Rolling out PHP5 : May

[Kayla]

Shared/Reseller:
All newly launched servers (SHx and Passx) will have PHP4 and 5 compiled beginning in the middle of May. We do not have an exact date yet but this is the general timeframe. We will also start compiling PHP5 on all previous servers at that time. This basically means that you will be able to use both versions on any of our shared/reseller servers within a three-month period after we initiate the first installs.*

VPS:
Currently our VPS orders already have this configuration upon setup.

Dedicated:
We will do this same configuration for new dedicated server orders, but only on CentOS/cPanel servers by default.

*We will post a schedule at that time detailing when each older server will receive the new configuration. (We cannot honor any requests to be moved to a new server since the server you are on presently will receive the new configuration within 60 days of the initial announcements.)

6/2
The PHP5 implementation schedule is as follows:

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6-3-2006
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vega.surpasshosting.com
pico.surpasshosting.com
sea.surpasshosting.com
bee.surpasshosting.com
pixel.surpasshosting.com
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6-5-2006
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viva.surpasshosting.com
pass.dizinc.com
mango.surpasshosting.com
dior.surpasshosting.com
pass2.dizinc.com
acela.dizinc.com
vinka.dizinc.com
benz.dizinc.com
xeon.dizinc.com
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6-6-2006
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pass3.dizinc.com
fresh.surpasshosting.com
flash.surpasshosting.com
pass4.dizinc.com
sky.surpasshosting.com
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6-7-2006
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serenity.surpasshosting.com
nifty.surpasshosting.com
pass5.dizinc.com
chopchop.surpasshosting.com
pass6.dizinc.com
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6-8-2006
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spiffy.surpasshosting.com
lucky.surpasshosting.com
google.surpasshosting.com
pass7.dizinc.com
romeo.surpasshosting.com
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6-9-2006
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pipe.surpasshosting.com
pass8.dizinc.com
muy.surpasshosting.com
saprus.dizinc.com
pilot.surpasshosting.com
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6-10-2006
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mac.dizinc.com
pass9.dizinc.com
sync.surpasshosting.com
sonet.surpasshosting.com
pass10.dizinc.com
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6-12-2006
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serva.surpasshosting.com
pass11.dizinc.com
ultra.surpasshosting.com
opti.surpasshosting.com
pass12.dizinc.com
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6-13-2006
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plexi.surpasshosting.com
pass14.dizinc.com
centi.surpasshosting.com
nas.surpasshosting.com
pass15.dizinc.com
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6-14-2006
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gotti.surpasshosting.com
vocal.surpasshosting.com
pass16.dizinc.com
deso.surpasshosting.com
melo.surpasshosting.com
dime.dizinc.com
dime2.dizinc.com
dime4.dizinc.com
dime5.dizinc.com
dime6.dizinc.com
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6-15-2006
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pass17.dizinc.com
maya.surpasshosting.com
sh56.surpasshosting.com
pass18.dizinc.com
sh57.surpasshosting.com
dime9.dizinc.com
dime10.dizinc.com
dime12.dizinc.com
dime13.dizinc.com
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6-16-2006
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sh58.surpasshosting.com
pass19.dizinc.com
sh59.surpasshosting.com
sh60.surpasshosting.com
pass20.dizinc.com
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6-17-2006
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pass21.dizinc.com
sh61.surpasshosting.com
sh62.surpasshosting.com
pass22.dizinc.com
sh63.surpasshosting.com
ping.dizinc.com
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6-19-2006
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pass23.dizinc.com
sh64.surpasshosting.com
pass24.dizinc.com
sh65.surpasshosting.com
pass25.dizinc.com
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6-20-2006
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sh66.surpasshosting.com
pass26.dizinc.com
sh67.surpasshosting.com
pass27.dizinc.com
sh68.surpasshosting.com
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6-21-2006
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pass28.dizinc.com
sh69.surpasshosting.com
pass29.dizinc.com
sh70.surpasshosting.com
pass30.dizinc.com
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6-22-2006
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sh71.surpasshosting.com
pass31.dizinc.com
sh72.surpasshosting.com
pass32.dizinc.com
sh73.surpasshosting.com
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6-23-2006
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pass33.dizinc.com
pass34.dizinc.com
sh74.surpasshosting.com
sh75.surpasshosting.com
pass35.dizinc.com
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6-24-2006
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sh76.surpasshosting.com
pass36.dizinc.com
sh77.surpasshosting.com
pass37.dizinc.com
sh78.surpasshosting.com
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6-25-2006
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pass38.dizinc.com
sh79.surpasshosting.com
pass39.dizinc.com
sh80.surpasshosting.com
pass40.dizinc.com
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6-27-2006
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sh81.surpasshosting.com
pass41.dizinc.com
sh82.surpasshosting.com
pass42.dizinc.com
sh83.surpasshosting.com
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6-28-2006
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pass43.dizinc.com
sh84.surpasshosting.com
pass44.dizinc.com
pass45.dizinc.com
sh85.surpasshosting.com
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6-29-2006
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pass46.dizinc.com
sh86.surpasshosting.com
sh87.surpasshosting.com
pass47.dizinc.com
sh88.surpasshosting.com
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6-30-2006
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pass48.dizinc.com
sh89.surpasshosting.com
pass49.dizinc.com
sh90.surpasshosting.com
pass50.dizinc.com
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7-1-2006
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sh91.surpasshosting.com
pass51.dizinc.com
sh92.surpasshosting.com
pass52.dizinc.com
sh93.surpasshosting.com
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7-2-2006
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pass53.dizinc.com
sh94.surpasshosting.com
pass54.dizinc.com
sh95.surpasshosting.com
pass55.dizinc.com
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7-4-2006
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sh96.surpasshosting.com
pass56.dizinc.com
sh97.surpasshosting.com
pass57.dizinc.com
sh98.surpasshosting.com
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7-5-2006
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pass58.dizinc.com
sh99.surpasshosting.com
pass59.dizinc.com

[Rue]

I was JUST going to ask, too.

Because my new scripts, they are not working.

So yay for PHP5!

*eager waiting for Pass42's turn*

[Geoff]

how do you intend to differentiate between the two types of scripts? some sort of shebang? seems complicated. or just different file extensions, such as .php5? a throwback to the old php3 lol

[Gareth]

As long as I can continue to use both PHP4 and PHP5.....great

I presume it will work like this? :

• .php uses PHP4
  .php5 uses php5

[Kickersny.com]

Can we get a timetable of when each server is supposed to be upgraded? I'm looking forward to moving my sites back to Surpass...

[Kayla]

Can we get a timetable of when each server is supposed to be upgraded? I'm looking forward to moving my sites back to Surpass...

*We will post a schedule at that time detailing when each older server will receive the new configuration. (We cannot honor any requests to be moved to a new server since the server you are on presently will receive the new configuration within 60 days of the initial announcements.)

^ Existing servers

New: Around the middle of May new servers that are launched will have this configuration and it will be announced here which exact server is the first one.

[Kayla]

As long as I can continue to use both PHP4 and PHP5.....great

I presume it will work like this? :

• .php uses PHP4
  .php5 uses php5

Correct, PHP will be version 4 by default as it has been. But you can use .php5 as the extension for any single file you want parsed with PHP5.

• If you would like all of your .php pages to parse as PHP5 exclusively, you just add a line to your .htaccess file:

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php

By the end of July, all of our servers will be completely standardized, all using phpsuexec and all with PHP4 and PHP5.

There are going to be some other rules since we want to run phpsuexec on PHP4 and PHP5.. so there are going to be some exceptions and more notes on .htaccess vs. php.ini, we will have these up by Wednesday because we are currently still testing our options. This is partly why we did not immediately start offering this configuration. We have certain features implemented that improve our services that other hosts do not think of or are aware of. For us, it's not a matter of just easily flipping on a switch, so to speak.

[deastwood]

brilliant kayla, thanks for the heads up and can I say good effort!!!!

[David]

No, it shouldn't.