{"id":5465,"date":"2013-02-06T10:33:39","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T10:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/?p=5465"},"modified":"2013-02-06T10:33:39","modified_gmt":"2013-02-06T10:33:39","slug":"new-versions-of-php-apache-and-phpmyadmin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/new-versions-of-php-apache-and-phpmyadmin\/","title":{"rendered":"New versions of PHP, Apache and phpMyAdmin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> We&#8217;re happy to announce that we&#8217;ve upgraded phpMyAdmin to version 3.5.6, and over the next few weeks we&#8217;ll be upgrading our shared webservers to the latest version of Apache 2.4.3, with support for PHP 5.4 rolled in.<\/p>\n<h4>What do these upgrades mean for my website, and what action do I need to take?<\/h4>\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry, you don&#8217;t need to do anything, and your website will continue to work as normal. The default version won&#8217;t change, so you won&#8217;t need to rewrite for compatibility. Basically, just sit back whilst we do the work!<\/p>\n<h4>I&#8217;m a geek about this kind of thing, tell me more!<\/h4>\n<p>The PHP 5.4 interpreter itself, along with a nice selection of modules, is being rolled out across the board right now &#8211; any early adopters out there who feel like giving it a whirl can do so by making their scripts executable (chmod 755) and putting this shebang on the first line:<\/p>\n<h4>#!\/usr\/bin\/php54<\/h4>\n<p>As for the new Apache, it&#8217;s been tested pretty thoroughly on a small number of servers during January and we&#8217;re very pleased with the results, not to mention the customer feedback. That being the case we&#8217;re forging ahead with a staged rollout this month. 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