[PLUG] Upgrading PHP - How do I uninstall the old versoin?

[Matt Alexander]

You should be able to just 'make install' over the old PHP install (add
any specific configure options for your environment, of course).  If
you've made changes to your php.ini, then you'll want to backup those
changes somewhere.  Everything else, including your httpd.conf should stay
the same.  As per the instructions you followed below, I recommend setting
'register_globals = Off' for security reasons (it's the default now
anyway).  You'll then use the $_POST, $_GET, and $_COOKIE arrays instead.
~M


On Sat, 24 Aug 2002, Bill Thoen wrote:

> Last spring I installed PHP 4.1 with MySQL on my RH 7.2 server,
> and following the instructions from
> http://wdvl.internet.com/Authoring/DB/SQL/Build/, I did it
> without using the RPM. It's been working beautifully. But now I
> want to upgrade PHP to version 4.2.2 to take care of some
> security problems.
>
> So my question is: How do I get rid of the old version of PHP
> before recompiling the new, or do I even need to worry about
> that? I guess I can't use rpm -e, and the doc mentioned above
> says to "Seek help from an experienced user if you don't know
> how..." So here I am asking for help.
>
> How do I do this without getting myself and server totally fubar?
>
> - Bill Thoen
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