On 4/15/2016 8:15 AM, Sara Woodmansee wrote:
> When I suggested the developer consider upgrading to v5.5 or 6.0 (from v3.6), 
> this was their response.  It’s clear that upgrading is not going to happen 
> any time soon.
>
> Developer response:  "But to use SOLR 5, there is a need to find a stable and 
> reliable php client. And until very recent time there were no release. In 
> other case we would have to write PHP client itself.  Then we would have to 
> rewrite integration API with a software, because API very likely has changed. 
> And then make changes to every single piece of code in backend and frontend 
> of our system that is tied up with search functionality in any way. “
>
> — I would still like to know (from you folks) if the “stable PHP client” 
> issue still holds true?  Perhaps that is not an easy question.

There should be PHP clients with Solr4 support.  Those should work well
with 5.x.  I don't know enough about 6 to comment on how compatible it
would be.

All PHP clients are third-party -- the project didn't write any of
them.  Which PHP client are you using now?

Thanks,
Shawn

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