It’s always difficult trying to decide whether we should make one server a PHP5 environment, or a PHP4 environment. You will always end up making life difficult for someone. Often, hosts will put PHP4 on a server and then add modules to cover for the gaps which PHP5 fills as and when a client needs them.

So, we decided to do something a little different; we now offer PHP4 and PHP5 on all our servers! How does this work?

We have both environments available to “tap into”, so that you as the webmaster can dictate what you use. By default, PHP4 will be used, since the majority of sites work in PHP4. If you need PHP5, you just add two lines of code to your .htaccess files, like this:

AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .php
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php

Et voila! You are running in PHP5. Life has become that little bit easier for all of us..!