How to upgrade PHP?

[AllJin.com]

Is there a tutorial on here on how to upgrade PHP? I'm on 4.3.9 is that good enough for now? Or should I upgrade to somethin else?

[Jake Bunce]

Those instructions would be in the PHP manual:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/

You should upgrade to 4.3.10 to patch a security hole in 4.3.9.

[Joseph777]

PHP 4.3.10

Complete Source Code

• PHP 4.3.10 (tar.bz2) [3,932Kb] - 15 Dec 2004
  md5: 7e56824dae9679c59a8234eb848aa542
• PHP 4.3.10 (tar.gz) [4,778Kb] - 15 Dec 2004
  md5: 73f5d1f42e34efa534a09c6091b5a21e

Note: Due to an incompatibility between earlier versions of Zend Optimizer and PHP 4.3.10, it's recommended to upgrade to the latest version.

See the ChangeLog for a complete list of changes, or the release notes for more information on this particular release. Daily snapshots are also available from snaps.php.net (not intended for production use!).

Windows Binaries

All Windows binaries can be used on Windows 98/Me and on Windows NT/2000/XP/2003.

• PHP 4.3.10 zip package [7,405Kb] - 15 Dec 2004
  (CGI binary plus server API versions for Apache, Apache2 (experimental), ISAPI, NSAPI, Servlet and Pi3Web. MySQL support built-in, many extensions included, packaged as zip)
  md5: 0bb30525512ea686abf22c8fe61e1bb6
• PHP 4.3.10 installer [1,052Kb] - 15 Dec 2004
  (CGI only, MySQL support built-in, packaged as Windows installer to install and configure PHP, and automatically configure IIS, PWS and Xitami, with manual configuration for other servers. N.B. no external extensions included)
  md5: 6d60129d738e16ea0b69f3fd6646bf3a

I want to upgrade to 4.3.10. Ummm... Which one do I pick? How do I do it?

Am lost here (as are probably many others)? Begging, at the mercy of all more knowledgeable than I, for help with this?

[shadiguy1]

PHP 4.3.10

Complete Source Code

• PHP 4.3.10 (tar.bz2) [3,932Kb] - 15 Dec 2004
  md5: 7e56824dae9679c59a8234eb848aa542
• PHP 4.3.10 (tar.gz) [4,778Kb] - 15 Dec 2004
  md5: 73f5d1f42e34efa534a09c6091b5a21e

Note: Due to an incompatibility between earlier versions of Zend Optimizer and PHP 4.3.10, it's recommended to upgrade to the latest version.

See the ChangeLog for a complete list of changes, or the release notes for more information on this particular release. Daily snapshots are also available from snaps.php.net (not intended for production use!).

Windows Binaries

All Windows binaries can be used on Windows 98/Me and on Windows NT/2000/XP/2003.

• PHP 4.3.10 zip package [7,405Kb] - 15 Dec 2004
  (CGI binary plus server API versions for Apache, Apache2 (experimental), ISAPI, NSAPI, Servlet and Pi3Web. MySQL support built-in, many extensions included, packaged as zip)
  md5: 0bb30525512ea686abf22c8fe61e1bb6
• PHP 4.3.10 installer [1,052Kb] - 15 Dec 2004
  (CGI only, MySQL support built-in, packaged as Windows installer to install and configure PHP, and automatically configure IIS, PWS and Xitami, with manual configuration for other servers. N.B. no external extensions included)
  md5: 6d60129d738e16ea0b69f3fd6646bf3a

I want to upgrade to 4.3.10. Ummm... Which one do I pick? How do I do it?

Am lost here (as are probably many others)? Begging, at the mercy of all more knowledgeable than I, for help with this?

if your on a webhosts server ask your webhost to upgrade you to php 4.3.10 and the latest zend optimizer they will do it for you.

[Joseph777]

if your on a webhosts server ask your webhost to upgrade you to php 4.3.10 and the latest zend optimizer they will do it for you.

Do I need to back-up first?