PHP 5.3 Now Available in EasyApache

[vashrf]

A wonderful clarification. I learned a lot. Thank You. And, I especially appreciate the "Using mysqlnd" and the "Why Is The mysqlnd Driver Not Supported?" sections.

[cPanelKenneth]

So just to confirm the worry is not current users being created or things like that. MySQL old hashes are not being used in those cases typically unless enforced as such. So through my.cnf adding the old passwords line or someone setting it in the whm tweak settings which adds it to the my.cnf

The real worry at this point is coming from people who have had accounts since old passwords started. In their case they could be continuing even when moving from server to server still using old short hash format. Only way to fix them is to reset their passwords.

Your assessment is correct.

[DjiXas]

Zend coming in Q2 2010

[cPanelDon]

Zend coming in Q2 2010

For continued discussion regarding Zend support of PHP version series 5.3 please see the following new feature request; for reference, the last reply announcing availability was split to form the new thread: Zend Released for PHP 5.3.1 - cPanel Forums

[fazaha]

what must we do with zend optimzier and ioncube loader/????

[cPanelDon]

what must we do with zend optimzier and ioncube loader/????

Regarding PHP 5.3 and Zend Optimizer, you will need to wait until the third-party developers for Zend release an update for Zend Guard that is accompanied by a compatible version of Zend Optimizer for PHP 5.3. At the present time you would need to either use the existing Zend Optimizer version with PHP branch 5.2 or opt to use PHP branch 5.3 that would be temporarily without Zend Optimizer. Please see the following thread for more verbose details: Zend Server released for PHP 5.3 - cPanel Forums

A PHP-5.3-compatible version of the ionCube loaders is included; you may either run EasyApache to rebuild PHP with the desired extensions or you may use the following script via root SSH access:

# /scripts/phpextensionmgr

# perldoc -tT /scripts/phpextensionmgr
NAME
    phpextensionmgr - Installer/Uninstaller for common PHP extensions

SYNOPSIS
    phpextensionmgr [options] [action] [extension]

        Options:
          --help       Help message
          --prefix     Installation prefix for PHP (normally /usr/local or /usr/local/php4)

        Actions:
          install      Install or update the extension
          uninstall    Uninstall the extension
          status       Display the installation status of the extension
          list         Show available extensions

Here are a few commands as an example of usage (via root SSH access):

# /scripts/phpextensionmgr list
# /scripts/phpextensionmgr status ioncubeloader
# /scripts/phpextensionmgr uninstall ioncubeloader
# /scripts/phpextensionmgr install ioncubeloader

[cPanelKenneth]

Closing this thread as the request is fulfilled, PHP 5.3 has been available in EasyApache for a while.