Re: Re: PHP 4.2

Hello All, I also have the challenge of distributing php code to unknown php versions. There is a wide discrepancy in the functionality of even various PHP 4.x code. Since at the time of coding I don't know the version, I test for it when I need to, and include code accordingly. For example, in the case of image uploads I find out what PHP version the server is running. I declare a 'yardstick' value. If the server version is less than the yardstick then I include one block of code. If the server version is equal to or greater than the 'yardstick' value then I include another, different block of code. It's messy, and extra code, but it works... While there is a user contributed function for checking the difference of two php versions: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.phpversion.php interfear01 at hotmail dot com 09-Jun-2002 03:00 function check_php_version ($version) ... wouldn't it be really nice to have the PHP development team make up a formal, built in function to handle this growing need to check versions? If such a function was made now, then we could rely on its availability some years in the future... Kind Regards, Richard Creech info@dreamriver.com Phone 250.744.3350 Pacific Time, Canada Easily create your very own Yellow Pages - free download http://www.dreamriver.com >Message-ID: <20020624202700.66546.qmail@pb1.pair.com> >To: php-general@lists.php.net >From: "Peter" <newsaddress@saracenvsu.org.uk> >Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 21:24:13 +0100 >Subject: Re: PHP 4.2 > >If you want an all in one solution without having to have two versions, >can't you read the status of register_globals from the config file and base >the rest of the script on this? >eg >if (register_globals == 'on') { >$name = _POST['name']; >$address = _GET['address']; >} > >then you can access the variables as if register_globals = on even if it >isn't >"Simon Troup" <simon.troup@digitalmusicart.com> wrote in message >news:B93B7387.1D73%simon.troup@digitalmusicart.com... >> I've written a small freeware script that gets installed on a variety of >> different platforms running various PHP versions. >> >> I've read through the manual about the super global arrays and how post >and >> get vars are no longer registered by default, but am confused about when >it >> would be a good idea to "upgrade" the script. >> >> If I change everything in the script and use $_GET and $_POST etc. then >> those people who are still using earlier versions won't be able to >upgrade. >> >> Does anyone know what the uptake of the latest version is? What is >everyone >> else doing about this? If I were developing for one client it wouldn't be >a >> problem as obviously you'd know what you were developing for. >> >> I'd just like some feedback on when would be a good time to upgrade the >> scripts while causing the minimum disruption and maintaining maximum happy >> users. >> >> Thanks >> >> Zim