Re: PHP 5 migration chapter

Hi Nuno

Hello, One of the things I think that is very important now, is the PHP 4 -> 5 migration chapter. This should be ready before PHP 5 is released. Here are the things I remembered to include: * New object model (integrate http://php.net/zend-engine-2.php in the manual) * New functions (check http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php)

It seems that this file isn't really up to date. For example, thetere's three new array functions not mentionned : - array_uintersect() - array_uintersect_uassoc() - array_uintersect_assoc() we shouldn't only rely on this file. There's also a lot of undocumented functions. We should take care of them. There is also the following extensions to document : - Oci8, maintainer : Antony Dovgal : http://news.php.net/article.php?group=php.internals&article=6493 - spl, maintainer : Marcus Boerger :

* Extensions moved to PECL (and maybe an explanation/FAQ about PECL)

For the F.A.Q, I think we can use Wez's fud buster here :) http://news.php.net/article.php?group=php.internals&article=6304

* MySQL removed and SQLite added by default

SQLite docs should be improved a lot, I'll try to work on it.

* New php-win.exe, php-cli.exe renamed to php.exe, and php.exe renamed to php-cgi.exe * integrate php-src/README.PHP4-TO-PHP5-THIN-CHANGES in the manual:

    1. strrpos() and strripos() now use the entire string as a needle.
    2. Illegal use of string offsets causes E_ERROR instead of E_WARNING.
    3. array_merge() was changed to accept only arrays.
    4. porting from mysql_* to mysqli_
    5. PATH_TRANSLATED server variable is no longer set implicitly under

Apache2 SAPI

    6. the T_ML_CONSTANT constant is no longer defined by the ext/tokenizer

extension.

    7. argc and argv vars change in CLI.
    8. Classes must be declared before used

Any more ideas? Where to put this? In apendices?......

Yes, like the PHP 3 -> PHP 4 migration stuff ;)

Nuno

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