Re: [cobalt-users] PHP3.0.16 on RaQ2

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From: "Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] PHP3.0.16 on RaQ2


> "Bjoern A. Bloehdorn" <BBloehdorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > my raq2 is running fine with mysql and php3.0.7.
> > but i need a php version greater than 3.0.9
> > i found php3.0.16 on ftp.cobaltnet.com, but i cant install.
> > can anyone give me a tutorial how to install php3.0.16?
>
> In case you don't know, 3.0.16 is a release from the summer of 2000.  I'd
> advise upgrading to PHP4 so you don't have to do a second upgrade in the
> near future.  PHP4 has many advantages (speed, functionality, bug fixes,
> functionality, functionality, ...) and many commercial and open source
> programs will not work with PHP3.  Installing it on a RaQ2 will require
> installing from the source tarball as I'm not aware of any RPMs for PHP4
for
> mips-based (RaQ1/2) machines.  I have successfully installed PHP4.1.1 and
> Apache 1.3.21 in case you wonder whether it can be done.


brosoft do a pkg format php+mysql install, not free but not expensive.