[Mapserver-users] PHP version and Maplab

[Mat Brletic]

Paul Spencer wrote:

> Hi,
>
> the earliest version that MapLab was developed with was PHP 4.0.6. 
> There have been a number of significant changes to PHP since 4.0.6. 
> MapLab has undoubted taken advantage of at least some of those 
> changes.  Most significant is probably session handling and use of 
> superglobals $GLOBALS, $_GET, $_POST, $_SESSION and some other 
> changes.  It is most likely that MapLab will not run on versions of 
> PHP earlier than 4.2.x without at least some problems.
>
> Also note that there are many significant security and bug fixes that 
> have happened after PHP 4.0.6 that should justify upgrading to a more 
> recent version.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul
>
> Mat Brletic wrote:
>
>> Does anybody know if PHP 4.0.4 running on Apache 1.3.19 is sufficient 
>> to properly run Maplab?
>>
>> The "Maplab Installation Instructions for Linux" state that version 
>> 4.2.x is supported (and required).
>>
>>
>> Mathew M. Brletic
>> IS Analyst
>> Visalia Unified School District
>> Visalia, CA 93277
>>
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Thanks, Paul.

Mat