PHP4 or 5

On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 07:26:11PM +0000, John K Masters wrote:
> I have just setup a mail server on Etch using Postfix and Courier.
> Would like to offer users webmail via Squirrelmail. Do I install PHP4
> or 5?
>
> Any comments welcome.

According to 'apt-cache show squirrelmail' (for sid), the current 2
packages (1.4.9a-1 and 1.5.1-4) support php4 or php5. Check the result
for 'etch' (which is still 'testing'). Here is the related info:
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Version: 2:1.4.9a-1
Depends: apache2 | httpd, libapache2-mod-php4 | libapache-mod-php4 |
php4 | php4-cgi | libapache2-mod-php5 | libapache-mod-php5 | php5-cgi |
php5, perl
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Version: 2:1.5.1-4
Depends: apache2 | httpd, libapache2-mod-php4 | libapache-mod-php4 |
php4 | php4-cgi | libapache2-mod-php5 | libapache-mod-php5 | php5-cgi |
php5, perl
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cheers,
Kev
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On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 08:32:34PM +0000, John K Masters wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:01:06 -0500
> Kevin Mark wrote:
>
> > According to 'apt-cache show squirrelmail' (for sid), the current 2
> > packages (1.4.9a-1 and 1.5.1-4) support php4 or php5. Check the result
> > for 'etch' (which is still 'testing'). Here is the related info:
> > ----------------------------------------------
> > Version: 2:1.4.9a-1
> > Depends: apache2 | httpd, libapache2-mod-php4 | libapache-mod-php4 |
> > php4 | php4-cgi | libapache2-mod-php5 | libapache-mod-php5 | php5-cgi |
> > php5, perl
> > ----------------------------------------------
> > Version: 2:1.5.1-4
> > Depends: apache2 | httpd, libapache2-mod-php4 | libapache-mod-php4 |
> > php4 | php4-cgi | libapache2-mod-php5 | libapache-mod-php5 | php5-cgi |
> > php5, perl
> > ----------------------------------------------
> > cheers,
> > Kev
>
> Yep! That's why I'm asking. When offered a choice I like to weigh up
> other users experiences. Does latest = best or not so stable? ATEOTD
> I'll probably go with PHP5 but I'd like to hear if others have some
> horror stories first.
>

Are there any limiting factors? Do you use anything that must run one or
the other? Since people are shifting to php5, it'd be where the
development is going and any future apps will use it. But of course,
php4 has more testing. But when etch goes stable, it will support php4
and php5.
cheers,
Kev
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John K Masters [mailto:joe@joeshome.me.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 11:26 AM
> To:
> Subject: PHP4 or 5
>
> I have just setup a mail server on Etch using Postfix and
> Courier. Would like to offer users webmail via Squirrelmail.
> Do I install PHP4 or 5?
>
> Any comments welcome.

PHP 5 is *significantly* faster than PHP 4. Unless you have
a compelling reason to use PHP 4, go with 5.

-- Kevin

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