Posted by Dan McCullough on 10/11/05 21:18

The real problem is that it generates customer service and support
calls to the hosting company, which they dont like to have to deal
with, because in the end it will be a coding issue and most of the
people out there wont realize it and get mad and leave.

On 10/11/05, Kilbride, James <James.Kilbride@gd-ais.com> wrote:
> 4 to 5 does break a lot of code. On the other hand I agree it's a cop
> out. On the final hand, if you pass the pages off from apache to a php
> exe or module.. How does Apache know which one to pass it to? Php4 or
> Php5? If I have both php4 and php5 code in a page should i run both
> sections or only the sections listed for php5(if it's on php5)? If I
> only run one then I am maintaining two code branches in the same files.
> Seems like a bad idea to me. I don't really see how that idea would work
> well. And I do think it seems like a cop out that they can't provide
> php5 somehow.
>
> James Kilbride
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dan McCullough [mailto:dan.mccullough@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 2:04 PM
> > To: php-general@lists.php.net
> > Subject: Re: [PHP] Obsession with BC
> >
> > None of my code breaks from 4 to 5, I also run a small
> > hosting company and I upgrade when I see improvements to the
> > software that would warrent an upgrade. MySQL 4.1.12, Apache
> > 2, PHP5. I also think its a cop out by those who dont have
> > alot of time to upgrade their 30+ servers. Another stall or
> > cop-out would be were currently testing
> > php5 and will have an evaluation in a few weeks *cough* months.
> >
> > On 10/11/05, Richard Davey <rich@corephp.co.uk> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Tuesday, October 11, 2005, 5:41:53 PM, you wrote:
> > >
> > > > Recently, I asked my hosting provider when they are going
> > to switch
> > > > to PHP5. They replied that it will not happen any time
> > soon, since
> > > > they will install PHP5 only on new servers. Their reasoning was
> > > > simple: PHP5 will inevitably break some old scripts, and
> > it's just
> > > > not worh all the trouble. Such attitude is common, and it totally
> > > > makes sence from a business perspective.
> > >
> > > It does? I wouldn't waste my money with a host that was unable to
> > > provide PHP 5 support, at least in some way. I think the "it will
> > > break lots of scripts" is a cop-out. There are various ways
> > to allow
> > > both on one server. Assuming they're technically proficient
> > enough of
> > > course.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Rich
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