On Wednesday 09 August 2006 12:03, Jonathan Duncan wrote: > On Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Chris W. Parker wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Generally (well, actually 100%) I just use whatever version of PHP is > > included with a certain distro (Redhat pre-Fedora, Fedora Core, CentOS). > > None of the versions I've used have come with PHP5 and I'd really like > > to get with the times and use PHP5. > > > > I know that Fedora Core 5 offers PHP 5.1.2 but I've heard some negative > > things about it in general (FC5). > > > > I've never compiled PHP myself so admittedly I'm a bit skeered... Is the > > recommended path to just go with whatever distro I prefer and then > > download PHP5 from php.net and install it myself? > > > > Thanks, > > Chris. > > Yes, I would recommend that. If you are serious about using PHP for a > while it would be benefitial to you to understand the installation aspect > of the language. If you are comfortable with the command line this should > be pretty easy for you. If not it will be a bit harder but still very > possible. Here are installation instructions from php.net: > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.unix.php > > Good luck! > > Jonathan Also, when compiling it yourself you can specify what extensions you want. This allows you to keep your install as minimal as possible for your needs, which increases the performance of PHP. -- Ray Hauge Programmer/Systems Administrator American Student Loan Services www.americanstudentloan.com 1.800.575.1099 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
