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Installing PHP 5.6.x and 7.0.x with Ubuntu 14.04 and Virtualmin 5.0gpl using a PPA

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Installing PHP 5.6.x and 7.0.x with Ubuntu 14.04 and Virtualmin 5

Installing PHP 5.6.x and 7.0.x with Ubuntu 14.04 and Virtualmin 5

Updated with new information regarding having PHP 5.6.x and PHP7.0.x work with the creation of new sites

This tutorial shows you how to install PHP 5.6.x and PHP 7.0.x side by side on Ubuntu 14.04 with Virtualmin using FCGI and assumes that you already have Virtualmin configured on a server. Please read through this entire tutorial before starting.

Note: As always backup your servers or sites. I accept no liability for loss of data, problems, or damage caused to your server by following this tutorial. This worked for me but – use at your own risk.

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Facebook Rewrites PHP Runtime For Speed

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On Tuesday, February 2nd, Facebook announced a new runtime for PHP, called HipHop. It was rumored that this project was an under the table sort of thing.   However it turns out, HipHop is not just a runtime, it’s also a new webserver and has been powering 90 percent of Facebook’s servers for months now.  Starting this Tuesday evening you should be able to a look at the GitHub respoitory for HipHop, the  HipHop wiki or join the HipHop developer mailing list.

Plugin News

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I’ve updated all my plugins to be compatible with WordPress 2.8.  There are still the lingering bugs that affect some people but not others.  Here’s the latest news and updates regarding the plugins.
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Lightbox Plus and FLIR, Projects and Frameworks

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I’ve got a whole lot on my plate and development efforts for Lightbox Plus, FLIR for WordPress and Actionable are going to have to go on hold for a bit.  I’m going to try to push out another release of Lightbox Plus either tonight or tomorrow then after that I probably won’t even be able to provide much in the way of support for about a week and a half.  I’ve got to literally cram a 3-4 week project into 3-4 days.  I’m not looking forward to it.  Then I’m going out of town for about five days for a much needed escape.

To get the project I need to finish out done by Thursday of next week I’m looking at some frameworks for PHP though I’m not sure they wouldn’t just slow me down.  Ideally they shouldn’t and right now I’m trying to decide between CakePHP and Symfony.  Both are good but it’s pretty much going to be whichever I can pick up on quickest tomorrow or Sunday night.

After I get back from being away I will still have more to do on the project but I should hopefully be able to put some time into the plugins – at the very least I should be able to do some support.  I hope everything doesn’t go to hell in a handbasket while I’m gone.

End of Life for PHP 4

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Today is 8/8/8, which is interesting for a few reasons, one of which is that it marks the end of PHP 4. What does this mean? It means yesterday’s release of 4.4.9 is the final release of PHP 4. More information can be gleaned from the mailing list archives, beginning with Derick’s request to drop support:

I am trying to gauge what people feel about dropping support for PHP 4 at the end of this year.

Derick caveated his suggestion with the idea of continuing to publish new releases that address security vulnerabilities. Rasmus didn’t see the point:

I don’t really understand what dropping support means if we will still release security fixes. That’s the mode we have been in for at least a year, so what would change at the end of the year?

He suggested a stronger stance:

I’d be more in favour of a statement that put a final death date on it which means no new releases of any sort. We could still say security-fixes only by the end of the year and then death by 08/08/08 or something like that.

So, here we are. PHP 4 is dead. Long live PHP.

Read More at Chris Shiflett: End of Life for PHP 4

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