PHP Version?

[Kathy]

After our hard drive crash we've had a few weird things not working correctly. This morning the sysadmin upgraded our php to:

PHP Version 4.3.2

Now we are having major problems with vb 2.2.8 (with safety patches to upgrade to 2.3+)

(Could be the banner ad rotation I'm using that isn't happy with the new version? or is it vb2 too?

THey are now downgrading back to 4.1.2 Is this a none problem with the latest php or is it some config on my server?

Thanks for your input,

Kathy

[AWS]

I'm running 4.32 without a hitch.
Could be the banner script doesn't like register_globals being off in php.ini.

[SaintDog]

Sounds like a scripting problem, not related to vBulletin. All servers that I admin and work with have both vBulletin 2.0 and vBulletin 3.0 working perfectly fine with PHP 4.3.2.

What banner rotation script are you running, phpAdsNew?

[eva2000]

are the banner ad scripts up to date, could be a problem with PHP version conflicts ? tried upgrading to vB 2.3.2 ?

[Kathy]

Ahhh, I'm guessing its my banner script.

/blush

i'm using a very old "Dot-Banner" which is so out of date (but was still functional). Its been running since I first installed vb on my site. :D That's a long time ago for a software script. :p

I think I'll find a way to upgrade to the other banner rotation script. Suggestions? I need something that will allow raw data code from my advertisers for their banners....and a few affiliates as well as the standard banner gif/banner url.

I guess I have some work to do!

Thanks for your input. :D

[qxh]

phpAdsNew is updated pretty often and is very easy to use.

[eva2000]

yeah phpadsnew is pretty much updated regularly

[Kathy]

phpadsnew...okie. Here's my question. I heard that this software wasn't the best pick for vbs that were busy places. Causes the server load to go sky high. Yes? Or has that been fixed?

[eva2000]

i've used phpadsnew since day 1 of my vB :)

[Kathy]

i've used phpadsnew since day 1 of my vB :)
Okie...and no server load problems running it? I usually have one zone ad in my headers....and another 5-6 in my footers (small button ads instead of banners).

No problem with that on busy vb?

I've installed it...(need to set up crons) but have no clue how to make it work. I'll dl the manual and have a go.

I'm worried about the server loads (and you hear me whining about it) since we keep heading upwards when we reach 200+ online. Adding anything new worries me. :D

[eva2000]

shouldn't have any problems.. you can set phpadsnew to delay updates of counters/writes to database to lessen the load

[Kathy]

shouldn't have any problems.. you can set phpadsnew to delay updates of counters/writes to database to lessen the load
How do I do this? Is this a different timing on the maintenance cron? Help?

I'm also interested...do I use java invocation code or local php?

Do I use the direct java code inside the templates/header/footer?

I'm concerned about the different codes...and all those buttons and banners pulling at the same time. :eek: