Php5

[lkertesz]

In your pre-sales posts, you mentioned that PHP is needed, but not that it must be PHP*5*.

I have a dedicated server with Lunar Pages and have an existing site that is coded using PHP4 .... I can not upgrade to PHP5 as this "breaks" the existing site and it would require extensive re-coding of the existing site to upgrade server to PHP5.

When I try to install the review plug-in on a blog on the same server, I get this error message. "The file /home/makewine/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wfreview/wfreview.php was encoded with the PHP 5 ionCube Encoder, and requires PHP 5 to be installed."

Is there a work around for this problem so I can use the plug-in?

I bought the lifetime license and it looks like I am out $162 .... ouch !

Anything you can recommend?

Thanks,

Lou K

[nickmattern]

In your pre-sales posts, you mentioned that PHP is needed, but not that it must be PHP*5*.

I have a dedicated server with Lunar Pages and have an existing site that is coded using PHP4 .... I can not upgrade to PHP5 as this "breaks" the existing site and it would require extensive re-coding of the existing site to upgrade server to PHP5.

When I try to install the review plug-in on a blog on the same server, I get this error message. "The file /home/makewine/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wfreview/wfreview.php was encoded with the PHP 5 ionCube Encoder, and requires PHP 5 to be installed."

Is there a work around for this problem so I can use the plug-in?

I bought the lifetime license and it looks like I am out $162 .... ouch !

Anything you can recommend?

Thanks,

Lou K


Hi Lou,

Contact your host and let them know that you need Ioncube Loader installed. PHP version should work for you. If not, let me know, we'll set you up with a reputable host and comp you a few months free hosting.

[medicalhumor]

have your host install php5 in addition to your php4. You can then specify in your .htaccess file to call php5

my server also had php4 and I needed to keep it for some older scripts I was running. running both versions is working out fine for me

[ryan]

medicalhumor is right. They should be offering both versions of PHP. PHP4 is no longer supported or maintained and many hosts made a complete transition to PHP5 last summer when PHP4 reached the end of it's support life.