Re[2]: [Phpwiki-talk] Re: [phpwiki-checkins] CVS: phpwiki RPC2.php,NONE,1.1

[Lawrence A. <la...@us...>]

On Tuesday, September 3, 2002, 10:27:13 PM, Joby Walker wrote:


JW> Do we want to make a policy on this?  $HTTP_SERVER_VARS is deprecated, 
JW> and thus in the future may be dropped.  On the other hand old (unsecure) 
JW> PHP installations will not support $_SERVER.  We really should use one 
JW> or the other not both.

At  the  moment,  we  have  tried  to  keep the minimum version of php
required as low as possible. I think we specify 4.0.1pl2 (or something
like that) as the minimum.

JW> Personally, I support using the $_SERVER, $_GET, etc family of 
JW> superglobals despite some possible breakage of old PHP installations, 
JW> because it is the preferred way, eventually we will probably have to 
JW> migrate to it anyway, and it is more elegant.

JW> How  many installations are on PHP < 4.1.0?

A respectable number, I think

JW> If this breakage is an
JW> issue   we   can  if  PHP  version  is  <  4.1.0  set  $_SERVER  =
JW> $HTTP_SERVER_VARS, $_COOKIE = $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS, etc.

JW> Or is the consensus to wait to convert until it is necesary?

I vote for "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"! Let's wait until we need
to change.


JW> jbw

JW> BTW - Lawrence, why are you limited to < 4.1.0?

errr .... haven't got round to upgrading my internal test server yet!