[BlueOnyx:08264] Re: Wordpress reading PHP version incorrectly

[Greg Kuhnert]

How much do you want to bet he is using suphp - it still uses factory 
PHP ...

On 26/08/2011 6:07 AM, Michael Stauber wrote:
>
> Hi Colin,
>
>
> > This is just something with the WP detection mechanism for checking the
>
> > environment. It is running phpinfo and returning the CentOS PHP version
>
> > which is 5.1.6. and then refusing to install. Moodle must use something
>
> > different, because that detects the Solarspeed version correctly
>
>
> Most likely it's not using a php function such as phpinfo() to detect 
> the version information, but uses "/usr/bin/php -v" to determine that 
> info. And /usr/bin/php is still the onboard PHP binary, where any 
> third party PHP usually brings its own binary and has it in a 
> different location.
>
>
> The are two work arounds to get it working:
>
>
> Check the WP code and see if it really uses "/usr/bin/php -v" and if 
> so, point it to the location of your third party PHP binary instead.
>
>
> OR you can try something which has a lot of bad side effects: 
> Temporarily (!) rename /usr/bin/php (to something like 
> /usr/bin/php.org) and copy the third party PHP binary to /usr/bin/php. 
> BUT: As long as you have this temporary fix in place the GUI will 
> throw errors left and right. So as soon as you are done, copy the 
> original /usr/bin/php back.
>
>
> -- 
>
> With best regards
>
>
> Michael Stauber
>
>
>
>
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