ISPConfig 3.0.5 and PHP 3.4* Stable

[sjswarts]

Hi guys,

Server Details:

Debian 6 Squeeze
Horde 5
ISPConfig 3.0.4.6
Postfix
Dovecot
Apache2
Bind
PHP 3.3.3-7

Recently Horde released an IMAP module that "broke" the log in access - read about it here http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/11824 - now it becomes apparent that PHP 3.3.3 is actually an old version and that PHP 3.4.* is the latest stable.

My question is simple - Can I upgrade without losing access to databases, etc my ISPConfig 3.0.4.6 and in the future upgrade to 3.0.5 ??

Cheers,
Steven Swarts

[falko]

I guess you mean PHP 5.3 and 5.4? The problem is that Debian Squeeze doesn't offer any newer PHP versions.

[sjswarts]

Correct my error.

root@mail:~# php -v
PHP 5.3.3-7+squeeze14 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) (built: Aug  6 2012 14:18:06)
Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2010 Zend Technologies
    with Suhosin v0.9.32.1, Copyright (c) 2007-2010, by SektionEins GmbH
root@mail:~#

I understand that PHP 5.4 isn't released under the Debian standard sources however is there a method for updating it via other sources? If so would it break ISPConfig 3?

[falko]

You might want to check out the dotdeb repo: http://www.dotdeb.org/

However, I can't say if it will break your system or not.

[sjswarts]

I'll try it out on my test server.
Thanks for the help falko