I have a virtual server with PHP 5.1.6. How can I upgrade to PHP 5.3 using SSH?
Thanks in advance,
John
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- It depends on several aspects. What is your distribution/version?Laurent Nominé– Laurent Nominé2011-01-12 10:32:05 +00:00Commented Jan 12, 2011 at 10:32
- It sounds like you are running Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS 5.5. See: serverfault.com/questions/221251/…mattdm– mattdm2011-01-13 14:46:50 +00:00Commented Jan 13, 2011 at 14:46
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Depending on the server operating system / linux flavour it might be as easy as: yum update php or apt-get install php
Be aware this will update you to the latest version of php not necessarily 5.3, also be aware this might break things to proceed with caution!
if your running a redhat based system you should also be able to find a PHP 5.3 RPM which you can install with rpm -uvh rpmname.rpm if you need a specific version of php that yum can't provide.
- When I tried the yum update is said "yum: command not found"John– John2011-01-12 10:36:42 +00:00Commented Jan 12, 2011 at 10:36
- in which case your probably not running a redhat based operating system try cat /etc/*-release and paste the result into your question.Jona– Jona2011-01-12 10:46:18 +00:00Commented Jan 12, 2011 at 10:46
download the new version of php and compile it.
Its depend in many things:
- What distro you have.
- What version of PHP you wont to use.
- Is that necessary, because some php versions 2.2.x some functions.
After you decide, you can login to your server using either ssh client such as Putty, or from command line and follow steps.
