Posted by Carl Vondrick on 03/10/06 09:05

John Murtari wrote:
> I'd hope to hear a developers side of the story, and
> can module 'coexistence' still be added?

Personally, I'm sick of the unstable PHP5 "flap." Sure--some programs
will not work correctly. But, who's fault is that? The developers of
the programs (the ones you mentioned are not great achievements, IMO).

The developers of these programs keep designing for PHP4 because they
know that hosts will not support it. This causes the hosts not to
support it because most of the software is written in PHP4. It is a
vicious circle that has to stop.

PHP5 offers many features that I simply cannot live without. Once you
use PHP5's magic methods and excellent XML support, PHP4 becomes
obsolete. There's no going back--I see the real world of PHP, and going
back to PHP4 is living the cave.

Today, I do not write code in PHP4 any more, and when I respond to
questions, I always respond in PHP5. Why should we use old and
out-dated software, when we have a free upgrade to the future?

I have stopped signing up for hosts that do not support PHP4. It has
been two years since the release of PHP5, and now talks are going on
about PHP6. Should I be held back by PHP4? No! The future is in PHP5,
and once PHP4 is no longer officially supported, what will hosts do? I
suggest that all fellow PHP programmers do the same--PHP5 will save you
time and money, and you'll be helping a good cause.

Sorry for my semi-rant, but I'm just tired of it. I write code in PHP5,
but yet I still publish on PHP4.

Carl



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Carl Vondrick
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