I for one have on at least 2 occasions had my hide saved by cakephp's php4 support. On both occasions, I discovered that the target server was php4. Before my cakephp days this kind of a thing could have taken days or weeks to fix! With cake, a quick search and replace and we were set. --
Nathan Garza AshLeaf Media | Director of Technology Innovations _________________________________________________________ www.ashleafmedia.com | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 832.514.5726 On 5/29/07, Chris Hartjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 5/29/07, R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That guy needs PHP4, this host needs PHP4, but no one is saying > > that I need a PHP4 support. This is the same scenario happened when > > PHP4 is released. It's always better to move upwards whether it's PHP > > or CakePHP (how many people are going to stick to 1.1 for instance?) > > > > Again, you're missing the point. CakePHP runs just fine on PHP 5. > There is nothing stopping you from using PHP 5's new stuff with > CakePHP. Sadly, many people are reluctant to upgrade to PHP 4 for > reasons to do with hosting (scared to switch) or comfort level (scared > that they won't understand PHP 5). My boss feels that CakePHP suffers > because it has to support PHP 4 and that somehow it can't compete > against Zend Framework because it's PHP 5 only. This is, of course, a > load of shit. > > So, I put the following to you: provide an example of where CakePHP > is being held back by having to support PHP 4 or shut the hell up > about it. Documented proof would be nice, not just personal opinion. > > Even if all you do is move your existing app to PHP 5, you will see a > benefit in performance. It has been my own personal experience that > the only apps that might have to be tweaked to run under PHP are those > doing weird stuff with PHP 4's object model. I run WordPress for my > blogs, which is supposedly a PHP 4 only application, with PHP 5. > Haven't run into any problems yet. > > -- > Chris Hartjes > > My motto for 2007: "Just build it, damnit!" > > @TheBallpark - http://www.littlehart.net/attheballpark > @TheKeyboard - http://www.littlehart.net/atthekeyboard > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
