When to upgrade PHP with Drupal?

[egydir]

Dear site Admins,
I can see that I have registered at a critical time. just looking at the account panel I can see that there are many PHP limitations & security measures taking place, and many pre-coded PHP users posting for errors and disabled functions.

As I am not a PHP programmer and just a casual CMS user for the time being (although willing to learn PHP as I learn Drupal,) I am a bit worried and in question.

When do I need to upgrade my PHP, if ever, to use Drupal (and for any CMS that other users use?)

I do not want to run the installation script to be flooded with errors, especially that I am learning web development with university colleagues (they won't be happy seeing lots of errors for the first time, right!)

I would like to install modules and themes without any troubles, so what is the advisory for now? To upgrade or not to upgrade??

Thanks a lot.

 

[wh00p101]

If you're going to run drupal I would suggest to upgrade to intermediate. Basic will stop some of the functions. So ask for the upgrade then wait until you're accepted and then install.

 

[Corey]

Yes, intermediate should run everything fine. It's a one time thing you'll have to do, after that you'll be set.

-Corey