Thread:Project:Support desk/Use the Validator extension in MediaWiki 1.19

As initially reported on Bugzilla (bug 43067), Fabrice LÉCAUDÉ would like to run the Validator extension on the following configuration: MediaWiki 1.19 is our LTS version, and so still supported. For SemanticMediaWiki and LTS support issues, see this thread.
 * MediaWiki 1.19.2/3
 * PHP 5.2.17
 * SemanticMediaWiki 1.8.0

Solution offered in the bug
Upgrade PHP to 5.3.

The bug indicates this is not a factor under control.

You really should consider to move to a hosting company offering you the choice of the PHP version or consider to move to a VPS / dedicated server.

New solutions offered
First, consider if it's opportune to upgrade SemanticMediaWiki to 1.9, this version is still compatible with MediaWiki 1.19.

Then, to fix your bug, upgrade Validator to 0.5.1 or Git version. As noted in the bug reports, this instruction doesn't exist anymore in the code.