PHP on LQ Upgraded to 5.1.x

jeremy · 12-12-2005, 07:41 PM

While I usually don't announce system level changes, I felt this one was large enough to deserve it. As of about a minute ago we're now running PHP 5.1.x (up from 4.4.x). This upgrade should increase the performance of the site in general and will make a couple nice new features of PHP available to us. One of the main reasons I am announcing this is that due to the myriad changes from 4.4->5.1 we may be introducing new bugs here. We did make an effort to test this out on the dev site, but the live site tends to shake things out in a whole different way. If you notice anything odd please let us know ASAP. Thanks.

--jeremy

PhilDEE · 12-13-2005, 04:52 AM

Wow. That was fast.

ctkroeker · 12-13-2005, 05:45 AM

Great!
No problems here.

vharishankar · 12-13-2005, 06:51 AM

Jeremy, I am still awaiting your reply for the mail I sent you a couple of weeks ago. Realize that you are busy currently, but no problem because I'm busy as well with my examinations and it will take at least another week for me to get back to coding full time. Just wanted to know whether you have received the mail I sent or not...

Good to know that you've upgraded to PHP 5 though. Will watch for any errors, bugs etc.

microsoft/linux · 12-13-2005, 08:41 AM

I have been noticing that the search(username search) has been slow, and I'm prettys sure it's on the linuxquestions side. This may not be due to the new upgrade, but rather just a lot of people using the search at once. Nothing I'm overly worried about, but you did say

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Originally Posted by jeremy

If you notice anything odd please let us know ASAP. Thanks.

didi86 · 12-18-2005, 04:34 PM

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know that the "Download Linux" (http://iso.linuxquestions.org) link in the Main Menu doesn't work for me (I keep getting a timeout).

win32sux · 12-18-2005, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by didi86

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know that the "Download Linux" (http://iso.linuxquestions.org) link in the Main Menu doesn't work for me (I keep getting a timeout).

works fine for me... according to netcraft LQ's iso site is on a different IP than the www site... so if you're still getting a timeout then it might be a temporary routing issue with your ISP... if it's working for you now, then perhaps the site was down or there was a temporary problem with LQ's iso site ISP...

summerwolfe · 12-21-2005, 12:23 PM

Congrats on the successful upgrade guys. I'm honestly surprised and honored that my user account is still active after being idle so long (Last Login 4/2/01). Anyways, keep up the good work!

David Vaughan
Tech Admin - Crystal Glen Networks

win32sux · 12-23-2005, 04:35 PM

a minor thing i've noticed: before the upgrade, when i was typing-up a quick reply i could refresh the page before posting, like, to see the freshest state of the thread right before posting (to make sure the question wasn't answered already, etc.)... when the page would reload, i could proceed to hit the post button cuz what i typed would still be there in the box... now, however, if i refresh the page, what i've written will be gone when the page loads again...

jeremy · 12-24-2005, 11:04 AM

That isn't related to the PHP upgrade, but the forum redesign (which uses AJAX).

--jeremy

slantoflight · 01-09-2006, 04:19 PM

Is'nt ajax that cleaning stuff you use on bathtubs?

jeremy · 01-09-2006, 06:30 PM

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AJAX:

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Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, or Ajax (pronounced "ā-Jacks"), is a web development technique for creating interactive web applications using a combination of:

* XHTML (or HTML) and CSS for marking up and styling information. (XML is commonly used, although any format will work, including preformatted HTML, plain text, JSON and even EBML).
* The Document Object Model manipulated through JavaScript to dynamically display and interact with the information presented
* The XMLHttpRequest object to exchange data asynchronously with the web server. In some Ajax frameworks and in some situations, an IFrame object is used instead of the XMLHttpRequest object to exchange data with the web server.

Like DHTML, LAMP, or SPA, Ajax is not a technology in itself, but a term that refers to the use of a group of technologies together. In fact, derivative/composite technologies based substantially upon Ajax, such as AFLAX, are already appearing.

--jeremy