We have upgraded our PHP 4 installs to the newly released PHP 4.4.6 version on all servers. There are several improvements and new features included in this release, along with an assortment of bug fixes. Here are the details straight from php's web site:
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* Updated PCRE to version 7.0.
* Fixed segfault in ext/session when register_globals=On.
* Fixed bug #40635 (segfault in cURL extension).
* Fixed bug #40611 (possible cURL memory error).
* Fixed bug #40578 (imagettftext() multithreading issue).
* Fixed bug #40502 (ext/interbase compile failure).
* Fixed bug #40286 (PHP fastcgi with PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN don't kill children when parent is killed).
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There may have been some minor changes that could potentially break your scripts. It's unlikely, but possible. A complete change log of new features and bug fixes in this release can be found here:
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php#4.4.6
Please let us know if anything breaks at the server level, but the changes should be transparent for the most part.