Why upgrade to php and mysql 5+?

myrthosster · #1 (**permalink**) 01-22-07, 22:00

I'm currently running my server on mysql and php 4+ versions. What benefit would I gain by upgrading to 5+?

gaby2k4 · #2 (**permalink**) 01-22-07, 22:06

Newer scripts requiring php5 will run. Also, some scripts supporting 4 and 5 might run better on php5 due to optimizations

robocop · #3 (**permalink**) 01-23-07, 04:14

PHP 5 which includes a large number of new features, bug fixes and security enhancements..
Following are the main differences btween php 4 and 5.
1. The new set of robust object-oriented programming features
2. An improved MySQL extension, supporting MySQL 4.1, prepared statements, and bound parameters
3. Completely rewritten support for XML: DOM, XSLT, SAX, and SimpleXML
4. Easy web services with SOAP
5. SQLite, an embedded database library bundled with PHP 5
6. Cleaner error handling with exceptions
7. Other new language features, such as iterators, streams, and more.