Why is php 5 so rare?

[d3v]

I'd love to hear an answer to this question. Why is it that so few website hosts support php5 when it is more than a year old now?

[snike]

Re: Why is php 5 so rare?

I am wondering that too. Hm. I hope someone knows...

[CheapnEasyHosting]

Re: Why is php 5 so rare?

As far as I know, PHP 5 doesn't support a lot of previous PHP coding... causing existing customer's scripts to stop working.

Hosts like it when their customers dont complain

[SabreHstng]

Re: Why is php 5 so rare?

There are also not that many scripts around that run PHP5, most don't need it to run, thus hosts are in no hurry to update their systems when it's not particularly necessary.

[TimeOUT]

Re: Why is php 5 so rare?

Are PHP5 bed?

[sb225]

Re: Why is php 5 so rare?

Are PHP5 bed?

no php5 is good
btw what is bed or it is bad

[Cheapquality]

Re: Why is php 5 so rare?

its not easy to compete with new version and changing server. it could create new problems in servers too.

[vlad230]

Re: Why is php 5 so rare?

As far as I know, PHP 5 doesn't support a lot of previous PHP coding... causing existing customer's scripts to stop working.

Hosts like it when their customers dont complain

Actually, PHP 5 does support the previous coding.... The only difference is that they added some new commands and some abreviations to be more practical than the other versions.

Usually, hosts don't upgrade their servers because they're LAZY

[Millar]

Re: Why is php 5 so rare?

Well, maybe because a host doesn't want to upgrade, not neccisarily because there lazy, it might be because it will cause downtime and they can't afford to have downtime.

[infinitomagazine]

Re: Why is php 5 so rare?

well ahplace give php5 for free

[weblord]

Re: Why is php 5 so rare?

i think it's not rare but hosting providers who host php5 is rare.

[wmcode]

Re: Why is php 5 so rare?

almost all the systems are based on php4 tath is it !!!

[borninautumn]

Re: Why is php 5 so rare?

The version that hosts don't upgrade because they are lazy looks implausible, that's market, not a lounge room. php4 is less demanded on the market, that's the answer.

[TimeOUT]

Re: Why is php 5 so rare?

I know some hosting which provide PHP5. I don't belive that hosters are lazy.

[BoxedHosting]

Re: Why is php 5 so rare?

I know some hosting which provide PHP5. I don't belive that hosters are lazy.

You can have a host that has both of them, but the problem is at least one of them has to have a seperate extension (aka .php4 or .php5 instead of .php)