Problems with installation. PHP version failed.

[ATMTMB]

Hello all!
I'm installing CMSMS version 1.8.2 on the hosting, that i'm using more than year. On the step 2 installer won't go forward:
Checking for PHP version 5.2.4+
(minimum 5.2.4, recommend 5.2.12 or greater)
You have 5.2.0-8+etch16
CMS Made Simple requires a php version of 5.2.4 or greater (you have 5.2.0-8+etch16), but PHP 5.2.12 or greater is recommended to ensure maximum compatibility with third party addons

Here is my ticket to hosting support:
Me:Are you planning to upgrade version of PHP to not less 5.2.4?
Now I see 5.2.0-8+etch16 version.
Support: 5.2.0-8 means that version 5.2.4 already supported.

So, the question to all - what have i do? Install earlier version of CMSMS (that support earlier version of PHP) or there is path to install CMSMS version 1.8.2 on this hosting?

P.S. Sorry for my so bad english 

[Dr.CSS]

You will have to use 1.6.8 or get a better host...

[ATMTMB]

You will have to use 1.6.8 or get a better host...

You think hosting support lies? It is not so bad host. It costs about $8 per month for account (10 sites, 2000mb)

[Dr.CSS]

Either they aren't using the PHP they say or something is lying to the installer...

[Wishbone]

According to a web search, '8+etch16' means that they applied a bunch of patches to 5.2.0 to backport features of newer releases.. Not sure if it *really* is 5.2.4. If CMS is using basic math to determine if the version is 5.2.4 or better, and it sees 5.2.0, I could understand how it thinks that you don't have it..

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1568 ... h13-really

-8etch13 signifies that the Debian maintainer has applied no less than 13 revisions of his own patchset to PHP 5.2.0 and 8 of some other patchset.

Much of this goes towards backporting fixes from newer versions of PHP, so it doesn't really correspond to any particular PHP release.

[calguy1000]

see http://php.net/manual/en/function.version-compare.php

5.2.0-[anything] is less than 5.2.4
nuff said.