What is the difference b/w PHP4 and PHP5?

[shilpamg]

Please anybody tell me the difference b/w PHP4 and PHP5.

 

[Gene]

One uses the number "4" and one uses the number "5".

Sorry, couldn't resist. I'd like to know the real answer too.

 

[un4given[MAD]]

You can read about differences here

ps: it tooks about 10 seconds to find this link through one of web search systems

 

[shockie]

One uses the number "4" and one uses the number "5".

actually, the difference between php4 and php5 is php1... :lol:

 

[Maurizio1230]

Naturally if you want to choose between these ones, php 5 is absolutely better.

Some months ago, a lot of my customers, that use mediawiki's last release, left from my hosting company because I used only php4 on a lot of our servers.

Change your choice according to your php script's requirements.
Note that PHP 4 has been End-of-Lifed by the PHP developers, and should be used only as a last resort.
** If you have problems, through the use of mod_fcgid, suexec, and php-cgi, it is possible to execute scripts compatible with either or both versions of PHP.
Only some very good hosting companies have this mod (check my sign.. )