I have heard some hosting companies are making the switch to php5 which is breaking drupal sites. My hosting company is notorious for adding the latest versions. Should I panic now or when my site breaks? (joke) Will drupal be php5 compatible before or after I get fired? (another lame joke)

http://drupal.org/node/6630

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tangent’s picture

If your job requires Drupal to work, perhaps you should be proactive and contribute patches which ensure that it does. ;-)

judah’s picture

that doesn't really answer the question. thanks. i don't know php or the inner workings of drupal and to be frank being a developer to the core modules of drupal wasn't part of the requirements.

ps i have contributed a lot already to drupal (more than mentioned)

tangent’s picture

I was merely responding to your lame joke with my own.

I know that PHP5 support is being worked on but if it will arrive in time to work with your hosted environment or save your job I couldn't say.

judah’s picture

Tangent, didn't mean to come off short. I appreciate the joke more today.

What I want to know is PHP5 compatibility a goal that is being taken seriously?
Is "PHP5 compatibility" a goal for 4.6? If not can we make it a goal for 4.7?
I would like to plan accordingly as my sites are all XTemplate.

chx’s picture

XTemplate most probably won't work. Sites with PHPTemplate will, more or less. But it is not officially supported and most probably there are a gazillion bugs (although we try to make it compatible, it is not so yet).

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Drupal development: making the world better, one patch at a time. | A bedroom without a teddy is like a face without a smile.

carlmcdade’s picture

I have been trying to set up the cvs HEAD to see how good or bad PHP5 has gotten but there are some files missing (like conf.php) and some other changes that have been done that keep me from getting a clean install. When the 4.6 Release Candidate comes I will run it through the ringer and see what happens.

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www.hivemindz.com (running PHP5)
www.fireorb.org (documentation and hacks)
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Information Technology Consult
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tangent’s picture

Perhaps you are not aware that /includes/conf.php has been removed and replaced with /sites/default/settings.php. Your old conf.php settings should be moved there.

judah’s picture

I would be interested in your findings. Please do report back.

pz’s picture

I would change hosting anyway, having a hosting service that is always running the latest will get you into trouble sooner or later (security updates will of course have to be applied).

None of the hosts I use have installed php5 (other than as a test) and I would assume they will be running both php4 and php5 for quite some time when when they do.