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Ashish
Ashish

Reputation: 67

How to upgrade php on a linux server?

I am running a Joomla website on my Linux server using php version 5.1.6. How do I upgrade the PHP version to 5.3, while making sure my Joomla website remains intact.

The server is running Centos

Upvotes: 0

Views: 9069

Answers (3)

Awesome
Awesome

Reputation: 125

If you don't have that version availabe via official repositories (check with yum) you can add atomic repos. They seem to me reliable enough so far (I use them for a couple of years now on production servers).

Upvotes: 2

Klemen Tusar
Klemen Tusar

Reputation: 9689

I've never used Centos, but since it's just a rebuild of RHEL you could use the YUM package manager to do it. Of course you have to have some form of SSH access to the server, otherwise you'll have to call your provider to do it for you.

Read read and follow this how-to guide: http://chrisjean.com/2011/06/24/upgrade-php-5-1-or-5-2-to-5-3-on-centos/

P.S.: DO NOT forget to read the deprecated features list in PHP 5.3.x here http://php.net/manual/en/migration53.deprecated.php

Upvotes: 0

Geert
Geert

Reputation: 1227

For the Joomla testing:

Make a local PHP installation (I.E. on a Virtual Machine) with version 5.3. Try and get your Joomla installation working on it, if it works? Upgrade the PHP version on your server.

If you own the server yourself and have shell access to it, you can use yum to upgrade your PHP install. Here's a guide to upgrade PHP 5.1 to 5.2, It should help you with the basic knowledge to upgrade to PHP 5.3:

http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/PHP_5.1_To_5.2

Upvotes: 0

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