Re: random observations on online PHP manual

On Mon, 22 Mar 2010, Christopher Jones wrote: > On 03/22/2010 04:42 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > and regarding installation, i would *strongly* encourage > > readers to install from packages if they can, leaving downloading > > and building the source as a last resort only. virtually every OS > > these days should have PHP and related packages ready to go. > > Some commonly used server platforms (e.g. RH Linux) favor keeping > compatibility and don't ship current PHP releases. Installing from > packages is often not the most appropriate choice - unless you like > using PHP 4.3.9. > > Chris (who builds PHP RPMs and whose company sells Linux support) that's why i qualified with that with, "if they can." but even with centos/RHEL, PHP 5.3-related packages are extremely easy to come by. it may be that you have to look for the generally-approved repos (in this case, http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/5/, among others), but they're easily findable. i stand by my position that having to download, configure and build from source should still be listed as a last resort for most sane, mainstream linux distros. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday ========================================================================