[PHP] Re: PHP4 vs PHP5

2007-04-08 Thread Colin Guthrie
Fernando Cosso wrote: > I'm sure Mambo is ready for php5. I personally prefer Joomla! which is a fork of Mambo from about a year or so ago. You may be happy with Mambo but I'd take a look at Jooma too as it may fit your needs better. It seems that the majority of community support is for Joomla an

Re: [PHP] Re: PHP4 vs PHP5

2007-04-07 Thread Travis Doherty
Robert Cummings wrote: >Or... there's some strong arming happening to force the move. PHP4 >userbase greatly outnumbers the PHP5 userbase. I think the userbase >speaks louder than the support timeframe. > >Cheers, >Rob. > > Damien Seguy's latest stats showing the adoption rates of PHP5 show wha

Re: [PHP] Re: PHP4 vs PHP5

2007-04-07 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 21:15 -0300, Yves Arsenault wrote: > Although I rarely post here (mostly lurking)... > > I would think that the mere fact that support for PHP4 ends in 8 months > should be in and of itself a strong argument for the server admins. > > In my current position, I code and am re

Re: [PHP] Re: PHP4 vs PHP5

2007-04-07 Thread Yves Arsenault
Although I rarely post here (mostly lurking)... I would think that the mere fact that support for PHP4 ends in 8 months should be in and of itself a strong argument for the server admins. In my current position, I code and am responsible for a few different servers. It's certainly a strong argu

[PHP] Re: PHP4 vs PHP5

2007-04-07 Thread itoctopus
In my opinion, it is very safe to go for PHP5 (it's been out for a long time now). Also, PHP5 has a lot of built-in functionality that you will definitely feel you're lacking in case you go for PHP4. And don't forget, PHP4 will be deprecated sooner or later (I'm sure the developers will not really

Re: [PHP] Re: php4 vs. php5

2006-02-03 Thread Paul Novitski
On 2/3/06, Keith Proctor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'd like to convert a string such as 'x5' to the number 5. At 09:10 AM 2/3/2006, Rory Browne wrote: preg_replace("/[^0-9]/", "", $x) I would expect intval to work as well, but aparently not. Rory, the RegExp you suggest will strip decima

[PHP] [PHP-INSTALL] Re: [PHP] Re: php4 vs. php5

2006-02-03 Thread Mark Galbreath
This is a no-brainer, really. From a security standpoint alone, PHP 5 is superior, but through in the OOP and there's no question. There are books written on the subject - do an amazon search. And don't forget eric's advice. mark >>> Paul Novitski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02-Feb-06 19:36 PM >>>

Re: [PHP] Re: php4 vs. php5

2006-02-03 Thread Rory Browne
On 2/3/06, Keith Proctor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I need to add two numbers together, unfortunately one of them is a > string that starts with a character. I'd like to convert a string > such as 'x5' to the number 5. Don't care about it's final type as > that isn't the hard part. :) I can't

RE: [PHP] Re: php4 vs. php5

2006-02-03 Thread Jim Moseby
> > I'm wondering if you can outline, or direct me to a resource that > explicitly notes the benefits of php5 over php4. > The main benefit I see to PHP5 over PHP4 (and one that may not be covered in the "migrating" document at php.net) is that PHP4 is going away, and that migrating from PHP4

Re: [PHP] Re: php4 vs. php5

2006-02-02 Thread Keith Proctor
I need to add two numbers together, unfortunately one of them is a string that starts with a character. I'd like to convert a string such as 'x5' to the number 5. Don't care about it's final type as that isn't the hard part. :) I can't find a function to do this. I looked in the math cl

Re: [PHP] Re: php4 vs. php5

2006-02-02 Thread Paul Novitski
At 04:09 PM 2/2/2006, Tim Burgan wrote: I'm wondering if you can outline, or direct me to a resource that explicitly notes the benefits of php5 over php4. They've got everything you need at php.net:* Appendix B. Migrating from PHP 4 to PHP 5 http://php.net/manual/en/migration5.php * to para

[PHP] Re: php4 vs. php5

2006-02-02 Thread Tim Burgan
Hi Brad Kowalczyk wrote: > Almost > all php4 code will run as expected on php5 (but not the the other way > around) and the benefits of php5 are many. I'm wondering if you can outline, or direct me to a resource that explicitly notes the benefits of php5 over php4. Thanks Tim