Re: [PEPr] +1 for File Formats::File_XSPF

Hi Hannes, Hannes Magnusson wrote: > I've never said I wanted to restrict PEAR to PHP5 - just that we > should be looking forward and help out those who want to live in the > now. We shouldnt punish those who do run PHP5. I will add a PHP5 constructor, so the package should run if one ignores E_STRICT. >> That said, sure some only php4 constructs are to be avoided >> (not that I saw some in this proposal ... I did not check it :) ) > Wasnt realy my point. Its just so complicated to parse/write this in > PHP4 - piece of cake in PHP5 (which is why this package was created, > helping out those misfortunate PHP4 users? ;). > > XML in PHP4 is an disaster, not question about it. Absolutely. I dislike manipulating XML in PHP4 using the native extensions as much as anything about the language. This package -- like any PEAR package -- is designed to simplify the process of performing an defined action. Cheers, David -- David Grant http://www.grant.org.uk/