Hi --

The documentation states that FileField has a hard dependency on PHP 5.2 (or later). My host won't upgrade me from php 5.1 to php 5.2. Can you point me in a direction so I know how to tell if it's creating a problem?

Thanks --

Monique.

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jpetso’s picture

jpetso commented
Status: Active » Fixed

I think 5.1 should work as well, but I can't test so I can't guarantee or support it. Just try to enable the module, and if it doesn't spit weird PHP warnings at you, everything's alright.

missym’s picture

missym commented

So far so good....

roleychiu’s picture

roleychiu commented

So if i'm using PHP 4.3.9 am i just out of luck for this kind of functionality? what are the alternatives?

jpetso’s picture

jpetso commented

@roleychiu: Unfortunately, yes. dopry doesn't want to keep PHP 4 compatibility, and we have to respect that. Anyways, even if not considering filefield, it's a good idea to get your webhost to upgrade to PHP 5 (or switching hosts if they don't want to), because PHP 4 is not supported anymore by the PHP developers and thus likely to be an issue for security when security leaks are discovered but not patched because of the unsupported state.

miles28’s picture

miles28 commented

Has anyone tested it on PHP Version 5.1.6?

dopry’s picture

dopry commented

It works relatively well with the 5.1's of PHP, but is not supported...

Anonymous’s picture

Anonymous (not verified) commented
Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for two weeks with no activity.

akahn’s picture

akahn commented
Title: Php Version Differences » FileField 5.x-2.3 on PHP 5.1 -- compatible?
Version: 5.x-2.3-rc3 » 5.x-2.3

dopry, I was wondering if you could expand a little on FileField 5.x-2.3 on PHP 5.1.6. I'm curious to know what in FileField depends on features that are in PHP 5.2 but not in 5.1.6. Can you shed some light here? Thanks.

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bbeyer commented

@akahn, read http://drupal.org/node/294880

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akahn commented

Thanks, bbeyer, that answers my question. I'll continue using FileField 5.x-2.3 on PHP 5.1.6, since it seems to be working. I'll ask my host to upgrade if I run into issues.