PHP 4 or PHP 5?

watsonalgas Joined: 2005-02-01 Posts: 52	Posted: Sun, 2005-05-22 04:45
	Quick question: My server offers both PHP 4.3.11 and PHP 5.0.4, is one recommended more than the other for G2? ---- Gallery URL (optional): Gallery version: Webserver (with version): Datatabase (with version): PHP version (eg 4.2.1): phpinfo URL (optional): Graphics Toolkit(s): Operating system: Web browser/version: G1 version (for migration bugs):
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cnmuranjan Joined: 2005-05-17 Posts: 39	Posted: Sun, 2005-05-22 05:27
	I insist to use PHP 4 only... Becoz PHP 4 is far more stable than PHP 5, atelast with IIS... I ddnt try with other servers, but IIS givem me err with ISAPI filters and mail function is disabled as a case of IIS.. Finally choice is urs... If u want to fight, dont wait... regards, -- Chinmay

bharat Joined: 2002-05-21 Posts: 7994	Posted: Sun, 2005-05-22 06:58
	G2 runs on both PHP4 and PHP5 equally. Our unit test suite runs about 40% faster on PHP5 than PHP4. This is far from a perfect measurement of performance, but I think it's safe to say that PHP5 is going to be faster than PHP4.

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