PHP5.0.0 Beta 1 and vBulletin
 

I noticed today on PHP.net that PHP5 Beta 1 has been released, and scrummaged through the articles and some threads on Sitepoint looking for more info.

So... for anyone somewhat fluent in PHP5, do you know if it is compatible with vBulletin 3? This might seem like a foolish question, but I've read compatibility problems with PHP5 Beta 1 and MySQL, and other things.

I've also read some issues with PHP5 and Apache.. where installation spills tons of errors. If anyone has installed it on a Windows platform with Apache, and experienced no errors, please let me know.

With that said, how about some PHP5 talk? I haven't seen any threads around the forum concerning it. ;)

Here is a short glimpse at some of the major improvements, as quoted from PHP.net:

Ackk I sure hope Vb will not have to redo more due to that...

Whats this SQLite thing? I know its a database app like mySQL and is suppose to be faster. Anyone have any info they would like to share?

I looked at the site, and it appears to be some integrated SQL database for PHP, being that it is shipped with PHP5. Based around C/C++ syntax or something. Can't say much more than that though, mainly because I'm not too interested in it.

Heh...

I don't like the sound of this;)

I do hope all these rumours aren't true:)

Satan

hmm, we'll see how it is ^^

maybe i'll install a beta version on one of my servers ;)

PHP5 will kick ass :)

To tell if it runs with vB3, install both PHP5 and vB3 on localhost :p

PHP5 - great now i have to go learn OOP :(

- miSt

OOP > POP (procedure-oriented programming) :)

PHP already has OO, you just don't have to use it if you don't want to. I think PHP5's OO will be the same: you can make the language as OO as you want it to be.

I ran Apache 2/MySQL 4/PHP5 a while back...Didn't play too well with vB2.

PHP5 has been available through CVS for a while now.

I havern'tr tried it with vB3 though.

Wow... PHP5 already... looking forward to more vB3 beta updates to accommodate it... :)

hehe, vb3 will be finally released..... uhm next decade ^^

Nice to know the staff of the official vBulletin modifications site have such great faith in the software isn't it ;)

- miSt

I'm going to test it now :)
(Apache/2.0.46, PHP 5.0.0 Beta 1, vB 3.0.0 Beta 4)

Let us know how it goes;):)

Satan

No problems yet :)

The install went smoothly, and everything seems to work fine so far, but I haven't logged into the Admin CP yet :p

Note this is a beta version. It should NOT be used in production or even semi-production web sites. There are known bugs in it, and in addition, some of the features may change (based on feedback).

The MySQL client libraries have been GPL'd. That means people that make a living creating PHP/MySQL based solutions that they wish to remain proprietary are forced to buy a license from MySQL to get around the GPL stipulation that there code must be open. This situation may change as there is talk between the PHP dev team and MySQL to work on a solution that may exempt PHP. It's still up in the air, but until a conclusion is reached, MySQL is no longer bundled. SQLite is really not a database, but an SQL interface for a flat file. MySQL is overkill for most sites anyways. It's extremely fast and it can be run anywhere. The host doesn't need a database installed. So for most sites that don't really need all that a RDBMS can offer, or their host isn't capable of providing it, SQLite is really a great alternative. Good for hosts as well.

What version of MySQL are you using?