php and mySQL

[cgmojoco]

My current host has old versions of both PHP and MySQL installed.
MySQL Ver 12.22 Distrib 4.0.16
PHP PHP 4.3.11

I am going to have them update MySQL to version 5

I remember reading somewhere here that PHP 5 was possibly a 'problem' for Brian.

What version of PHP would you recommend I have them install---(or am I safe and efficient with the versions I already have?)

I want to have this all done before I start uploading Vbulletin, cmps advanced, gallery (when I buy it) etc.-----or if they upgrade PHP and MySQL after I've installed will I be ok?

Thanks

[Brian]

Hopefully Zach will see this thread, as he's more up to date about the versions and such than I am. As far as I know though all of our products should work with PHP5. If there are any problems they should be very minimal and only requrie some simple changes.

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[phoenixdown]

I know alot of people have gotten vbulletin to run with php5 but I've had alot of wierd problems when we tried upgrading our ded box to it so I wouldn't recommend it myself - especially if you'd have to annoy your host to downgrade back to php4.

That was with vb though, didn't have any problems with the gallery though!

[Zachery]

Neither php 4.3.11 or MySQL 4.0.16 are terribly out of date.

Personally I can only recomend 4.3.11 or MySQL 4.0.24 for the time being.

MySQL 4.1.X is still in infacny and it is seeing alot of issues like the early mysql 4.0.x did. I will be holding off abit longer

MySQL 5 is BARELY out of alpha and it has changed its password hashing proceedures again, I cannot recomend running MysQL 5.0.x on any system, product or developemnt.