We require PHP 5 now, make sure the installer requires this.

Uncertain of the exact minimum version requirement; checking for 5.0.0+

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index cd8400b..7240e41 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ and configure the wiki "in-place", as long as you have
 the necessary prerequesites available.
 
 Required software:
-* Web server with PHP 4.3.2 or higher; 4.4.x or 5.x is recommended.
+* Web server with PHP 5.x or higher.
 * A MySQL server, 4.0.14 or higher.
 
 MediaWiki is developed and tested mainly on Unix/Linux

diff --git a/install-utils.inc b/install-utils.inc
index 9a8bab1..235baaa 100644 (file)
--- a/install-utils.inc
+++ b/install-utils.inc
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ function install_version_checks() {
 
        if( !function_exists( 'version_compare' ) ) {
                # version_compare was introduced in 4.1.0
-               echo "Your PHP version is much too old; 4.0.x will _not_ work. 4.3.2 or higher is required. ABORTING.\n";
+               echo "Your PHP version is much too old; 4.0.x will _not_ work. 5.0.0 or higher is required. ABORTING.\n";
                die( -1 );
        }
-       if( version_compare( phpversion(), '4.3.2' ) < 0 ) {
-               echo "PHP 4.3.2 or higher is required. ABORTING.\n";
+       if( version_compare( phpversion(), '5.0.0' ) < 0 ) {
+               echo "PHP 5.0.0 or higher is required. ABORTING.\n";
                die( -1 );
        }