Req #53481 [NEW]: The future of PHP

From: Operating system: Any PHP version: 5.3.3 Package: Unknown/Other Function Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:The future of PHP Description: ------------ I would like to know why are you changing so much the things with PHP ??? I hate the direction you are going ... with PHP 5.3 ! You completely destroyed the friendly language PHP 4 - 5.2 was. I just looked at what you have done with mysqli extension ! Pathetic ! After 12 years of PHP/MySQL development, I have already migrated all my apps to PostgreSQL (and many people I know from the Open Source community) started to did so after predicting that Oracle will not allow anymore linking the PHP MySQL extensions with PHP extensions. (Example: the new mysqlnd) !! But more I am concern for the future of PHP. I am tired of your dirty work by forcing a whole community arround PHP to follow you new WRONG WAY ! If you change too many things, I plan moving all my apps on Python. Python is considering a more stable and predictable way of going with the language. PHP IS NO MORE THE FRIENDLY LANGUAGE I MET 12 years ago !!!!!!!!!! You are trying to go in a wrong direction. Complaints: * PHP 5.3 add name spaces ... who cares ? Cannot the classes be useful enough ? * PHP 5.3 added GOTO (this is for stupid developers) .. I cant figure out a developer that is using advanced namespaces with GOTO !!! * PHP 5.3 destroyed the syntax of MySQLi like mysqli::__construct() instead of mysql_connect() with a new deprecated model (and perhaps you plan doing this also with pgsql) * PHP 6 plan to move some drivers in PDO ! PDO sucks, is for basic users, not for advanced. I predict a very grey future for PHP community if you continue doing this dirty things. As me and many others have moved on PostgreSQL after Oracle acquired Sun/MySQL and started going on a wrong direction, THER IS A CHANCE IF YOU CONTINUE THIS WRONG DIRECTION THAT MANY PEOPLE (INCLUDDING ME) TO MIGRATE TO PYTHON OR PERL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Expected result: ---------------- You will take care that PHP 5.3 / PHP 6 / PHP 7 / PHP 8 / ... to remain the friendly language as PHP 4. If you remember (I can very well) that the adoption curve of PHP 4 was because it's easy to use. PHP 5 ... is something very wrong in my option. I know many people still using PHP 4.4.9 :-), but I am already on 5.2.14. They are ... stupified of what they see in PHP 5.x and they still did not look closer at 5.3 ! -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53481&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53481&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53481&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53481&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53481&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53481&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53481&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53481&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53481&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53481&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53481&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53481&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53481&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53481&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53481&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53481&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53481&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53481&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53481&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53481&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53481&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53481&r=mysqlcfg