Hello,
I've installed Mediawiki 1.3.0beta5 on a Linux Debian Woody (3.0, stable) machine.
Now when I try to use Special:Askasql as sysop I get the error message:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_thread_id() in /home/rene/projects/carriere/www/wiki/includes/Database.php on line 461
This must be because woody has PHP 4.1, and mysql_thread_id() was introduced in PHP 4.3.
So strictly speaking "PHP 4.1.2 required (4.3.x is preferred)" on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Running_MediaWiki_on_Linux is incorrect. 4.3 is required.
Unfortunately, there is no backport of PHP 4.3.x for woody on www.backports.org.
What's the best way to proceed? Install PHP 4.3 from source on woody? Or upgrade the machine to Debian sarge?
Anyone else still running Mediawiki on woody?