Re: [PHP] Obsession with BC, take 2

2005-10-17 Thread Richard Lynch
On Fri, October 14, 2005 5:18 pm, GamblerZG wrote: >>>The second one is by using two >>>different >>>apache modules. It *does not break anything*, but it's a pain to >>>setup. >>> >>>Judging sheerly by functionality and compatibility the second ways >>> is >>>better. >>> >>>However, judging from wh

Re: [PHP] Obsession with BC, take 2

2005-10-14 Thread GamblerZG
The second one is by using two different apache modules. It *does not break anything*, but it's a pain to setup. Judging sheerly by functionality and compatibility the second ways is better. However, judging from what I know about PHP, nobody tries to make that way easier, because everybody assu

Re: [PHP] Obsession with BC, take 2

2005-10-14 Thread Richard Lynch
On Thu, October 13, 2005 7:07 pm, GamblerZG wrote: > Richard Lynch wrote: > >> PHP developers assume that PHP5 will be frequently used to parse > PHP4 > >> scripts. Why? > > Because that's how the real world works. > > "The real world" works that way because, as you just said, installing > 2 > p

Re[2]: [PHP] Obsession with BC, take 2

2005-10-13 Thread Richard Davey
Hi, Friday, October 14, 2005, 1:07:04 AM, you wrote: > Let me get it straight. There are two ways of running PHP four and > five on one server. First one is by using five's compatibility mode, > and it breaks some of the old scripts. The second one is by using > two different apache modules. It *

Re: [PHP] Obsession with BC, take 2

2005-10-13 Thread GamblerZG
Richard Lynch wrote: >> PHP developers assume that PHP5 will be frequently used to parse PHP4 >> scripts. Why? > Because that's how the real world works. "The real world" works that way because, as you just said, installing 2 php modules side by side is a "great deal of system administration".

Re: [PHP] Obsession with BC, take 2

2005-10-13 Thread Richard Lynch
On Wed, October 12, 2005 4:31 pm, GamblerZG wrote: > Since nobody ansvered the real question my previous message, I will > re-phrase it. > > PHP developers assume that PHP5 will be frequently used to parse PHP4 > scripts. Why? Because that's how the real world works. Somebody installs PHP5 on a s

Re: [PHP] Obsession with BC, take 2

2005-10-12 Thread Oliver Grätz
Robert Cummings schrieb: > You can use separate engines. The topic has been addresses many times > already. Set up a second instance of apache and use the ProxyPass system > to pass control from the primary apache server to a PHP5 enabled apache > server. I always thought this complexity is why pe

Re: [PHP] Obsession with BC, take 2

2005-10-12 Thread GamblerZG
Robert Cummings wrote: On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 17:31, GamblerZG wrote: Since nobody ansvered the real question my previous message, I will re-phrase it. PHP developers assume that PHP5 will be frequently used to parse PHP4 scripts. Why? And what's so horrible about using separate engines to ru

Re: [PHP] Obsession with BC, take 2

2005-10-12 Thread Robert Cummings
On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 17:31, GamblerZG wrote: > Since nobody ansvered the real question my previous message, I will > re-phrase it. > > PHP developers assume that PHP5 will be frequently used to parse PHP4 > scripts. Why? And what's so horrible about using separate engines to run > php 4 and 5

[PHP] Obsession with BC, take 2

2005-10-12 Thread GamblerZG
Since nobody ansvered the real question my previous message, I will re-phrase it. PHP developers assume that PHP5 will be frequently used to parse PHP4 scripts. Why? And what's so horrible about using separate engines to run php 4 and 5 scripts? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.ne