RE: [PHP-DEV] Possible feature for current version of PHP or PHP 4.1/5.0.

Sounds like an excellent solution actually. As long as I don't get penalized for providing an absolute path for all my included files, I am a happy camper! :) Brian Tanner Project Manager Zaam Internet Solutions Toll Free: 1-866-225-2675 info@zaam.com http://www.zaam.com -----Original Message----- From: Andi Gutmans [mailto:andi@zend.com] Sent: July 9, 2001 12:46 PM To: Vlad Krupin; Zeev Suraski Cc: Andrei Zmievski; php-dev@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Possible feature for current version of PHP or PHP 4.1/5.0. At 12:03 PM 7/9/2001 -0700, Vlad Krupin wrote: >Is it better to break things once or twice? Ok, not completely break, but >now I have some code working with PHP4, later I will have some code that >will work with PHP4.1, and finally I will re-write it to work with the >latest-and-best PHP5. It is more like saying "Here is my script, you can >run it with this version of PHP *only*, if you want to run it with another >one, I have another version of the script for you". > >On a sidenote, could we just create a different include (e.g. >include_relative, like there is include_once) that will incorporate the >desired functionality, and not touch include() at all? Or am I suggestiong >yet another bloat? Or am I missing the point here? Or did we all agree >that the current include() operation is so buggy that it warrants a change >breaking compatibility and soon? > >I do not think that going to 5.0 warrants letting the hell break loose and >break everything, I would still like to be able to run at least some of my >php4 scripts once php5 comes out, and I have lots of very elaborate >solutions to work around the current problems with include(). Such a >change will not break my code, but I can easily see what code that *will* >break, and I think there will be a lot of it. What do you think about the solution I suggested? If the file can't be found to then look in the current scripts directory. It solves the problems and doesn't break BC. Andi -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net