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

On 12/8/05, David Grant <david@grant.org.uk> wrote: > 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. Althou I havent tryd it yet I think it should run just fine. Adding __construct() wont help in any way since you have classname() cunstructor already - which PHP5 fallsback to if it cant find __construct(). > > >> 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/ >