php5 and osCommerce

pursuit · 22nd October 2007, 01:43 PM

Just had some time to test the newly available php5 on my test/development server (on UH). None of the osc shops prior to rc1 works due to i guess register_globals have been turned off on php5. There are different ways/syntax to set it on per site but not sure which one is the right one that can used on UH server or if this is allowed on UH server at all.
Before spending time on testing each of the methods, think better do a post here and hope UH or someone who has done it successfully could offer an answer

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The so called register_globals patch is not an option for me.

UH-Matt · 22nd October 2007, 10:19 PM

change register_globals in /etc/php5/php.ini

red-defender · 22nd October 2007, 10:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UH-Matt

change register_globals in /etc/php5/php.ini

I tried that on Hawk. The file php.ini is owned by root and is not editable.

UH-Simon · 22nd October 2007, 11:49 PM

If you put a ticket in we'll get that changed for you.

Hetha · 23rd October 2007, 12:26 AM

Successfully changed our osc shops to php 5 over the weekend.

The following instructions may be of use

Upgrade to php 5

Ask support to turn register globals on

1. add to .htaccess

Action php5-script /interpreters/php5-script
AddHandler php5-script .php

2. admin/includes/classes/upload.php

find line 31 $this = null;

change to // $this = null;

3. admin/includes/languages/english.php

add to bottom of file

include_once("english/index.php");

4. Open notepad copy text below and create file php5fix.php in catalog/includes

<?php
// PHP5 Fix by Steve Kamerman, Steve Kamerman's Blog

$phpversion = explode('.', phpversion());
if((int) $phpversion[0] >= 5){
// PHP 5 has no idea what this crap is
$HTTP_GET_VARS = &$_GET;
$HTTP_POST_VARS = &$_POST;
$HTTP_REQUEST_VARS = &$_REQUEST;
$HTTP_SESSION_VARS = &$_SESSION;
$HTTP_COOKIE_VARS = &$_COOKIE;
$HTTP_SERVER_VARS = &$_SERVER;
$HTTP_FILES_VARS = &$_FILES;
$HTTP_ENV_VARS = &$_ENV;
}
?>

5. catalog/includes/application_top.php

add to top of file just below Released under the GNU General Public License
*/

// PHP5 fix
require_once("includes/php5fix.php");

6. catalog/admin/includes/application_top.php

add to top of file just below Released under the GNU General Public License
*/

// PHP5 fix
require_once("../includes/php5fix.php");

Above instructions credit to
Steve Kamerman's Blog
osCommerce Community Support Forums

pursuit · 23rd October 2007, 02:39 AM

problem is if you are talking about one or two osc shops then theres quite a few 'fixes' that you don't mind bothering to do, otherwise you may be looking for trouble - there's no gains from php5 as far as the legacy osc shops are concerned (btw, theres thousands of them out there).
Looks like a support ticket needed to be submitted. that php.ini under php5 folder is something you can see but cant do anything to it. there's another php.ini i can get my hands on but that register_globals in it is already ON.

percepts · 23rd October 2007, 06:46 AM

I think the gain si that PHP4 is being chopped and if you don't convert to PHP5, your shops will become insecure and or fail.

p.s. note that shared SSL is not available on PHP5 yet but is coming soon I think. So if you are using shared SSL then I would wait for that until you make your changes.

UH-Matt · 23rd October 2007, 07:56 AM

The reason we have added a dual php4/php5 setup is that we will be moving to a PHP5 only setup in a matter of months. We are giving everyone the chance to make the switch themselves first before it is forced upon all sites anyway.

PHP4 is officially end of life at the end of 2007, so we do plan to make it end of life across UH servers by Feb 08. We will be announcing more of a "roadmap" about this shortly.

We are also more than happy to assist with anything you might need when switching or testing PHP5 - just contact the helpdesk or post to these forums for guidance.

pursuit · 23rd October 2007, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by percepts

I think the gain si that PHP4 is being chopped .

That sounds like I sold you a house, now I am selling another one: if you dont buy this new one I will blast your old one into pieces - and that's the benefit of getting a new house!

On another note, I have in fact been running osc shops with php5 (v5.20) on local server for the past one year or so, with register globals all on, and have not noticed any problem although these are not real since you dont have the time to run through every corners of the code like on a live online shop. I do not recognise any need of those so called php5 fixes nor the shared ssl not available on php5 issue (I do have a couple of osc shops currently running on php5 (v5.20) live and they all use shared ssl for the checkout process). The point here is oscommerce was developed for php4 and before php5 was developed, and so were osc's thousands of contribs/add ons, of which I have only used a limited number so far. Its fair to say the php team has been doing a good job for backward compatibility so far. It may also be fair to say you dont know it for sure whats in the mind of these guys for the future: they are now already talking about php6.

One not so relevant 'upgrade' example: Filezilla 3. if you want to get a copy of Filezilla now, you are offered v3. The problem is, newest version it may be, it wont allow you to right click a file to edit it, whereas v2 would give you this convenience. To me v3 is simply useless.

desquinn · 23rd October 2007, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pursuit

One not so relevant 'upgrade' example: Filezilla 3. if you want to get a copy of Filezilla now, you are offered v3. The problem is, newest version it may be, it wont allow you to right click a file to edit it, whereas v2 would give you this convenience. To me v3 is simply useless.

The old versions are still available, just obscured by sourceforge

Gains or not, UH will be discontinuing PHP4 on their servers so if you do not move the sites to v5 then the sites will stop working. Keeping them working on a supported version of PHP would seem like a positive thing to me

Vger · 23rd October 2007, 06:27 PM

Everyone here should know (from my posts) that I have long resisted a switchover from PHP 4 to 5. And as we have our own dedicated servers we could do that.

However, even I have to yield to the inevitable when the PHP Organisation discontinues support for PHP 4 bug fixes and security patches - and we shall switchover to PHP5-only on the old servers from the end of July next year, and any new servers we bring online before then will be PHP5-only right from the start.

Switching over to MySQL 5 is a much bigger problem - and we won't be doing that for the forseeable future.

I doubt that anyone here has more osCommerce sites hosted than we do, and so the switchover will be that much greater for us than anyone else. However, this is one of those cases where, as the Borg say, "Resistance is futile"!

Vger

Charles · 23rd October 2007, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vger

However, this is one of those cases where, as the Borg say, "Resistance is futile"!

Vger

LOL!!

UH-Matt · 23rd October 2007, 10:47 PM

.... and wont it make everyones lives easier once this is all done.... one version of PHP to worry about? At least until PHP6 goes stable.

Vger · 23rd October 2007, 11:48 PM

Quote:

At least until PHP6 goes stable

....at least until several years after PHP 6 goes stable!

Vger