PHP 5.3 upgraded to 5.3.19

The PHP developers have announced the release of version 5.3.19 that fixes several bugs.

We’ve upgraded PHP 5.3.18 to PHP 5.3.19 on our servers as a result.

Mail server SSL certificate renewed

We’ve renewed the SSL certificate on our mail servers (because it was due to expire soon).

Almost all customers shouldn’t notice any change, but if you read e-mail using a secure connection with an unusual mail program that doesn’t handle SSL connections properly, you might be asked to “accept” the new certificate.

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web10 server restarted (resolved)

At 9:45 PM Pacific time November 15 2012, our “web10” server became unstable and we eventually decided to restart it to resolve the problem. This caused a period of about 20 minutes where the server was intermittently not working reliably, then a four minute outage while it restarted.

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web12 server restarted (resolved)

At 11:00 PM Pacific time October 26 2012, our “web12” server experienced a “kernel panic” and needed to be restarted. This led to an 8 minute outage of Web sites and e-mail hosted on that server.

All services are now working normally, and other servers were not affected.

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PHP 5.3 upgraded to 5.3.18

The PHP developers have announced the release of version 5.3.18 that fixes several bugs.

We’ve upgraded PHP 5.3.17 to PHP 5.3.18 on our servers as a result.

AOL mail delivery delayed (resolved)

Update 6:20 PM October 11: AOL has resolved the problem described below. All delayed mail has been delivered, and all services are operating normally.

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PHP 5.3 and support for HTTP_SERVER_VARS (etc.)

This won’t affect most customers, but we’ve changed one of the “php.ini” settings for PHP 5.3. The “register_long_arrays” setting (which defaults to “Off” in PHP 5.3) has been changed to “On”, as it was in PHP 5.2.

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Upgrading to PHP 5.3

As described in a previous blog post, we’re removing the obsolete PHP version 5.2 from our servers. Our customers should only be using the newer PHP 5.3 series.

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PHP 5.3 upgraded to 5.3.17

The PHP developers have announced the release of version 5.3.17 that fixes several bugs.

We’ve upgraded PHP 5.3.16 to PHP 5.3.17 on our servers as a result.

WordPress 3.4.2

WordPress 3.4.2 was released yesterday, and it contains important security updates to keep your site safe.

Our WordPress one-click installer automatically installs the latest version for new sites. If you’ve previously installed WordPress, you should upgrade it right away from within your WordPress Dashboard.

In fact, you should always update immediately when WordPress tells you there’s a new version available. Don’t let yourself get behind, because it gets more difficult to update smoothly if you’re several versions out-of-date.