joomla :-how to update php5.1 to 5.2.4 vrs

centos123 · 04-21-2011, 09:38 AM

iam using joomla for web designing.
when i try to install form browser it gives error

"Your host needs to use PHP 5.2.4 or higher to run Joomla 1.6."

where i can get php 5.2.4 or how to update.

Also i tried with repo file,adding new file in /etc/yum.reposd/centos-testing.repo

but still iam getting same error...

knudfl · 04-21-2011, 10:10 AM

CentOS Repositories http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories

The Remi repo has a nice collection of php-5.3 + extensions.

http://blog.famillecollet.com/pages/Config-en
http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterp...ges.group.html
http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/5/

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centos123 · 04-21-2011, 11:07 AM

i tried this but still cannot use joomla on browser

[c5-testing]
name=CentOS-5 Testing
baseurl=http://dev.centos.org/centos/$releasever/testing/$basearch/
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://dev.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-testing

only few php get updated not all .any other help

centos123 · 04-21-2011, 11:36 AM

on testing php version
#php -v

it shows version 2 installed but still not able to browse joomla.
still show same error

Your host needs to use PHP 5.2.4 or higher to run Joomla 1.6.

knudfl · 04-21-2011, 01:12 PM

These are the php packages in testing
http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/i386/RPMS/
php-5.2.3-3.el5s2.i386.rpm
php-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
php-5.2.9-2.el5.centos.i386.rpm
php-5.2.10-1.el5.centos.i386.rpm

enabled=0 : Means disabled.
Please edit to : enabled=1
( Suggest : Change it back to enabled=0 , when you have installed the all required php* ).

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