrote:
>>> PHP 5.2 is still supported, no reason to upgrade for security reasons.
>>
>> AFAIK PHP 5.2 is still supported by some Linux distros by backporting
>> important bug fixes, but the "official" support ended with 5.2.16 in
>> December 2010, see <http://php.net/archive/2010.php>.  5.2.17 fixed a
>> critical vulnerability and was released 3 weeks after 5.2.16.
> 
> That's correct. The only officially supported stable versions (outside of 
> distribution backports) are 5.3 and 5.4.

I was wrong saying it is still supported, see authoritative information at
http://www.php.net/eol.php

So the correct answer to OP is: upgrade.

There are links to migration guides at php.net.

/Str.

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PHP Update Jason C <jwcarlton@gmail.com> - 2012-09-17 02:31 -0700
  Re: PHP Update "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-09-17 14:48 +0200
    Re: PHP Update Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> - 2012-09-17 15:48 +0200
      Re: PHP Update Adam Harvey <usenet@adamharvey.name> - 2012-09-18 06:09 +0000
        Re: PHP Update "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-09-18 10:30 +0200

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