Req #53481 [Com]: The future of PHP

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53481&edit=1 ID: 53481 Comment by: iradu at unix-world dot org Reported by: ilies dot radu at gmail dot com Summary: The future of PHP Status: Bogus Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Unknown/Other Function Operating System: Any PHP Version: 5.3.3 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: But there is an alternate plan :-)))))) If you're doing so, In the way that MariaDB will be a replacement for MySQL, in the same way I will hire some developers to continue the development of PHP4.4.9 with a new project / name (RHR or something) and I bet that doing so many people will move on that :-)))))))))))))))))))) But this is not feasible on the moment, I will prefere you will follow some of my recommendations for the future development of PHP. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-12-06 10:42:15] iradu at unix-world dot org Please read this article: http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonVsPhp I am not the only one that say that 5.3 and future way is a mistake. These people are also pro's: http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonVsPhp ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-12-06 10:40:00] ilies dot radu at gmail dot com You have still no idea how many people have started migrating their apps to PostgreSQL :-) You will have this feedback in 2 years. For me take 3 months to migrate a very complex app. If you continue so, migration from PHP to Python will be imminent. I have predicted many things in the past, includding that Oracle will buy MySQL after they acquired InnoDB :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-12-06 10:30:00] aharvey@php.net </rant> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-12-06 10:28:32] ilies dot radu at gmail dot com 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 this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53481&edit=1