Re: PHP information....

On November 28, 2001 01:30 pm, Dave Crawford wrote: > Greetings, > > I am not quite sure how to go about this, so I have decided to start by > contacting the webmaster of the PHP.net site. I am in the middle of > developing an online tool that will check the PHP-version dependency of PHP > scripts... Basically a an online tool that will read through your code, > chew out function names, and compare the function name to when that > function was added to PHP. The highest PHP-version value is saved, and > returned. So the output could be that "your code requires version 4.0.4 of > PHP, here is why..." and it would list the "red flagged" functions that it > found which have only just recently been added to PHP. This is handy for > people developing freeware CGI scripts, as it will allow them to create > scripts that are better supported by older versions of PHP, but it will > also allow them to post a conclusive requirement for the PHP-version needed > to run their script... > > Writing the tool is the easy part, what I lack is the database of function > names, and the version of PHP that they were introduced in. I noticed that > each function description page on the PHP.net site has this information for > both php3 and php4... I was wondering if it would be possible for someone > to take a few minutes, and create a simple query to produce a text file > which contains the function name, php3 version and php4 version that it was > introduced in; current for PHP4.0.6. The actual format of the text file is > irrelevant, as long as it is consistent I will be able to reformat it > easily for use within my own application... > > So essentially I'm asking for a favour, please pass this around until it > has reached the hands of someone that might be able to help me, as any help > gathering this information would be much appreciated. There is a complete list of every PHP function along with when it was added at http://zugeschaut-und-mitgebaut.de/php/ :) -- Zak Greant PHP Quality Assurance Team http://qa.php.net/ "We must be the change we wish to see." - M. K. Ghandi