Mahara needs to be tested on PHP 5.4

[François Marier]

Since PHP 5.4 will be released before we release Mahara 1.5, we need to make sure it works on there.

It's scheduled to be in Debian wheezy (http://wiki.debian.org/PHP/54Transition) and Ubuntu Precise (https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/servercloud-p-php54).

[François Marier (fmarier)]

Instructions on getting 5.4 on Debian:

To test your package with PHP 5.4 from experimental you need to add

  deb http://ftp.cz.debian.org/debian experimental main

to your /etc/apt/sources.lists and add

  Package: php5*
  Pin: release n=experimental
  Pin-Priority: 500

  Package: libapache2-mod-php5*
  Pin: release n=experimental
  Pin-Priority: 500

  Package: php-pear
  Pin: release n=experimental
  Pin-Priority: 500

to your /etc/apt/preferences file.

[François Marier (fmarier)]

PHP 5.4 has been released.

Here is the migration guide:

  http://nz.php.net/migration54