php4 to php5 on ispconfig server

Hi all,

I have setup a ispconfig/debian sarge server at the time with the perfect setup.
Later I have upgraded debian sarge to etch but my php version was still 4.
Currently etch has php5 packages but are not upgradet automaticaly.

Before I upgrade from etch to lenny I would like to upgrade php4 to php5.

Is that a smart thing to do and what would be the best way to do it.
Would a "apt-get install php5" be enough?

Will it affect anything regarding to ispconfig as it uses it's own php5 compilation?

Thanks in advance.

Rgds Edo

 

lost connection to database

On my (vmware/test) ispconfig server I tried to do the upgrade.
Just "apt-get install php5"
It removes the php4 apache mod and then installs the php5 mod for apache and the php5 package.
When I do a "a2dismod", I can see the php4 mod is removed and the php5 loaded.

Then my the joomla sites say:
Database Error: Unable to connect to the database:The MySQL adapter "mysql" is not available.

It looks like php5/apache is unaware of the mysql server or the other way arround.
I checked the php.ini for php5 but can't find much difference with the one of php4 concerning the MySQL server settings.

I even installed the php5-mysql package but still no luck.

Is there some configuration file I should adjust to make the two talk to each other again?

Thanks in advance.

Rgds Edo

 

found it, I think?

Searching through the forum I found that the problem was that I was still missing some PHP5 modules/packages.

From the lenny perfect setup I did:
apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5 libapache2-mod-ruby libapache2-mod-python php5 php5-common php5-curl php5-dev php5-gd php5-idn php-pear php5-imagick php5-imap php5-mcrypt php5-memcache php5-mhash php5-ming php5-mysql php5-pspell php5-recode php5-snmp php5-sqlite php5-suhosin php5-tidy php5-xcache php5-xmlrpc php5-xsl

Only the php5-xcache package could not be installed.

Is this a bit overkill to get php5 working?
Can one of these packages misconfigure something?

Thanks in advance.

Rgds Edo

 

No, don't worry.

 

php -v

Hi,

The upgrade works fine.
Apache is now using the php5 module.

Only when I type "php -v" at the command prompt the debian/etch sytem still say's: version 4.4.4-8+etch 6.

I gues the debian/etch system still uses the 4 version.
Would it not be wise to have it use the just installed 5 version?
If so where do I change that?

Rgds Edo

 

It seems as if the command line PHP is version 4 still. Try this:

Code:

apt-get install php5-cli

 

Yup, its a matter of all the modules for php4 vs. php5 - just gotta install 'em all and remove the php4 ones.

dpkg -l | grep -i php4

Will show which php4 packages are still installed. Replace 'em with the php5 versions and remove the php4 versions.