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I'm on a Centos dedicated server running Plesk 10.0.1. I currently have php 5.2.16 and mysql 5.1.54 installed. Is it possible to upgrade php to either 5.2.5 or 5.3 without killing the whole system? Do I need to upgrade mysql too?
From :13. Is PHP 5.2.5 released for CentOS?
Short answer: No.
A bit longer answer: No. As with each other program in CentOS, the version numbers of released software will not change over the life time of a CentOS product. CentOS 5.0 contained PHP 5.1.6, and that is the point version PHP will stay at for the life time of CentOS 5. It is possible that upstream or the CentOS team decides to push a newer version into some additionial repository. But there are no such plans at the moment.
This is what makes me disenchanted with Plesk. Sure, upgrade PHP, Apache, etc., so long as you do it via the command line. cPanel offers a simple, graphical upgrade tool, EasyApache, where you can add Apache and PHP, plus the usual run of modules (including EAccelerator). Not that I hate command lines, but I have better things to do with my time. Once the initial configuration is done, and the Web host usually takes care of that, your EasyApache upgrade process is just clicks away.
Yes, Plesk has a prettier interface, but I'm surprised this capability isn't present.