Re: Help translating PHP5 code to PHP4.

On 7 March 2011 17:29, Marc Guay <marc.guay@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Richard, > > It's not a SOAP service, and I've actually decided to have ask the > client to upgrade their server software before continuing.  But for > the sake of study: > >> Depending upon your requirement, you could use simplexml_load_string()  to convert an XML >> string into a native PHP object rather than manually parsing the text of the XML string. > > I looked up simplexml_load_string() and the manual seems to say that > it's only available in PHP5.  Can you clarify? > > Marc Ah. I see that you are trying to port TO V4 ... (Yes, simplexml is PHP5+ only). PHP4 is end of life and though I have my ZCE which was gained based upon PHP4, I've not really used it for the last many years (looking back it is probably 5 years or so). Depending upon their hosting, I would recommend one of the following options. 1 - Upgrade to PHP 5.3.5 2 - Dual install PHP 5.3.5 3 - Create a new vhost with PHP 5.3.5 I'm guessing upgrading straight away is a no-no. Running PHP4 and PHP5 SxS is very simple (I used to run PHP4 ISAPI, PHP5 CGI and PHP6-dev CGI - on the same Sambar Server - on Windows too!). The ease I had in running multiple versions of PHP on Windows would suggest it should be pretty easy to do for non-windows. Richard. -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY