# PHP5 Upgrade
**URL:** https://forums.suse.com/t/php5-upgrade/22010
**Category:** SLES Updates
**Created:** [October 29, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/php5-upgrade/22010 "2011-10-29T01:06:02Z")
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### Author:  [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/php5-upgrade/22010/1 "2011-10-29T01:06:02Z")
Are there any installation repositories for upgrading PHP5 and other
components, or can I use the openSUSE sources with caveat?
## – wolfmann
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/php5-upgrade/22010/2 "2011-10-29T01:26:42Z")
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:06:02 GMT
wolfmann [wolfmann@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:wolfmann@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote:
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> Are there any installation repositories for upgrading PHP5 and other
> components, or can I use the openSUSE sources with caveat?
>
> [/color]
> Hi
> This gets asked an numerous times, if it’s security related then check
> the changelogs as security fixes are backported. Features you can look
> at using the Open Build Service here for SLE rpms (just select in the
> drop down);
> [http://software.opensuse.org/search?](http://software.opensuse.org/search)
There may also be a later version on the SLE SDK, this and the Open
Build Services rpms aren’t supported as such.
I wouldn’t use openSUSE specific rpms as you will fall into all sorts
of conflicts.
If you want to share specifics on you end goal, there may be other
options.
–
Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.4 (x86\_64) Kernel 2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop
up 19:07, 3 users, load average: 0.05, 0.05, 0.05
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 285.05.09
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2011, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/php5-upgrade/22010/3 "2011-11-04T11:16:01Z")
Which SLES version do you run, and which PHP version do you look for?
depending on the answer to those questions there are several options.
Thanks a lot in advance.
## – dirkmueller
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/php5-upgrade/22010/4 "2011-11-05T04:45:44Z")
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> This gets asked an numerous times, if it’s security related then check
> the changelogs as security fixes are backported. Features you can look
> at using the Open Build Service here for SLE rpms (just select in the
> drop down);
> ‘[software.opensuse.org](http://software.opensuse.org): Search Results’
> ([http://software.opensuse.org/search?](http://software.opensuse.org/search))
> [/color]
It was for a specific software requirement 5.3.x for a content
management
system provided by Perforce Software (Chronicle).
I was going to compile from source, but I wanted to avoid that as I
also want to avoid recomiling apache from source if I ran into issues.
It would be nice if there was a clear upgrade path.
I would appreciate any feedback, thank you!
## – wolfmann
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/php5-upgrade/22010/5 "2011-11-05T04:45:44Z")
dirkmueller;2151318 Wrote:[color=blue]
> Which SLES version do you run, and which PHP version do you look for?
> depending on the answer to those questions there are several options.
> Thanks a lot in advance.[/color]
SLES 11.1 (whatever is available from Novell) and 5.3+. Appreciate any
feedback. Thank you.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/php5-upgrade/22010/6 "2011-11-09T20:46:02Z")
In that case I have good news. PHP 5.3 is added in SLES11.2 and we will
perhaps also introduce it for SLES11.1 shortly.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/php5-upgrade/22010/7 "2011-11-09T22:06:03Z")
dirkmueller;2152529 Wrote:[color=blue]
> In that case I have good news. PHP 5.3 is added in SLES11.2 and we will
> perhaps also introduce it for SLES11.1 shortly.[/color]
That is really great news since also Moodle 2.x requires PHP 5.3.2 or
newer.
Thanks,
Thomas
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/php5-upgrade/22010/8 "2011-11-21T17:17:42Z")
dirkmueller;2152529 Wrote:[color=blue]
> In that case I have good news. PHP 5.3 is added in SLES11.2 and we will
> perhaps also introduce it for SLES11.1 shortly.[/color]
I’m having the very same issue, any clarification on “Shortly?”
## – TelaurusComm
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/php5-upgrade/22010/9 "2011-11-22T15:36:02Z")
apparently not…
I recieved this today from Novell Support.
"The version of PHP that is currently in the beta testing of SLES11 SP2
is php5-5.2.14-0.7.24.1. I don’t anticipate any upgrades to 5.3 there,
or in SLES11 SP1.
Hope this helps. I will close the SR unless you need further assistance
on this. Please advise.
Thanks
## Thank you, Dean Ormsby
Technical Support Engineer
Novell Technical Services"
## – TelaurusComm
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/php5-upgrade/22010/10 "2011-11-22T21:46:02Z")
Compilation would be the best way out (if using SLE). I’ve compiled it
myself but for testing purpose. If it is a production server you may
consider using some other Linux distribution with PHP-5.3 included by
default. CentOS or Scientific Linux will do from the rpm based ones.
Debian or Ubuntu are good from deb based distributions.
## – AlexDudko
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