Re: [SMARTY-DEV] problems with PHP5

>> PHP5-cvs results in a fatal error when $this is used as a variable >> outside any class, even if the file is going to be included inside a >> class... otherwise php5-cvs is backward compatible, the rules are >> just more strict. > > WHAT?! That's... WHAT! > Hope they change that Really? To what? The same as PHP4 behaviour? I was shocked when I learned that PHP4 allowed you to use $this as a "normal" var. PHP does a lot of dumb things and breaks many long-cherished tenents of CS but that one was really galling. Is it a special variable or not? Of course it is, so of course you should only be able to use it as such. There is a huge wtf factor when running across code that uses $this in situations where it is *not* a special var. xo boots __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com