Title: PHP 4 vs 5
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# PHP 4 vs 5

 *  [bergin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bergin/)
 * (@bergin)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-4-vs-5/)
 * SQL and PHP appears to the problem. I have googled it and it looks like PHP 5
   no longer supports SQL or the version I have downloaded doesn’t support it. 5
   minute install – is now going on 4 hours.
 * Which PHP is the best one to use? I had issues with 4 that pointed that going
   to 5 would fix.
 * Error Message:
 * Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL
    which is required for 
   WordPress.

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