Just a FYI to people using the PHP54 SCL repository to run 5.4.16 alongside their stock 5.3.3. The repository was emptied out a few days ago. I left a message on the forum and it looks like there is a conflict with Red Hat about directory names.
Looks like the PHP54 version is going to be maintained at 5.4.16, this is the same stock PHP version that will be used in RHEL 7/CentOS 7 when it comes out.
Looks like CentOS is going to be providing the PHP54 (at least for now)
This is still 64 bit only, When a new version is release it should be a semi direct upgrade, the files there have been there since Dec 2013.
Note: don’t install this package “php54-php” this provides mod_php for the 5.4 package, it will conflict with the installed 5.3.3 package. (yum shouldn’t let you anyways)
Existing installs:
rm -f /etc/yum.repos.d/software_collections_php54.repo
yum clean all
yum install centos-release-SCL
I manually build php 5.5.x for my system and the Virtualmin documentation you linked to is the only way I have ever managed to keep both versions without having one overwrite the other. I was starting to freak out when wget threw me a 404 when trying to add the repo to my new server. Finally thought it would be a good idea to check the forums!
My nightmare started when Joomla 3.3 insisted I use PHP 5.3.10 or higher…
More than half the internet is still using 5.3.3 (Redhat, Centos etc)
Talk about tail wagging the dog!
