update PHP

[Miroslav Lachman]

Carmel NY wrote on 11/27/2015 12:39:
> I am running a FreeBSD 10.2 - p7 machine. I have PHP 5.4 installed . I want
> to update it to version 5.6. Would this method work:
>
> portupgrade -o lang/php56 lang/php5
>
> Then:
>
> portupgrade -o lang/php56-extensions lang/php5-extensions
>
> Would I l then need to rebuild everything that depends on PHP or could I just
> add the "-r" flag to portupgrade?

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I tried major upgrade of PHP many times and found out that most straight 
forward way is to deinstall all old extensions and then install newer.

You can get list of all origins of ports depending on main php port by 
this command

pkg query %o `pkg info -r php5 | tail -n +2`

You can try this command to get list with modified version number from 
php5 to php56

pkg query %o `pkg info -r php55 | tail -n +2` | sed 's~php5~php56~'

You can save it to file

pkg query %o `pkg info -r php55 | tail -n +2` | sed 's~php5~php56~' > 
my_php_ports

Then deinstall all dependent ports and upgrade PHP from php5 to php56, 
then you can use previously saved list of ports to install their newer 
versions by portupgrade, portmaster or any other tool.

(I am not using portupgrade, maybe you can get the list of origins by 
portupgrade instead of pkg)

Miroslav Lachman