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What a coincidence, I just upgraded my server to PHP5 to be able to use the PHP5 SimpleXML functions for less painstaking processing of Web services data returned as XML and now I read that PHP4 is sentenced to death. After December 31st, 2007 there will be no more releases of PHP 4.4 and after August, 8th, 2008 no more security updates.

You can find the official announcement on php.net. It's time to go PHP5. I took this opportunity to also install eAccelerator on Debian. This website is lightning fast now :D

Today I upgraded the server running SEO Expert Blog from Debian Sarge to Debian Etch for the following reasons:

  • Server Security: A secure apt and Sarge will stop being supported (no more security updates).
  • Etch supports newer versions of MySQL, PHP and Apache.
  • Stability: Etch is said to run more stable than Sarge.

Before you decide to upgrade your server you should consider the following:

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