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Sykko
Fri 18th Apr '08, 4:47pm
I saw that gold is coming out soon. I am really looking forward to it.

the problem is, my site is still running on php 4.4.7 and mysql 4.1.22

when I asked my web host (who is also a close friend and admin on my board, but really knows very little about vb) if it is something that I had to upgrade or he had to upgrade for me he explained that we have a backup service that might not support the new versions of php and mysql.

my question then is this:

has anyone ran any of the beta's or rc versions of 3.7 on old php and mysql? if so, did you find many problems doing so? and if you did, what kind of problems did you have?

my host is going to see what he can do, but if he cant upgrade either just my site, or cant get the backup service to work with the new versions then I might have to stick with 3.6 :( and I dont want to do that...

not that I have anything against 3.6... my site has ran great on it since it's launch a little under a year ago. but 3.7 has so many nice new shiney features! :p

Wayne Luke
Fri 18th Apr '08, 4:50pm
You do not need to upgrade for 3.7.0. It will work with the versions of PHP and MySQL that you have.

Future versions of vBulletin will probably require newer versions of PHP and MySQL though.

Sykko
Fri 18th Apr '08, 4:52pm
You do not need to upgrade for 3.7.0. It will work with the versions of PHP and MySQL that you have.

Future versions of vBulletin will probably require newer versions of PHP and MySQL though.

THAT IS GREAT TO HEAR!

:)

sorry didnt mean to shout :D

it's just I am very excited about the new version of vb :D

Gomjaba
Fri 18th Apr '08, 4:54pm
I saw that gold is coming out soon. I am really looking forward to it.

the problem is, my site is still running on php 4.4.7 and mysql 4.1.22

when I asked my web host (who is also a close friend and admin on my board, but really knows very little about vb) if it is something that I had to upgrade or he had to upgrade for me he explained that we have a backup service that might not support the new versions of php and mysql.

my question then is this:

has anyone ran any of the beta's or rc versions of 3.7 on old php and mysql? if so, did you find many problems doing so? and if you did, what kind of problems did you have?

my host is going to see what he can do, but if he cant upgrade either just my site, or cant get the backup service to work with the new versions then I might have to stick with 3.6 :( and I dont want to do that...

not that I have anything against 3.6... my site has ran great on it since it's launch a little under a year ago. but 3.7 has so many nice new shiney features! :p

A friend of mine also could not get his server upgraded so we installed a virtual server using the same versions of mysql and php .. when we confirmed it is working with the current version he bought the license (vmware server is free and so is Virtual PC from Microsoft) ...

Sykko
Fri 18th Apr '08, 4:58pm
A friend of mine also could not get his server upgraded so we installed a virtual server using the same versions of mysql and php .. when we confirmed it is working with the current version he bought the license (vmware server is free and so is Virtual PC from Microsoft) ...

that's good to hear :)

I plan to start off by upgrading my test board... then if all goes well I will take the time of upgrading my public one :)

thanks to both of you for your help!