Re: RFC: unicode.semantics: runtime or not?

On 06/09/06, Lukas Kahwe Smith <lsmith@php.net> wrote:

Well to me its still not clear how much code will remain working with PHP6 given the confusing situation about E_STRICT, deprecation, OO purity-changes. Maybe its more feasible to work on making it easier for people to run different PHP versions on the same host. I am sure Sara has some ideas :) regards, Lukas

Because unicode _IS_ such a big thing, it is REALLY important to get clear direction and documentation on best practises on how to configure and use the new features. Education is by far a better solution to get new features adopted. I would prefer there to be no option for PHP6 with regard to unicode. PHP6 is the unicode version of PHP. If you want a non-unicode, then stick with PHP5. Maybe this _IS_ to severe, in which case announce that in PHP7, unicode is non-optional and see what issues we have with making it optional for PHP6. It may be that making unicode optional will be no hassle and we can allow it on a perdir basis. -- ----- Richard Quadling Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&amp;r=213474731 "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!"