Re: Re: Question about constructors and destructors

Richard Lynch wrote: > On Wed, June 28, 2006 5:07 pm, Jochem Maas wrote: >> zend.ze1_compatibility_mode is next to useless in practice for >> anything >> but the most simple php4 OO code. certainly if you are wanting to >> use php5 specific OO functionality like __destruct() you should not be >> using >> ze1_compatibility_mode. > > My understanding of ze1_compatibility_mode is: > > "Run this code as if I was using PHP4 OOP with none of PHP5 features > so I can keep my legacy app running even though I have PHP5 > installed." > > I do not think it is (nor can be) > > "Magically determine through DWIM-technology what weird mix of PHP4 > OOP and PHP5 OOP the programmer has decided should be implemented" :-) if they remarketed DWIM(tm) as OnAWhim(tm) it might catch on. > > So I suspect it would "work fine" for even complicated PHP4 OOP code, > but as soon as you expect to use a PHP5 OOP feature, results would > be... "unpredictable" > > :-) > > But that's just my understanding of what I would expect this setting > to mean. I could be way off-base. great expectations (free pun included) but my experience is that it's not a bed of roses in practice ... I get the impression the implementation of ze1_compatibility_mode is a total nightmare (and not a priority either)... that said complicated php4 OO code has a tendency to not 'work fine' even when you stick to php4 ;-) > > YMMV >