Re: Re: PHP4 vs PHP5

On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 21:15 -0300, Yves Arsenault wrote: > Although I rarely post here (mostly lurking)... > > I would think that the mere fact that support for PHP4 ends in 8 months > should be in and of itself a strong argument for the server admins. > > In my current position, I code and am responsible for a few different > servers. > > It's certainly a strong argument in my eyes. > > I'm also kind of surprised that with the amount of time that PHP5 has now > been out that this is still a question for some people. (not directed at you > but maybe the server admins) > > Once again, pretty strong argument is, if support for PHP4 is being > dropped..... > that must mean that there is much confidence that PHP5 is > mature enough... The above line does not follow from any kind of logical reasoning. A in no way implies B as you have ascertained from thin air. > to be the only supported version in being rolled out in > production environments. Or... there's some strong arming happening to force the move. PHP4 userbase greatly outnumbers the PHP5 userbase. I think the userbase speaks louder than the support timeframe. Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'