Re: [Phpwebsite-developers] Version Check FYI

[George B. <gbr...@lu...>]

How far back in the phpWS versions is version_compare() available?

On 11/11/04 4:18 PM, "Steven Levin" <st...@tu...> wrote:

> I just wanted to let all third party module developers know that the
> next core version of phpwebsite will be going up to 0.10.0   What this
> means is that the old way of checking versions will no longer work and
> you encouraged to start using version_compare()
> 
> Old core version check:
> 
> if ($GLOBALS['core']->version < "0.9.3-2") {
>   echo "You must upgrade to version 0.9.3-2 or greater to install this
> module.";
> }
> 
> This should be updated to:
> 
> if (version_compare($GLOBALS['core']->version, "0.9.3-2") < 0) {
>   echo "You must upgrade to version 0.9.3-2 or greater to install this
> module.";
> }
> 
> You should also start using version_compare() in your update.php files
> if you are going to follow the X.X.X version scheme.
> 
> Thanks to rhalff and rizzo for their help with this issue.

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