Re: Old version of PHP

Thanks for all the feedback, guys. Is there an errata page somewhere that lists known bugs in the PHP interpretter? Thanks, -Dan "Jason Wong" <php-general@gremlins.biz> wrote in message news:200308082318.18774.php-general@gremlins.biz... > On Friday 08 August 2003 09:43, Justin French wrote: > > > i think the best reason to keep up-to-date on the versions is that each > > new release is "better, more stable, etc etc"... i haven't ever heard > > anyone on this list say "i prefer 4.2.3 over 4.2.4" :) > > But each new release brings new problems and a whole raft of new bugs. > > > as a programmer, i hate it how some hosts refuse to keep on top of the > > upgrades... really useful functions in newer versions aren't available. > > Sometimes it is prudent to 'wait' for a stable version to emerge. AFAICR 4.06 > was relatively stable (bug free), it was followed by a couple of buggies > 4.10, 4.11 and then another relatively stable release 4.12 etc. > > And as for the latest and greatest, 4.3.2, it has a nasty bug with > imagecopyresampled() when using the built-in gd library which makes it > useless if you need that function. > > So, if the host is being sensible and not just plain lazy then you should > commend them for keeping your site running and not reprimand them for not > upgrading willy-nilly. > > -- > Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz > Open Source Software Systems Integrators > * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * > ------------------------------------------ > Search the list archives before you post > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general > ------------------------------------------ > /* > A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing. > -- Alexander Hamilton > */ >