Thread:Project:Support desk/Running Maintenance Scripts for GoDaddy SSH/reply (5)

Dsarkozi, don't do it. You do not need another MySQL version and since we don't know what MediaWiki version you use it also does not make sense to philosophize whether you should upgrade MediaWiki or not. And even if you did (which - given the circumstances - I don't recommend): It will not change anything about your problem. All you need is a newer PHP version on the shell.

GoDaddy for obvious reasons will not let you update PHP: They charge people more, when they want to have a usable PHP version on the shell. So you now have two possibilities: You either continue paying a company of which at least in my opinion the business conduct is not OK. So you can either throw even more money at this company in the hope that things somehow work better with a more expensive package. Or you directly change to a host, who just offers a usable environment without the need to pay extra.