Upgrade to PHP 5.3.0. anytime soon?

[MyWebs]

Any idea when my web server's PHP will be upgraded to version 5.3.0.?

RSSG3.whbdns.com

I'm writing a PHP script that writes out PHP code dynamically to a file and the heredoc syntax just isn't cutting it. Sadly it interprets the code and throws errors. The nowdoc syntax is exactly what I need, but it wasn't implemented in PHP until version 5.3.0. Servers current version looks to be 5.2.13.
Thanks,
MyWebs

[Lena S.]

Hello MyWebs,

Your websites are hosted on rs1.abstractdns.com now, as the data from RSSG3.whbdns.com was migrated to one of our new servers rs1.abstractdns.com.

As for php5.3.0, we can offer you to upgrade your account to one of our vps and dedicated servers where we will be able to install any php version for you.

We are not planning to implement php 5.3.0 on our reseller servers in the nearest future, because if we do this, a large number of our users' sites will stop working correctly as many websites are compatible only with php 5.2.x version. When cPanel developers create a solution which will support both php 5.2 and php 5.3 versions at the same time, we will start using php 5.3.0 along with php 5.2 version but so far our reseller servers can support only php 5.2.13.

So if using nowdoc syntax is critical for you, you can consider upgrading your account to a vps or dedicated server. If you have any questions about upgrade, please contact our live chat support or submit a ticket at our helpdesk.

[MyWebs]

Thank you for the reply. While it's not what I wanted to hear, I do appreciate your response. It's not critical for me to be able to use the Nowdoc syntax, but it would save me from having to edit hundreds of lines of PHP code.
Thanks,
MyWebs

[lightstr]

Other hosting sites offer the functionality to switch php versions. Here is HostGator's approach: support.hostgator.com/articles/pre-sales-questions/php-5-3
There are a few other ways that hosts allow users to enable php 5.3. There are a lot of drupal modules that do not support 5.2, and we are beginning to use drupal extensively. This could be a roadblock in the future, and may be impetus to switch hosting. Thanks.

[InsiteFX]

I just want to state here that I purchased a sitepoint developers account years ago.
I am on Galaxy2 server and about two years ago I went throught this with WebHostingBuzz
to get them to upgrade the server to PHP 5.2.17 which took two months!

At first they said they could not do it, but after several other user started replying to my
thread they finaly did upgrade it!

I am a developer for PHP software and it is like WebHostingBuzz is always behind the times!
I am thinking about finding another hosting provider that can supply me my programming
enviroment that I need and I have been with this company for seval years now!

Like right now almost all of the PHP Frameworks I use have moved to PHP 5.3.+
So any code I write now will not run on the Galaxy2 server. Which means I will have to stop
sending my clients to WebHostingBuzz for their Websites! Point Blank...

InsiteFX

[Vladimir B.]

I just want to state here that I purchased a sitepoint developers account years ago.
I am on Galaxy2 server and about two years ago I went throught this with WebHostingBuzz
to get them to upgrade the server to PHP 5.2.17 which took two months!

At first they said they could not do it, but after several other user started replying to my
thread they finaly did upgrade it!

I am a developer for PHP software and it is like WebHostingBuzz is always behind the times!
I am thinking about finding another hosting provider that can supply me my programming
enviroment that I need and I have been with this company for seval years now!

Like right now almost all of the PHP Frameworks I use have moved to PHP 5.3.+
So any code I write now will not run on the Galaxy2 server. Which means I will have to stop
sending my clients to WebHostingBuzz for their Websites! Point Blank...

InsiteFX

Please take into account that there is a big difference between shared hosting server and custom "programming environment" solution.
There are hundreds of old PHP software installations on each shared server and only half of them would work on PHP 5.3.
Another issue with PHP 5.3 is Zend. If you have 5.2 encoded files they are to be decoded by Zend Optimizer and 5.3 uses Zend Guard instead. It may be catastrophic for those who got encoded files and cannot get updates.
On the other hand cPanel has full control of Apache and PHP configurations and use of any custom solution can cause numerous troubles, as you may lose your custom configuration files at any moment. Please take into account that such custom solutions increase technical support team time for solving any related problems as they check additional points of failure.
Anyway, we need to move on. I have compiled additional PHP 5.3.8 version on galaxy2 server. In order to utilize PHP 5.3.8 on your domain, place the following code inside the document roots .htaccess file:

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php53 .php

[BreeOge]

I noticed that some of the shared servers are updated to 5.3 now. Any ETA for when Shared8 may get this update, more and more scripts I use are starting to require it. It is starting to affect what scripts I can and CANT run because of updates.

Thank you

[Vladimir B.]

I noticed that some of the shared servers are updated to 5.3 now. Any ETA for when Shared8 may get this update, more and more scripts I use are starting to require it. It is starting to affect what scripts I can and CANT run because of updates.

Thank you

There could be some problems with the additional PHP 5.3.x compilation and installation on the 'Shared8' server due to the current OS version.
Could you please create a ticket in our 'Technical Escalations' department, with your account username or main domain name included, so that we could proceed with investigating this matter further?