Re: RIP PHP 4?

David Coallier schrieb: > On 7/11/07, Tijnema <tijnema@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 7/11/07, Jeff Griffiths <jeffg@activestate.com> wrote: >> > chris# wrote: >> > > On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:30:26 -0500, Larry Garfield >> <larry@garfieldtech.com> wrote: >> > ... >> > >> The claim that is still repeated >> > >> that one "has to" rewrite everything to be OO in order to port to >> PHP 5 >> > >> is, >> > >> quite simply, FUD. >> > >> > > True. But then again, what's the point of using 5 if you're not >> inclined, or >> > > have the need to write OO apps? It is simply alot of wasted >> language/ space >> > > and resources, as a whole. Hey! I don't need OO and I've already >> got PHP4 >> > > installed. Why bother with 5 at all? >> > >> > There are a number of nice features in PHP5 that have nothing to do >> with >> > actually creating your own classes or extending built-ins, such as (off >> > the top of my head): >> > >> > - file_get_contents() >> PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5 >> >> > - simplexml / DOM parsing / libxml2 >> > - json_encode|decode >> JSON PECL extension can be installed for PHP >= 4.3.0 >> >> > - stable APC >> > - SPL >> > - PDO ( although you can get it for 4.4, you can't depend on it being >> > there ) >> > - backwards compatibility with lots of procedural PHP4 code =) >> > >> > If you're writing an app that does a lot of json or xml parsing or >> > output, *even if you don't use the class keyword anywhere in your own >> > code* PHP5 is a better language than PHP4. Drupal is a great example of >> > this because even though Drupal doesn't use classes, many Drupal devs >> > want to use PHP5 features in Drupal core. Right Larry? >> > >> > JeffG >> >> Except for the OO, I don't see anything that can't be done in PHP4, >> while it can be done in PHP5. Some workarounds are maybe needed, but >> it mostly doesn't require more than 10 lines of PHP code extra. >> > > file_put_contents (Probably the one you meant Jeff) > http_build_query > xslt* (yeah.. not xslt2.. still ;-) ) > streams (good ones) > > There are so many functions that have changed... here: > http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/pear/PHP_Compat/Compat/Function/ better look here http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/pear/PHP_Compat/Compat/Components.php?view=markup and this includes only these ones that can be rebuild in user space ... and native they are much faster! -- Sebastian Mendel www.sebastianmendel.de