RE: [PHP] PHP3->PHP4

Mark & all, If you can't find the httpd.conf file for your ISP, here's a quick way to check the settings: make a file called info.php with the single line: <?php phpinfo(); ?> Now call it up on your browser. If PHP4 is running, you should get the info, and it'll say "PHP 4.0.x" (x is some number) on top. Now change the filename to info.php3, and see what happens. If it gives you a version 3.something, and you want to use PHP4, you'll have to do it manually. Put this in your .htaccess file in the highest web directory: AddType application/x-httpd-php .php3 IF you haven't upgraded yet and you want to get ready, you can put this in your .htaccess: AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php This way you can anticipate the filename convention and run .php files with php3 until you upgrade. This is also a good solution for people who must run php3 and envy the much-cooler (IMHO) .php extension that the php4 guys get to use. :-) htaccess files are GREAT! I'm glad I figured this out before I tried to s/php3/php/g on all files _and_ their names! --Matt ---------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Leingang http://www.math.rutgers.edu/ Rutgers University leingang@math.rutgers.edu Department of Mathematics "This signature needs no quote." On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Mark Peoples wrote: > The only thing the extension does is let apache know what to do with it. > > Chances are your ISP will have the PHP4 engine parse .php3 files as well. > Unless your ISP does some funky stuff and your scripts stop working > altogether, you should be ok. > > If they don't have PHP4 parse .php3 files, ask them what extension to have > PHP4 parse, rename your .php3 files to .php4 and you should be ok...you > might get an error or two if your using some antiquated functions that PHP4 > doesn't support though. <g> > > marco > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrés de la Varga [mailto:adlv@telcel.net.ve] > Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 7:34 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] PHP3->PHP4 > > > I am developing my Website under PHP3 (Apache,Linux). My scripts have php3 > extensions. When my ISP change to PHP4, my extensions will stay valid? > > It's not, What do I need to do now to don't have problems in the future? > > Andrés de la Varga. > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > [ Part 88: "Included Message" ] >