PHP Updates on all servers

[WN-Ali]

For more information in regards to this update, as well as a few tips and tricks to resolve any outstanding issues please read over http://forums.wirenine.com/suphp-bei...ting-t513.html

Dear WireNine clients,

Since PHP 4 has come to it's end of life, we will be upgrading all servers to PHP 5.x as default and moving PHP 4.x as secondary on all servers. Your web sites will now be using PHP 5 by default instead of PHP 4, but you can easily switch back to PHP 4 from cPanel by modifying your PHP settings.

We expect to have these upgrades completed by 01/25/2008

*** Important Note ***

Along with the PHP 5 upgrade on all servers, we will be switching to suphp instead of mod_php. Some servers are already running this configuration, and have had no issues. If you encounter any issues, please use this checklist to make sure your problem is not related to any of these BEFORE opening a support ticket.

-- All .htaccess files do NOT have any php_value or php_flag lines in it.

-- All .htaccess files do NOT have the addhandler enabling php5 as was required before

-- No custom php.ini files from before (make a new one if you need to customize features)

-- No 777/666 permissions on scripts (not allowed in suexec environment)

-- Login to CPanel and go to PHP Configuration page. Toggle between PHP4 and PHP5 to make sure one version does work for you.

-- Change all php includes to use full system path, not URL. This has been disabled by PHP for security reasons.

If you have disabled mod_security in .htaccess file, by using the following line

SecFilterEngine Off

Please remove it or it will cause Internal Server Errors on your web site

If you are parsing .html files as php, please remove any lines in .htaccess for that and replace it with this line instead

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .html .htm .php

This will parse your .html files as php.

The support for PHP4 will be permanently removed in the near future, as it's no longer being developed or maintained.

Please feel free to send us a ticket if you experience any issues.

I am subscribed to this thread, so if you need any help on this you can reply to it (it is preferable to ask for help here so other users can also find the information they are looking for, if they have the same problem).

[WN-Ali]

We have started updating the servers.

If you are getting Internal Server Error on your web site, please check the list above to make sure your web site is not breaking any rules of the new PHP setup.

If your web site still requires the use of PHP 4, go to cPanel and change your default php version to php4 under PHP Configuration.

[WN-Ali]

If after following all the guidelines you are still unable to resolve the issue, please feel free to open a ticket with us and we will be more than glad to assist you

[WN-Ali]

After you have applied all the settings above, but are still getting errors please check the Error log in cpanel to help you pin point the error. If you have disabled mod_security in .htaccess file, by using the following line

SecFilterEngine Off

Please remove this line as it will no longer work, and only cause errors on your web site.

If you are parsing php in .html files, please remove any lines in .htaccess to do that and put this line in .htaccess instead

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .html .htm .php

This will parse your php in .html and .htm files.

PHP4 will be permanently removed in the near future, as it's no longer being developed or maintained.

[WN-Ali]

Please closely follow these instructions, they are fairly simple and only require a few minutes of your time.