[Leder678]

Php 5.3.x isn't that of a great improvement, it's only some speed and some few removed functions and acctually some new functions.
http://www.php.net/manual/en/migrati...compatible.php
http://www.php.net/manual/en/migrati...w-features.php

And think of all those on the XX 000webhost servers that has kinda outdated software, they all have to upgrade it at the same time, this could probably mean some downtime due to 1000 people upgrading their script at the same time pluss the avrg use of updating and renewing.

I do agree that we should always be up-to-date with the newest tech and such, but bear in mind that this is also a free host that promotes their paid hosting.
If you had a free and a paid host, would you let the free users have the same advantages as the paid host?

[Azot]

I agree, because in September, soon appears in Joomla 3.0 that requires PHP version 5.3!

If you had a free and a paid host, would you let the free users have the same advantages as the paid host?

You're right ... so paid users to upgrade to version 5.4 and the free to 5.3....

[rs3511]

In addition to Joomla 3.0 requiring PHP 5.3, some critical components of Joomla 2.5 are now requiring PHP 5.3. The most recent version of Akeeba Backup for example (version 3.6.2) released 8-18-12, will not run in joomla 2.5 on free accounts. I suspect that Admin Tools will also require PHP 5.3 very soon. Any news on when PHP might be upgraded?

[Azot]

You're right

[ShocK]

phpbb.com released 3.0.11 forum software today. One more release and their software won't run.

[MarMigs]

WordPress is still using PHP 5.2.4, but soon they will change it, for sure.

[Azot]

Kunena 2.0.2

"Even though PHP 5.2 is supported, it is recommended to use the latest stable release of PHP 5.3 (currently 5.3.16). PHP 5.4 is also supported, Kunena 2.0.0 is strict compliant with this PHP version."

[Bad Karma[CORE]]

PHP 5.2.17 probably is way more secure than the recent builds.
That aside, we are discussing an update of the PHP version used on the servers we host free accounts on. So far it is just a discussion, no final decision has been made. Should the version be updated there will be an announcement made here on the forums.

[HenryH]

Even more to the point than number of software packages that now require PHP 5.3 or higher is the fact that the PHP organization, itself, no longer supports 5.2. As a matter of fact, it has been more than a year and a half since they declared they official end of life for version 5.2:



Regardless of what antiquated hosting services may (or may not) decide to do, the people who develop the software that customers use DO pay attention to such support issues and that means that more and more VERY common software packages are soon going to become completely unusable here.

PLEASE take heed of not only those who happen to wish to use your services, but also of those who do the work to produce the products that such users wish to install.

Thank you.

[rs3511]

Well said HenryH. Funny that the host here, even on free accounts, says they have installer for wordpress, joomla etc, but the servers cannot run the latest versions (even though security issues in older versions go unchecked by the communities who developed the software) so really the server itself is exposed to threats. Sometimes upper management "does not see the forrest because of all the money they could make turning the trees to paper".

I personally have already formulated plan to transition my clients sites to another host and have confinced my clients to invest in paid hosting but I can not recommend this host. So in fact they have lost money as a result of being cheap & greedy