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[cd/home]

Hello,

Just thought I would share this with you all:

In a few days, cPanel intends to release EasyApache 3.14. On March 20, 2012, we announced the End of Life of PHP 4. EasyApache 3.14 will remove support for PHP 4.

If you are currently using PHP 4 as a DSO handler, EasyApache 3.14 will warn you to take action before performing a build. If your applications still require PHP 4 support, you will soon find an unsupported option module at easyapache.cpanel.net. This option module will build a mod_php handler for PHP 4, as well as a number of extensions. cPanel cannot stress enough, that this is an unsupported solution.

We are also introducing support for PHP 5.4, currently labeled as experimental, in EasyApache 3.14. We welcome any feedback you have regarding PHP 5.4, but strongly urge you not to deploy it in production environments at this time.

Regards,

[Matt R]

I'm definitely looking forward to PHP 5.4. It has some pretty great enhancements that I've been wanting to use in development, but I don't want to do that until it's available for cPanel.

[bdx33]

Originally Posted by Matt R

I'm definitely looking forward to PHP 5.4. It has some pretty great enhancements that I've been wanting to use in development, but I don't want to do that until it's available for cPanel.

like what ?

[ultimatewebhost]

Originally Posted by bdx33

like what ?

PHP 5.4.0 offers a wide range of new features:

Support for traits has been added.

Short array syntax has been added, e.g. $a = [1, 2, 3, 4]; or $a = ['one' => 1, 'two' => 2, 'three' => 3, 'four' => 4];.

Function array dereferencing has been added, e.g. foo()[0].
Closures now support $this.

<?= is now always available, regardless of the short_open_tag php.ini option.

Class member access on instantiation has been added, e.g. (new Foo)->bar().

Class::{expr}() syntax is now supported.

Binary number format has been added, e.g. 0b001001101.

Improved parse error messages and improved incompatible arguments warnings.

The session extension can now track the upload progress of files.
Built-in development web server in CLI mode.

[M Bacon]

Does the new Easy Apache add Apache 2.4 support?

[KnownHost-Jonathan]

Originally Posted by M Bacon

Does the new Easy Apache add Apache 2.4 support?

Originally Posted by cpanelkenneth

Once EasyApache 3.14 is released, which removes PHP 4 support and adds PHP 5.4 support, Apache 2.4 becomes the next item of priority.

Originally Posted by cpanelkenneth

EasyApache 3.14 will contain PHP 5.4. It will be marked as experimental.

Development will then focus on completing similar support for Apache 2.4. It too, when introduced via EasyApache, will be marked as experimental.

Both will retain their experimental designation for a few months after release in EasyApache.

Source: http://forums.cpanel.net/f145/apache...ml#post1178282

[alons]

Its about time they are making this available.
PHP 4 is very old and even 5.2 is now becoming obsolete.
But its because of PHP versions deprecating and changing things which makes it harder for people to move.
Had PHP just been adding support for new features and not deprecating stuff from older versions, migrating to the latest versions wouldnt be so tedious.