Description of problem: Mediawiki uses the name 'Namespace' extensively throughout its code. This is a reserved word in php 5.3 so upgrading PHP to the current repo version breaks mediawiki. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.15 How reproducible: Very Steps to Reproduce: 1. install mediawiki and latest PHP from repositories Actual results: fails with errors like this... Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_NAMESPACE, expecting T_STRING in /usr/local/www/apache22/data/wiki/includes/Namespace.php on line 46 Additional info: Replacing every occurence of Namespace with something else like MWNamespace fixes the problem. I believe this has been fixed in subsequent releases of mediawiki, so either an upgrade or a patch is required to work under the current release of PHP.
mediawiki 1.16.2 (latest as of this post) contains in includes/NamespaceCompat.php /** * For compatibility with extensions... * Will still die on PHP 5.3, of course. :P */ class Namespace extends MWNamespace { // .. } The install documents of mediawiki quote http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=50394 as the true reason for the mediawiki - php 5.3.1 incompatibility and there seem to be different thoughts on both camps for what is broken and what not. I think the best way to deal with it is to upgrade to 1.16.2 and have the package conflict with php 5.3.1, e.g. have mediawiki currently break on f13 hoping that f13 may upgrade php 5.3.1 to something newer.
mediawiki-1.16.2-56.fc14 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 14. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mediawiki-1.16.2-56.fc14
mediawiki-1.16.2-56.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mediawiki-1.16.2-56.fc15
mediawiki-1.16.2-56.fc13 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 13. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mediawiki-1.16.2-56.fc13
Package mediawiki-1.16.2-56.fc14: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 14 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing mediawiki-1.16.2-56.fc14' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mediawiki-1.16.2-56.fc14 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
mediawiki-1.16.4-57.fc14 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 14. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mediawiki-1.16.4-57.fc14
mediawiki-1.16.4-57.fc13 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 13. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mediawiki-1.16.4-57.fc13
mediawiki-1.16.4-57.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mediawiki-1.16.4-57.fc15
mediawiki-1.16.4-57.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
mediawiki-1.16.4-58.fc14 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 14. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mediawiki-1.16.4-58.fc14
mediawiki-1.16.4-58.fc13 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 13. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mediawiki-1.16.4-58.fc13
mediawiki-1.16.4-58.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mediawiki-1.16.4-58.fc15
mediawiki-1.16.4-58.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
mediawiki-1.16.4-58.fc14 has been pushed to the Fedora 14 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
mediawiki-1.16.4-58.fc13 has been pushed to the Fedora 13 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.