PHP 5.2 reached its end of life some time ago with the latest version, 5.2.17, having been released in January of 2011. On September 4th we will be changing the default version of PHP on our cpanel78 server from 5.2 to 5.3. This is ultimately in preparation to remove PHP 5.2 from our servers entirely.
At this point there are zero compatibility issues to worry about with common scripts. As long as you've kept up with patches and updates, you won't run into any issues at all. If you would like, you can test an existing site with PHP 5.3 right now by adding the following to your .htaccess file:
For the time being you can also force your site to use PHP 5.2, even after this change on September 4th, by adding the following to your .htaccess file:
Note that forcing your site to use PHP 5.2 will only work for a few weeks. A separate announcement will be made at a later date when we've scheduled removal of PHP 5.2 from our servers entirely.
Known Issues
If you're having issue with Gallery 3.x please see:
Gallery 3.x and PHP 5.3 w/ Zend Loader results in 503 errors
At this point there are zero compatibility issues to worry about with common scripts. As long as you've kept up with patches and updates, you won't run into any issues at all. If you would like, you can test an existing site with PHP 5.3 right now by adding the following to your .htaccess file:
Code:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php53 .php
Code:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php52 .php
Known Issues
If you're having issue with Gallery 3.x please see:
Gallery 3.x and PHP 5.3 w/ Zend Loader results in 503 errors
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