PHP Requirements for Moodle 3.3+

PHP Requirements for Moodle 3.3+

by Gerard Norris -
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Hi Guys,


I currently am running Moodle 3.1.3+ (Build: 20161118) and wish to upgrade to 3.3+

The listed PHP Requirements for 3.3+ is 5.6.5

My PHP Version is 5.6.30

I have asked my web host provider to increase my PHP Version to a minimum of 5.6.5. They have been most unhelpful and state the following: "You should be able to update moodle with the php version on your server"

I believe this could be a potential risk in the absence of any hard evidence.

Can you please let me know if it is possible to upgrade from Moodle 3.1.3+ to Moodle 3.3+ with PHP Version 5.6.30? 


Many thanks.

Gerard.

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Re: PHP Requirements for Moodle 3.3+

by Bret Miller -
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30 is greater than 5. So yes, php 5.6.30 is newer than is required for Moodle 3.3+.

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Re: PHP Requirements for Moodle 3.3+

by Gerard Norris -

Of course it is Bret. 

Many thanks for taking the time to reply. I thought the 5.6.30 was an error and should have read 5.6.3.

Thanks again.

Gerard.

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Re: PHP Requirements for Moodle 3.3+

by Howard Miller -
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In case you're feeling silly, you're by no means the first and won't be the last!

You're go to go with 5.6.30

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Re: PHP Requirements for Moodle 3.3+

by Gerard Norris -

Thanks Howard,

As per my response to Bret, I thought it was an error.

With so many courses on our Moodle site, I did not want to mess up. A clear oversight on my part... shucks.

Many thanks for your response.

Gerard.

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Re: PHP Requirements for Moodle 3.3+

by Mary Cooch -
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I forget this every time - 30 is bigger than 5 therefore 5.6.30 is bigger than 5.6.5 -I do know the PHP system - it just doesn't seem right to me somehow..mixed

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Re: PHP Requirements for Moodle 3.3+

by Bret Miller -
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A lot of companies used to version that way--appending a maintenance release to a number so in their world 5.6.5 would be 5.6.50, but thankfully most companies have moved to where the numbers mean what they say and if they add a maintenance release it's separated by a dot or dash for clarity. So I do understand the confusion. 

Moodle is pretty good about version checking if you use the site admin / server / environment page to check the requirements before you upgrade.

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Re: PHP Requirements for Moodle 3.3+

by Archie Ba -

They should just skip the .5o and call it, for example, 5.6.51 which would remove all these confusions.

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Re: PHP Requirements for Moodle 3.3+

by Howard Miller -
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It doesn't. 

People just read (say) 5.6.37 as "five point six point three seven". We see this a LOT. And, yes, I've done it myself wink

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Re: PHP Requirements for Moodle 3.3+

by Rahul Rai -

HI Gerard

I am using php version 5.6.30

PHP version

And Moodle 3.3+ version. I am not getting any problem, For upgrading. 

you have a any other issue.

  

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Re: PHP Requirements for Moodle 3.3+

by Howard Miller -
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He's not suggesting he did have a problem. There was just some confusion over the numbering scheme.

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