[Pdbwiki-devel] PHP bug (in version 5.3.1) leads to MW incompatibility...

[J.W. Bizzaro]

Hi Dan,

So, are you requesting a rollback to PHP 5.2.12 or to what we were using before (I need to look that up)?

Cheers,
Jeff

Dan Bolser wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> This bug in MediaWiki [1] points to a bug report against PHP [2] that
> seems to be a fundamental problem for MediaWiki. In the words of the
> MediaWiki developers, 'its broken'.
> 
> Any chance of a PHP roll-back? I realise the circumstances under which
> PHP was upgraded were exceptional, but hopefully the 5.2 branch is
> being security bug-fixed? http://php.net/index.php - "Security
> Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.2.12"...
> 
> 
> In the long run, apparently RC1 fixes the problem in the 5.3.1 branch
> (http://qa.php.net/)
> 
> 
> We're experiencing lots of problems with the PDBWiki website that have
> been created by this bug... Considering the recent problems on the
> server, would multiple virtual hosts be an option?
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Dan.
> 
> 
> [1] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21793
> [2] http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=50394
> 
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