chris# wrote: > Sebastian Mendel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> chris# wrote: >>> I think that same analogy applies to both versions of PHP - one version >>> is >>> more suitable for one thing (your choice(s) here), and vise-a-versa. Or; >>> while PHP5 allows you to manifest functionality, PHP4 allows you to tack >>> it on. >> i don't think so ... PHP 5 is always the better choice ... cause PHP 4 >> development has stopped and support will end and you will get no more >> security update after 2008-08-08(?) > > Does that somehow make it any less the language it is already?
yes, cause the reason why PHP 4 is still out there is that some applications require PHP 4 and will not run on PHP 5 - so doing a PHP 4 only application or not fixing this application to run on PHP 5 hurts the whole community! cause PHP core developers need to maintain PHP 4 PHP developers need to maintain PHP 4 compatibility in their applications hurting the whole community is a very good reason to stop using PHP4 or creating/not updating applications running only on them > Your response seems confusing to me. i don't want to protract this discussion ... but it just make no sense to develop for PHP 4! and there are really no reasons to do so! except the fact to maintain compatibility for old PHP 4 servers and exactly this it is what all this discussion is about, stop the requirement for developers to keep PHP 4 compatibility. the question is not what PHP 4 is good for - the question is is it really required to keep it at all costs? -- Sebastian Mendel www.sebastianmendel.de -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
