backup before recompiling php?

Hi to all the gurus here,

I was told I need to recompile php to enable gd, but do I need to backup any php settings like php.ini in the event of compile failure? Much appreciated.


mal

 

Well, you're backing it all up regularly anyway aren't you?

 

You should definitely back all of your sites, databases and save a copy of your php.ini settings. Also, save a copy of your current php config command.

Make sure you recompile with whatever is currently enabled in addition to anything new that you need.

Also, if you can you may just switch to php5 if you're still using 4. PHP4 development stops in a few months so most servers should switch to 5 if they can. You would want to make sure your php scripts won't break before going to php5, in case you do look into it.

 

Thanks guys for the advise, I am currently on php 5.2.3 already. Much appreciated. I will try it.