Re: Portability concerns

[Phil Driscoll <phil@dialsolutions.co.uk>] > On Saturday 04 August 2001 08:49, Stig Sæther Bakken wrote: > > [Phil Driscoll <phil@dialsolutions.co.uk>] > > > > With such a php_portability() function, it would be _even_ harder to > > write portable library code (because you need to handle both > > settings). Two wrongs won't make this one right. :-) > > > Please explain! Say PHP had a function to put it in "portable mode" changing the behaviour of a few functions. Then for example PEAR classes would have to deal with running both with and without this mode, since the user can enable or disable it at will. So this would in fact add complexity to the process of writing portable PHP code. I think André is right that it's better to educate users (for example by telling them to disable magic_quotes :-). - Stig -- Stig Sæther Bakken <ssb@alltheweb.com> Fast Search & Transfer ASA, Trondheim, Norway