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Wed, 16/03/2011 - 08:42 — BOZMAN

I would like to use the 'embed' module, but it requires php 5.2 or higher.

My server is currently using php version 5.1.6 , and so I cannot instal the module.

If I upgrade (I will ask the server people to do it) the servers php  which version would you guys recommend, ver 5.2.17  or ver 5.3.5 both seem to have the same release date of 2011-01-06.

Any notes of caution or other comments?

ta

Boz

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Wed, 16/03/2011 - 10:58 — willhallonline

PHP 5.2 vs PHP 5.3

Hi Boz,

Basically as a rule I always try to use the highest version of PHP without their being any errors. Certainly for Drupal 7, 5.3 should be ok, however, I would recommend sticking with the 5.2 branch whilst still on Drupal 6. This page http://drupal.org/requirements has far more info on it. Also you can search for it in the drupal.org forum.

If you are using CentOS or Red Hat i think that they are only giving out 5.1.6 in their repo's but I am pretty sure that there are quite a few different repos around that you should be able to use to get 5.2 or 5.3 running on you server with minimum difficulty.

Wed, 16/03/2011 - 11:33 — BOZMAN
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Looks like 5.2.5

Thanks Will,

It looks like 5.2.5 is the best option, as, looking in 'requirements', php 5.3 may not be compatible with some contrib modules under D6x, and 5.2.5 will allow me to put up a trial D7 site, being the minimum requirement. The server is running on CentOs , by the way.

Again,

Thanks.