[Phpwebsite-developers] php 4.1

[Matthew M. <ma...@tu...>]

Ok, I have read the changes and I like them. The fact that the new
variables are global in scope automatically is very cool. But obviously, as
everyone has pointed out, taking advantage of these new tools is not
backward compatible.

My opinion is that we not take advantage of them yet unless there is a
version check with a work around. Heck, people still write us on why we
don't support php 3.x =P. If we can, add the new functionality in after
fixing the compatibility but put the version check and the proper execution
in a function in the mainfile so it will be easy for other developers to
make the change.

Since we won't be leaving 0.8.x for a little while, I don't think forcing
people to upgrade in this version would fly. When we go to 0.9.1, it will
be easier to tell people they need to upgrade and we can make it the
standard.

In the meantime, we'll try to get 4.1 here so we can test.

Anyone else?

Matt

Matthew McNaney
Internet Systems Architect
Electronic Student Services
Email: ma...@tu...
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