hm, I should read better...

"The REQUEST_TIME value inside server now returns a floating point number"

How does it break BC except if one is doing a strong type test? which
makes very little sense in this case.

While a fix is easy, (int) casting and works with all previous
versions, I would like to know how it breaks apps out there.

On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Pierre Joye <pierre....@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi,
>
>  I don't remember a change about it and did not check the log yet.
> Would you mind to write here how it is broken please? It could help
> the discussions :)
>
> But yes, if it has changed in an incompatible way, I'd to go with a
> revert as well.
>
> Cheers,
>
> On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 11:13 AM, André Rømcke <a...@ez.no> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> a bit late to the party maybe, but why was REQUEST_TIME broken in 5.4
>> instead of adding a new parameter? (like REQUEST_MICROTIME)
>> Is the Release Process not followed yet?
>>
>>
>>   - x.y.z to x.y+1.z
>>      - (...)
>>      - Backward compatibility must be kept
>>
>> ( https://wiki.php.net/rfc/releaseprocess )
>>
>>
>> It is not a big deal (we are used to it), but it does break a couple of
>> things in for instance eZ Publish & Zeta Components which will by the
>> nature of things not be fixed before the next release.
>> Most customers will hopefully make sure the version of the software they
>> are using is tested/certified for php 5.4 before upgrading, but from
>> experience, some will not.
>>
>>
>> Other then that, happy xmas!
>
>
>
> --
> Pierre
>
> @pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org



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Pierre

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