Re: WARNING: get_class() is case-sensitive in PHP 5

On 14 Jan 2004 at 17:30, Greg Beaver wrote: > Any package that uses get_class() to check on the type of object (this > includes PEAR) is broken in HEAD of PHP 5, simply because all PEAR > classes have upper-case in them. All calls to get_class() must be > wrapped in strtolower() to work in both php 4 and php 5. > > This will not be changing, simply because DOM and other extensions > need a case-sensitive get_class(), and it's a good idea. It's too bad > it wasn't included in 4.x > > This means that literally no package in PEAR will work in both PHP 5 > and PHP 4 that uses PEAR::isError(), until a PEAR release with the fix > is rolled. > > There are two solutions: > > 1) update every package and force a new release > 2) get PEAR 1.3 out the door, add channels to PEAR core, and get 1.4 > out the door before PHP 5 goes stable, and have a separate channel for > any package release that is verified to be compatible with PHP 5. > > It would be good to do #1 no matter what. #1 is needed for the packages using get_class, right? Those should soon take care of the problem - agreed. And #2 is also true from my view. How far has the beta of 1.3 stabilised up to now - is a 1.3 final to be expected soon? And has the pear-group agreed upon any attitude towords channels etc.? (I surely believe Greg already has the patches waiting in his pockets already *g*) Regards, Stefan