Posted by Jim Moseby on 08/15/05 17:59

>
> I'm (we're) still using PHP4. Mainly because there's been no
> reason for
> us to upgrade. ie, we're not doing anything that requires
> PHP5 (and if
> there is no feature in PHP6 that we have to have, we won't be
> upgrading
> to that either).

I don't see the problem with this, unless it will be more difficult to
upgrade from PHP4 to PHP6, than from PHP5 to PHP6. What I mean is, will
upgrading to 5 now make the upgrade to 6 (or 7, or 9, or 11) easier in the
future. So 5 has no features that I need right now. 6 probably doesn't
either. But when PHP11 comes out and I must have it, will I be able to
easily upgrade from 4? Will I expend less time/effort/risk making each
upgrade as it is released that I would making a 5 version jump? Maybe its
worth the time and effort to upgrade even if I don't need the features in
the new release, just to make it easier to upgrade to the next one(s) down
the line.

Not only that, but as time goes by, community support (this list for
instance) for 4 will likely diminish as others move on to later releases.
Not only will the die-hard PHP4 users find it harder to get answers to their
questions, but their answers to others will become less relevant to
newer-version users.

Just my .02

JM

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