PHP 5 or PHP 4 compatible codes

[R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah]

Kinda OT. I haven't yet moved to PHP5. But, interested to know how
many of you _really_ started using it or moved? Are you doing any
compatible tweaks specifically for PHP 5 (forward compatible) or PHP 4
(backward compatible)?

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[Berislav Lopac]

R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah wrote:

Kinda OT. I haven't yet moved to PHP5. But, interested to know how
many of you _really_ started using it or moved? Are you doing any
compatible tweaks specifically for PHP 5 (forward compatible) or PHP 4
(backward compatible)?

Basically, if you code for PHP4, it will work in PHP5. However, if you wish
to take advantage of the full PHP5 abilities, scrap backward compatibility.

Berislav

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[R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah]

"Berislav Lopac" <be************@dimedia.hr> wrote in message news:<cd**********@ls219.htnet.hr>...

R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah wrote:

Kinda OT. I haven't yet moved to PHP5. But, interested to know how
many of you _really_ started using it or moved? Are you doing any
compatible tweaks specifically for PHP 5 (forward compatible) or PHP 4
(backward compatible)?

Basically, if you code for PHP4, it will work in PHP5. However, if you wish
to take advantage of the full PHP5 abilities, scrap backward compatibility.

So, are you writing codes with any compatibility care?

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[Savut]

You should consider compatibility if you distribute your software as very
few web servers are migrated to PHP5, which is still not recommended for
production server at this stage. If you own your own server, I dont see any
need to do so.

Savut
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R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah wrote:

> Kinda OT. I haven't yet moved to PHP5. But, interested to know how
> many of you _really_ started using it or moved? Are you doing any
> compatible tweaks specifically for PHP 5 (forward compatible) or PHP 4
> (backward compatible)?

Basically, if you code for PHP4, it will work in PHP5. However, if you
wish
to take advantage of the full PHP5 abilities, scrap backward
compatibility.

So, are you writing codes with any compatibility care?

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[Berislav Lopac]

Savut wrote:

"R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah" <ng**********@rediffmail.com> wrote in message
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R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah wrote:
Kinda OT. I haven't yet moved to PHP5. But, interested to know how
many of you _really_ started using it or moved? Are you doing any
compatible tweaks specifically for PHP 5 (forward compatible) or
PHP 4 (backward compatible)?

Basically, if you code for PHP4, it will work in PHP5. However, if
you wish
to take advantage of the full PHP5 abilities, scrap backward
compatibility.

So, are you writing codes with any compatibility care?

--

Just another PHP saint |

Email: rrjanbiah-at-Y!com

You should consider compatibility if you distribute your software as
very few web servers are migrated to PHP5, which is still not
recommended for production server at this stage. If you own your own
server, I dont see any need to do so.

Savut
http://www.savut.com

This is a good advice. For the time being, use PHP5 only when your
application is to be run on a server that you have complete control over,
and even then only for non-critical applications. I have PHP5 on my own dev
computer both at home and ad work, and am testing its details and features,
but all our applications are still developed in PHP4. But when the Great
Switch To PHP5 (TM) comes, I'll have a head start.

Berislav

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[Andy Hassall]

On 18 Jul 2004 23:23:27 -0700, ng**********@rediffmail.com (R. Rajesh Jeba
Anbiah) wrote:

Kinda OT. I haven't yet moved to PHP5. But, interested to know how
many of you _really_ started using it or moved? Are you doing any
compatible tweaks specifically for PHP 5 (forward compatible) or PHP 4
(backward compatible)?

I've only done very brief testing (an hour or two) on the 5.0.0 release, and
got Mysterious Crashes when using Oracle. Probably just teething troubles, but
it's put me off for the moment until I get a bit more time to trace it back.

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[Zurab Davitiani]

Berislav Lopac wrote:

Basically, if you code for PHP4, it will work in PHP5. However, if you
wish to take advantage of the full PHP5 abilities, scrap backward
compatibility.

One of the things you need to be careful of is not to depend on passing by
value. In PHP4 if you pass an object and modify it, a copy is modified. If
you run that code in PHP5 it will modify the original variable and that may
not be a desired effect if you depended on that variable later on in your
PHP4 script.

One way to improve PHP5 compatibility is to avoid depending on passing
objects by value; if you do pass an object in PHP4, make sure the function
you are passing it to has a '&' in front of the argument, so that you are
sure you are working on a reference.

[R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah]

Andy Hassall <an**@andyh.co.uk> wrote in message news:<pd********************************@4ax.com>. ..
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I've only done very brief testing (an hour or two) on the 5.0.0 release, and
got Mysterious Crashes when using Oracle. Probably just teething troubles, but
it's put me off for the moment until I get a bit more time to trace it back.

So, this force us to write forward compatible codes?

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[Savut]

"R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah" <ng**********@rediffmail.com> wrote in message
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Andy Hassall <an**@andyh.co.uk> wrote in message
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I've only done very brief testing (an hour or two) on the 5.0.0 release,
and
got Mysterious Crashes when using Oracle. Probably just teething
troubles, but
it's put me off for the moment until I get a bit more time to trace it
back.

So, this force us to write forward compatible codes?

This mean PHP5 still has lot of bugs
I dont have any problem with PHP5 and Oracle 9 on Linux

Savut
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