Re: Earlier versions hurt PHP 5

On 12/28/05, PHP Superman <phpinfolist@gmail.com> wrote: > > I agree with Greg, if you guys don't care about new versions lets all > downgrade to Pentium 1 computers using dial up, if we don't move from PHP 4 > to PHP 5 now, then when PHP 6 comes with a truckload of new features and > changes to programming standard people who use PHP 4 will have a lot of > problems with their PHP 4 compatible code. I'm not trying to be harsh to you > guys because it's really the web hosting company's fault but we should all > upgrade to PHP 5 unless you are using PHP-Nuke or something like that. > > On 12/19/05, Greg Donald <gdonald@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 12/19/05, PHPDiscuss - PHP Newsgroups and mailing lists > > < admin@toucanmultimedia.com> wrote: > > > As a developer, I would love to use PHP 5+ for applications but I am > > > afraid to do so because 90% of web hosting companies do not offer it. > > The > > > biggest reason that that they do not offer it is because there is > > little > > > demand for it. The reason why there is little demand for it is that > > > developers do not use it because webhosts do not support it. A classic > > > catch 22 situation! > > > > I fail to see what this has to do with a 1961 novel. Do you mean > > chicken-egg perhaps? There's nothing keeping _you_ from using one of > > those 10% who are supporting PHP5. If you aren't part of the > > solution.. > > > > > I think that continuing to offer prominent download links for PHP 4 > > > versions on the same page as download links for php 5 on the php.netand > > > Zend sites is a major contributor to this problem. > > > > Doubtful. I gotta think most people who use PHP do not install it > > themselves. Those who do install it themselves are probably smart > > enough to find the older versions no matter where you hide them on the > > site. > > > > > To get PHP 5 accepted, > > > links to download earlier versions should be hidden away in some > > obsure > > > area. > > > > PHP4 does what most people need it to do. No reason to upgrade. You > > can't really fix that since there's nothing broken. > > > > What is in PHP5 that you _need_ exactly? If it's OO then there are > > much, much better places to get your OO fix. Not to mention I have > > never once had a client ask for PHP specifically, much less PHP5. I > > use PHP 5 because I want to stay current with my skills, not because I > > need language functionality that's missing in PHP4. Same with Apache > > 2, PostgreSQL 8, and MySQL 5. > > > > > > -- > > Greg Donald > > Zend Certified Engineer > > MySQL Core Certification > > http://destiney.com/ > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > -- > Hi Everyone, I am running PHP 5 on Windosws XP SP2 with MySQL5, Bye Now! -- Hi Everyone, I am running PHP 5 on Windosws XP SP2 with MySQL5, Bye Now!