I saw recently Auracle (http://auraclesupport.com/) support system and seems as a good value for money (with purchased whois.cart it's even cheaper)...

What I'm not sure about, is Auracle's php5 installation request. I have to have php5 installed as CLI, and in that case php4 should be installed as CGI. Is this smart thing to do?

Most of my clients are using php4 as a scripting language and I'm not sure about performance degradation with CGI.

So, my two questions:
1. is anyone of you using Auracle, and what is your comment/experience about/with it?

2. does anyone of you have php5 and php4 on the same server, with php4 as CGI, and what's the performance of php4 scripts?

Thanks in advance.

Anyone knows?

Hi Petra,

I'll open with the statement that that CLI performs faster than CGI, you are correct. Running dual environments however, isn't recommended. PHP5 is backward compatible; the exception being the correction of some previously 'lax' usage of the language, which has now been corrected and are documented here: http://www.zend.com/manual/migration5.incompatible.php You shouldn't fear upgrading - it must be done eventually! :)

Regarding dual environments, this is not a healthy solution. Dual environments equate to a greater operational footprint. It is taxing on a server to do so, and inconvenes either PHP5 or PHP4 users with the task of updating their scripts to use customized extensions. It's an all-around headache which I suggest avoiding at all costs.

The above said, if you would like your own first hand experience with Auracle while you wait for other people's feedback - you can apply for a trial license at http://auraclesupport.com

Best regards.
Alexandre