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chris1979 · #1 01-13-2010, 01:38 PM

I want to upgrade to vb4 but it means I need to upgrade PHP on my server.

My hosting company offers zero support so I need to do it myself (or get a new hosting company!).

It's a CentOS environment and I have SSH access.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Lynne · #2 01-13-2010, 01:50 PM

Hire someone (that's my way

)? Or google?

dtv100 · #3 01-13-2010, 02:08 PM

if by any chance you are using directadmin you can go to there forum and read in the how to section.

chris1979 · #4 01-13-2010, 02:12 PM

I would be happy to hire someone but knowing who to trust (with my root password, etc.) is also an issue. I think it is quite easy to do this, from my googling, but I cannot quite work it out.

I don't user directadmin.

Angel-Wings · #5 01-13-2010, 03:35 PM

Locate your php.ini and back it up - then something like:

rpm -U --test php

to see which version is available from the repositories and then without the "--test" to do the upgrade. Then again the same with all required extensions and dependant packages.
Finally merge the old and new php.ini and restart your Webserver

motowebmaster · #6 01-17-2010, 10:31 PM

One common way is to change your yum repositories. This one works with CENTOS:

http://www.atomicorp.com/channels/atomic/

It's simple, but you would want to do a bit of research before attempting the change. I've seen some posts from others who had a great deal of difficulty doing this.

However, one has to weigh the benefits. I'm still running vb4 only as a test site :erm:

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