Rapid Hosting

On the 13th of July 2007, php.net announced that PHP 4 will no longer receive feature updates after the 31/12/2007.  Up until this point, the only releases coming from php.net have been security fixes.

On the 08/08/2008 PHP4 will no longer receive security updates.  It is strongly urged that you review your scripts immediately and ensure they will run on PHP 5 (see here for details - Use PHP5 as the default).

The best thing to remember is to not panic.  Many PHP4 applications work perfectly using PHP5.

At this stage, on the 08/09/2008 Rapid Hosting will switch the default version of PHP on the server to version 5, and leave PHP version 4 as the secondary version for compatibility reasons,  Unless there is a security notice stating that PHP4 is no longer safe.  Security is our top priority on all our servers.

When cPanel release PHP6 into their updates and after the 31/12/2008 - we will replace PHP version 4 with PHP version 6, leaving PHP version 5 as the default version.

Please note all of the above dates may change if a security notice is released about PHP4 on or after the end of life.

Closer to the date, I will remind everyone about this change.

Cheers,
Darren Nolan