PHP 4.4.1 has been released

[easyhoster1]

We have;

Apache/1.3.34 (Unix) mod_auth_passthrough/1.8 mod_log_bytes/1.2 mod_bwlimited/1.4 PHP/4.4.1 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 mod_ssl/2.8.25 OpenSSL/0.9.7d

No problem here except the openssl will not update for some reason.

WHM has 0.9.7d but the installed version in the phpinfo shows;

OpenSSL support enabled
OpenSSL Version OpenSSL 0.9.8a 11 Oct 2005

[Logan]

Here's a bug report about it:
http://bugzilla.cpanel.net/show_bug.cgi?id=3455

You should add any other problems you are having with this upgrade to this report so it gets fixed ASAP.

[abdoh2010]

i would like to upgrade it
but i am not in good mod for upgrading problems

may be next week i will do it

[budway]

I havent check the httpd version from a php info file I checked over whm and it was the 1.34.

[Ronny]

It seems like the new easyapache is putting php into a different directory than the old. PHP used to be in /usr/bin/php, now it's being put into /usr/local/bin/php so you have two PHP installations.

[Zaf]

I noticed that for me it was earlier /usr/local/bin/php and now it is in /usr/bin/php
After making sure which is the latest one, I created symlinks to avoid duplicate versions and at the same time making sure nothing breaks due to deletion etc.

ln -s -f -v /usr/bin/php /usr/local/bin/php
ln -s -f -v /usr/bin/php-config /usr/local/bin/php-config
ln -s -f -v /usr/bin/phpextdist /usr/local/bin/phpextdist
ln -s -f -v /usr/bin/phpize /usr/local/bin/phpize
ln -s -f -v /usr/bin/pear /usr/local/bin/pear


to make sure which is the latest version
check timestamps and then also version by /usr/local/bin/php -v

[chirpy]

Do note, that if you're not using phpsuexec, i.e. you're using the php apache module, then the version of the binary on disk only has any relevance if you're invoking php from the shell. Run and have a read of:

/scripts/findphpversion

If you are invoking the php binary from shell, just be usre to use the correct path and not rely on the path variable which will always give you the /usr/local/bin/ version in the search tree.

[kernow]

So if your using phpsuexec, then running easy apache won't work as it only works if your using php as an apache module. Correct ??
Is there a WHM script for updating php proper?

[chirpy]

No, not at all. It should work fine whether you're using phpsuexec or not. It's just the path to the php binary if you're using it from shell needs to be correct.

[kernow]

Great ! Thanks very much.

[Logan]

OK, so what are you saying chirpy? Is it safe to upgrade to PHP 4.4.1 and I won't have problems IF I check / do what?

PHP IS running as an apache module, and I am using suexec I believe.

Here's a phpinfo: http://www.tech-talk.net/phpinfo.php

[chirpy]

It can't be running as both. You either run php as a module or comment out the module loads in httpd.conf and run php as CGI as phpsuexec. I use phpsuexec on all my servers and they're all running v4.4.1 without problems.

Edit: If you're running PHP as a module, you can check which version it's using by searching the module with:

strings /usr/local/apache/libexec/libphp4.so | grep "X-Powered-By"

[EDevil]

Chirpy: You don't have problems with squirrelmail and php 4.4.1?

[Rubas]

http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=35067

[chirpy]

Chirpy: You don't have problems with squirrelmail and php 4.4.1?

No, because easyapache is leaving the php build that cPanel/WHM uses at the previous version, which on my servers was v4.3.11.