Use php 5.5.

Motivation:

It is useful to see errors or warning which occur with code when using php > 5.3.

Php 5.3 is close to end of life, php 5.5 is stable, is in the current version of Ubuntu 13.10.

Downside:

Using php > 5.3 greatly incrases the chance of facing the field_attach_load() / 31 tables issue during a fresh install.

Note:

For better performance, php 5.5's built-in opcache could be enabled and configured with a sensible memory allocation.

Comments

mike stewart’s picture

mike stewart CreditAttribution: mike stewart commented
Status: Active » Closed (works as designed)

Thanks for the feedback. I agree with you regarding using a newer PHP. However, I feel PHP should be tied to the distro version of a server. I think the solution is to have a newer build of Drupalpro based on 13.10 & soon 14.04 -- as well as hopefully a couple other distros

I'm actively working on a newer version of Drupalpro

traucet’s picture

traucet CreditAttribution: traucet commented

I thought I would post here as opposed to starting a new thread. I would like to see the ability to configure and run multiple versions of PHP along side each other. PHP 5.2 for D6, PHP 5.3 for D7, PHP 5.4 for D8, etc. Any thoughts about adding this functionality?

Ooops. Sorry. Did not realize it was closed until after I had posted.