[PHP] Can I install versions of PHP/MySQL that will be compatible with my host server?

2005-09-19 Thread Dave Gutteridge
PHP General List, First, let me say that while I have been scripting with PHP and MySQL for my web sites for a few years, I have never configured or installed either PHP or MySQL, so I should be considered a newbie for installation issues. The situation: I am running Linux on my home computer.

Re: [PHP] Can I install versions of PHP/MySQL that will be compatible with my host server?

2005-09-19 Thread Jochem Maas
Dave Gutteridge wrote: PHP General List, First, let me say that while I have been scripting with PHP and MySQL for my web sites for a few years, I have never configured or installed either PHP or MySQL, so I should be considered a newbie for installation issues. The situation: I am running

Re: [PHP] Can I install versions of PHP/MySQL that will be compatible with my host server?

2005-09-19 Thread Dave Gutteridge
Thank you for your helpful assistance in explaining the situation to me. It would seem from the advice I've been given that I don't need to worry about compatibility when it comes to application versions. But I do have a follow up question. Are there any specifications or installation options

Re: [PHP] Can I install versions of PHP/MySQL that will be compatible with my host server?

2005-09-19 Thread Jordan Miller
On Sep 19, 2005, at 8:31 AM, Jochem Maas wrote: e.g: $var = array_pop( explode('-', '1-2-3-4-5') ); .. is bad code (read the manual page for array_pop very carefully) and would work in older versions but the engine has been tightened up to disallow such fauxpas. Jochem, Whoa...

Re: [PHP] Can I install versions of PHP/MySQL that will be compatible with my host server?

2005-09-19 Thread Jochem Maas
Jordan Miller wrote: On Sep 19, 2005, at 8:31 AM, Jochem Maas wrote: e.g: $var = array_pop( explode('-', '1-2-3-4-5') ); .. is bad code (read the manual page for array_pop very carefully) and would work in older versions but the engine has been tightened up to disallow such fauxpas.

Re: [PHP] Can I install versions of PHP/MySQL that will be compatible with my host server?

2005-09-19 Thread Jordan Miller
That is very interesting, thank you. We cannot escape politics, eh? Jordan On Sep 19, 2005, at 9:32 AM, Jochem Maas wrote: Jordan Miller wrote: On Sep 19, 2005, at 8:31 AM, Jochem Maas wrote: e.g: $var = array_pop( explode('-', '1-2-3-4-5') ); .. is bad code (read the manual page for