Re: PHP7
"Ian R. Justman" <ianj-/[email protected]>
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On 11/29/2017 01:20, GWiz wrote: > Hi Folks, > > New subscriber here. > > I looked at Maia a couple years ago, but never installed it. I've had a > virtual server running for a few years, and I've just migrated over to a > new server, running Ubuntu 16.04. I'm providing web and mail services > for my family and a couple of family businesses. > > Now I'd like to give Maia a go. I notice there is not much info > available about Maia online, and I'm wondering if it is still a current > viable project? > > In particular: Ubuntu 16.04 uses PHP7. Having read through Maia's > install documentation, I see the requirement for PHP5. Some changes in > the way PHP7 communicates with MySQL have delayed (maybe killed) another > piece of software I was rather fond of. Before I spend too much time > trying to get Maia running, it would be helpful to know if it has been > upgraded to support PHP7, or if similar conflicts might exist? > > I will appreciate any advice in setting up on my platform, as well as > helpful links. Maybe a digest of this list is available? > > Thanks in advance. Here's a link to get PHP 5.6.x onto a Xenial system: https://by-example.org/ubuntu-16-04-xenial-downgrade-php-7-to-php-5-6/ In fact, you can still have Ubuntu's native 7.0/7.1 and this 5.6 distribution all installed and working alongside each other. And as far as I know, the PHP side of the house has yet to be updated to support PHP7. Given what little I know of PHP in general (and how much the whole notion of PHP scares me when it comes to security*1, I'm scared to death of even thinking of trying. As for Ubuntu, being an Ubuntu type myself, I did my thing to get things working. Past releases of Ubuntu worked best if I also installed pkgsrc, but the need is now gone. I think I'm going to have to redo my documentation at some point to make sure it can be reliably reproduced. With 18.04 just down the pike, I should start working on that soonish (even with just Arty Aardvark out now). --Ian. --------------- * See WordPress and phpMyAdmin as classic examples of PHP apps with poor security track records. --- Ian R. Justman UNIX hacker. Anime fan. Any questions? ianj (at) ian-justman.com Please direct business correspondence to my new address, biz (at) ian-justman.com. (04/27/2015) _______________________________________________ Maia-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.renaissoft.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/maia-users