Maintenance Upgrade - PHP Phase II, Build 2 - Effective Monday, Feb 21, 2005

Upgraded

• Apache
• PHP
• OpenSSL
• MySQL client libraries
• PostgreSQL client libraries
• libXML
• Penn State WebAccess (CoSign)

Added

• GD
• XSL
• a few configuration changes for better security and session support

Installed But Not Supported

You are free to use the following; however, please note that support will not be provided.

• PEAR
  • You may try to install modules manually via file upload instructions on pear.php.net - pear executable currently unavailable.
  • We will not install PEAR modules for you at this time.
  • The base PEAR modules are installed: Archive_Tar, Console_Getopt, PEAR, XML_RPC
  • Base PEAR installation scripts require your scripts to be owned by group "access" (GID 1000) to pass safe_mode GID checking. This is the default group for Penn State Access Accounts.
  • You may need to grant the PHP server write access to your PEAR installation folder. Directions for how to grant access.

Unresolved Problems

• PHP readdir() function possible memory leak - There is a known problem where the readdir() function causes a server process to crash under the right conditions; this may cause Web browsers to display error messages such as, "Document contains no data," or "Page cannot be displayed." -- This issue has been resolved with Phase II, Build 3.