HostDemon Automatic PHP5/MYSQL5 Upgrades

(hostdemon.net) Servers will be changed to PHP5 and MySQL5 by default, starting on March 8th. PHP4 will not be available on the servers in the near future.

As technology continues to advance and evolve, we plan to grow and change with it. To provide the most up-to-date hardware and software, we are proceeding with making PHP5 part of the standard working environment on all of our servers, as well as upgrading MySQL from version 4.1 to 5.0.

This upgrade process is going to be as automated as possible, but we understand that some customers may wish to handle upgrades themselves as we are aware that differences in PHP4 and PHP5 can lead to minor problems and instabilities in certain scripts, and are taking every measure possible to ensure your websites continue to function. This includes testing scripts that may conflict with the upgrade and automatically upgrading your code to a problem-free, stable and PHP5 compatible version. The MySQL upgrade may have minor issues as well, which will be handled in a similar manner.

Only a very small percentage of customers will be affected by this, as nearly all PHP scripts have been upgraded to comply with the PHP5 standards over the past few years. MySQL 5 has also been proven stable and the upgrade will be as streamlined as possible. Of those customers still concerned or looking for more information, please submit a troubleshoot ticket to our support department regarding the upgrade process.

This upgrade will help us provide the most up-to-date, reliable and secure software to better meet the ever changing needs of it's customers. PHP5 and MySQL 5 provide many new features and offer much more design flexibility for scripts written with the changes in mind. In the future, we intend on upgrading to the latest available Apache versions as well. We'll be following a strict upgrade procedure to minimize any problems that could potentially occur.

Any future upgrades will follow a similar process with minimal conflicts and downtime. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation

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HostDemon Automatic PHP5/MYSQL5 Upgrades - Mar 8, 2008