Re: PHP4 vs PHP5

Fernando Cosso wrote: > Hi > I know this topic has to be discussed several times but I have a > situation I > need some advices. > > I am working in a small company. The company does everything you need. > Computer service, sell computers, install servers, web page, etc. I am in > the web department. The guys from the server installation and that > stuff are > using a modified debian, which for default in his stable release has php4 > and apache 1.33. > I am new at the company and I have to decide what I need and what I am > going > to do. My choice is to use the CMS Mambo and make the modification > that each > client would ask. > So I've seen that php5 has a lot of cool staff, like mysqli and the > new (and > faster) object oriented thing. I would like to know if it is "safe" to > use > this version. I know that mambo use objects so I think that php5 will > do a > better job running it. I also think php5 (or php6) is the future we > can use > php4 for ever. > So whats your opinion? > Thanks > > A last comment: I apologize for my English, please let me know you didn't > understand something > What about the argument that PHP4 is dead. It's done. It's over. There is no reason anyone should be using it, less perhaps a lack of time to tweak scripts for an upgrade from 4 to 5. Even if that is the case, get to work :p "Support for PHP 4 will be dropped at the end of the year, 8 months from now. So now is the time to start upgrading all your scripts as we won't be releasing new versions after December 31st, 2007." http://derickrethans.nl/php_quebec_conference_rip_php_4.php Travis Doherty