Remi's RPM repository - Blog

Use  YUM to install :

yum --enable remi-test update php-\*

Important notes :

  Extensions in the Fedora or Remi repositories couldn't work with this version. So you need to use the ones in the remi-test repository.

The mysql and mysqli extensions has be build against MySQL 5.1.32.

The ncurses extension (php-ncurses) is no more part of PHP, so it become a pecl extension (php-pecl-ncurses).

The phar extension is now part of PHP,. php-common package provides the extension and php-cli provides the phar command. So, the php-pecl-phar package is obsoleted.

The Fileinfo extension is now part of PHP, the php-common provides this extension. The php-pecl-Fileinfo package is obsoleted.

The new SQLite3 extension is provided by php-pdo package (like the other sqlite extensions).

The new intl (Internationalization Functions) extension is provided by the new php-intl package.

The dbase extension is no more provided (sorry).

The mhash extension is no more provided. See the alternative extension HASH Message Digest Framework.

The Posix, Semaphore, Shared Memory and IPC extension are now provided by the  php-process package (like in rawhide) 

The new GNU Recode extension is provided by the new php-recode package (like in rawhide)

Developers will read carrefully  the PHP 5.3 upgrading notes scratchpad and the documentation (update in progress).

• php-pecl-apc-3.1.2-1.fc#.remi.2
• php-pecl-imagick-2.2.2-1.fc#.remi
• php-pecl-mailparse-2.1.5-1.fc#.remi
  with a patch for Bug PHP #45572 and another for Bug PECL #14376
• php-pecl-memcache-3.0.4-1.fc#.remi.1
• php-pecl-ncurses-1.0.0-3.fc#.remi :
  with a patch for Bug PECL #14369
• php-pecl-pdflib-2.1.7-1.fc#.remi (from rpmfusion nonfree)
• php-pecl-ssh2-0.11.0-1.fc#.remi.2
• php-pecl-xdebug-2.0.4-1.fc#.remi

Warning : a new php.ini with some significant changes :

• short_open_tag = off
• variables_order = "GPCS" (no more E as Environment)
• request_order = "GP"
• error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED (the new level is not activated for production, tips : set to E_ALL | E_STRICT for development)
• enable_dl = Off

Don't forget to update to php-pear-1.7.2-2 which is required by this PHP version.

Feedbacks are welcome. Stay up with this entry, I will post new comments about my progress on this new version.