Use  YUM to install :

yum --enable remi update php-\*

Important notes :

The mysql and mysqli extensions has be build against MySQL 5.1.35.

The OCI8 extension has be buld against Oracle client version 11 (Oracle 10 for PowerPC build)

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 (Fedora ≥ 9) 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)

The new Enchant spelling library extension is provided (except for EL4) by the new php-enchant package.

The Firebird/Interbase extension is provided by the new php-interbase pakage (whith the PDO Driver).

Developers will read carrefully  the UPGRADE NOTES - PHP 5.3 and the documentation (update in progress).

Available extensions in the remi repository:
  • php-pecl-apc-3.1.2-2.fc#.remi
  • php-pecl-geoip-1.0.7-2.fc#.remi
  • php-pecl-imagick-2.2.2-3.fc#.remi
  • php-pecl-lzf-1.5.2-3.fc#.remi
  • php-pecl-mailparse-2.1.5-2.fc#.remi
  • php-pecl-memcache-3.0.4-2.fc#.remi
  • php-pecl-memcached-0.1.5-2.fc#.remi
  • php-pecl-ncurses-1.0.0-4.fc#.remi :
    with a patch for Bug PECL #14369
  • php-pecl-pdflib-2.1.7-2.fc#.remi (from rpmfusion nonfree)
  • php-pecl-radius-1.2.5-6.fc#.remi
  • php-pecl-ssh2-0.11.0-3.fc#.remi
  • php-pecl-xdebug-2.0.4-2.fc#.remi
  • rrdtool-php-1.2.27-4 or 1.3.8-2

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

Don't forget to update to php-pear-1.8.x which is required by this PHP version.

Available RPM:
  • F-11 : i386, x86_64, ppc, ppc64
  • F-10 : i386, x86_64, ppc, ppc64
  • F-9 : i386, x86_64
  • F-8 : i386, x86_64
  • F-7 : i386, x86_64
  • FC-6 : i386, x86_64
  • EL-5 : i386, x86_64
  • EL-4 : i386, x86_64

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