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johnjolly
PHP5 Breaks My Site

  • 2004/7/21 12:15

  • johnjolly

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Hi

My web host provider has suddenly decided to switch from PHP 4 to PHP 5. Both my XOOPS based sites with them are broken!!

An earlier poster recommends changing the XOOPS function 'clone()' to '_clone()' as it is now a PHP reserved word. This has got me logged into the sites but I get
'Connection to host is broken' when I try and access the forums

I am completely stuck!! Has anyone had success with PHP 5

Regards

John
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Mithrandir
Re: PHP5 Breaks My Site

Which forum module are you using?

Next bugfix version of XOOPS (2.0.7.1 or 2.0.8 - I don't think we have settled on the version number yet) will hopefully make the transition to PHP5 easier, but in general we do not rate XOOPS as PHP5-compliant yet.

Use of get_class() in the forum module code could also be a problem needing solving as its behaviour has changed from PHP4 to PHP5.
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johnjolly
Re: PHP5 Breaks My Site

  • 2004/7/21 13:23

  • johnjolly

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The forum module I'm using is newbb.
Also the same issue with weblinks, ie mylinks

It's a 2.0.6 installation but I suspect that the same issues apply to the 2.0.7 varient.

I can't see usage of get_class in newbb or mylinks.

Basically it looks like my hosting provider has been unreasonable in suddenly changing to PHP5. I suspect that plenty others will make this move over the coming months which could prove rather frustrating for many.

Any hacks or lines of enquiry I can follow to avoid relocating the whole site will be gratefully received.

Cheers

John
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DonXoop
Re: PHP5 Breaks My Site

I'm surprised that an ISP would have moved so quickly to PHP5. And certainly not without informing users of what will likely break which is a lot for some people. ISPs still have a hard time turning off Register_Globals without user issues.

PHP 4 is perfectly fine and secure and likely to be supported for sometime to come. I'm not trusting 5 just yet.

Smarter move is to support 5 on a unique server process and gradually move users over with incentives.
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johnjolly
Re: PHP5 Breaks My Site

  • 2004/7/21 15:03

  • johnjolly

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There speaks the voice of reason ! They claim I'm the only client with an issue, I wonder !
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cigano
PHP5 and DB Problems

  • 2004/7/25 22:30

  • cigano

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I tried to install the newest version of XOOPS in a Apache server running PHP5 as a module. The installations fails at the database creation (step 6 or 7, I guess).

Anyway, use the 4th version. The SQL procedures are running pretty strange in PHP5.
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m0nty
Re: PHP5 Breaks My Site

  • 2004/7/26 2:55

  • m0nty

  • XOOPS is my life!

  • Posts: 3337

  • Since: 2003/10/24


Quote:
Mithrandir wrote:

Next bugfix version of XOOPS (2.0.7.1 or 2.0.8 - I don't think we have settled on the version number yet) will hopefully make the transition to PHP5 easier, but in general we do not rate XOOPS as PHP5-compliant yet.


can i suggest 2.0.8 would save me having to type in an extra . and number.. lol (british lazyness)
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tom
Re: PHP5 Breaks My Site

  • 2004/7/26 7:19

  • tom

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  • Since: 2002/9/21


Quote:

can i suggest 2.0.8 would save me having to type in an extra . and number.. lol (british lazyness)


In a effort to support M0nty, and although this option was not given, we could also get rid of the zero and full stops making it just 28.

28 being a easier and lazier number.

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