Best version for PHP 5.1.6 and MySQL 5.0.44?

[lilalfyalien]

Hi,

My hosting environment can only support PHP 5.1.6 and MySQL 5.0.44.

I have created and developed a 1.9.4.3 site on my local development environment- it works great!

What version of cmsms can I install in my hosting environment? How can I retro-fit my templates / content from my dev environment to the live hosted server?

Thanks,

Lilalfyalien

[lilalfyalien]

From reading the docs- it says that I can go back to 1.7 to get PHP 4.3.3 support.

How much has cmsms changed since then?

[fredp]

From reading the docs- it says that I can go back to 1.7 to get PHP 4.3.3 support.

Actually, I think you may have to go back to the version before that: version 1.6.7?. Here is the comment from the current doc/CHANGELOG.txt re: version 1.7:

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...
Version 1.7 - Cape Verde
-----------------------------
- We now support php 5.3
  Note: Minimum PHP Version required is 5.2.4 though we recommend PHP 5.2.12
    - Users that are using many of the newer modules that take advantage of PHP 5's OOP features
      may experience strange problems when using earlier versions of PHP 5.2.  It is therefore
      recommended that your PHP version be updated frequently.
  Note: We do NOT support E_DEPRECATED or E_STRICT at this time.
  Note: We no longer support PHP 4.x
...

How much has cmsms changed since then?

See the current (1.9.4.3) doc/CHANGELOG.txt file for a summary of the changes between version releases. There have been a number of security fixes since 1.6.7. I'd hate to miss out on those by installing an old/unsupported version... but that's just my opinion.

You might ask if your hosting company will provide a 5.2+ or 5.3 version of PHP as a alternate to 5.1.6, since 5.1.6 was released way back in 2006, IIRC. If they will not provide a 5.2+ or 5.3 option, then consider looking for a new host.

Hope this helps,
fredp