Eric Stadtherr wrote:
Hans,
I'm not sure about other platforms, but MacOS X is currently shipped
with PHP4:
% php -v
PHP 4.4.1 (cli) (built: Apr 3 2006 22:18:26)
Copyright (c) 1997-2004 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2004 Zend Technologies
I'm sure other MacOS users would appreciate PHP 4 compatibility until
this changes (even though I typically still build my own version so I
can add modules). Is PHP 5 becoming more of a standard?
On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 07:27:05 -0400, Hans L wrote:
Hi -
I'm very impressed with roundcube and would like to suggest it as our
replacement webbmail platform at work. Great project!
I was wondering whether there is any interest in a PHP 5.1-only version
of this software. I would be very willing to help port the software to
PHP5, using exceptions, PDO, etc., since I will most probably be doing
an in-depth code review anyway. Is there any interest in a PHP5-only
branch? From a developer perspective, I think it makes for a
significantly more debuggable & maintainable (and, in some ways, secure)
codebase, but I understand there also are (a lot) of folks still running
PHP4. (Not sure if many roundcube users are also running PHP4?)
Regards -
Hans
It's already PHP 5 ready... look at the source code. You've got the
PHP5 OO class layout with __construct and such. The only thing it
doesn't have is the "public" or "private" spaces for functions and
variables.
Also, since PHP5 is such a waste (as PHP6 will come out soon enough in
like '07-ish) there's no need to do it. RC is much better to be as
compatible as possible (which it is now) with most versions of PHP
rather than funneling down to only one version, and having two separate
code bases for the same project.
What you're asking just isn't feasible. I'm sure that if you wanted to
make your own installation PHP5 only, that's fine, but for RC
distribution purposes, it should be 4/5 compatible and not one or the
other. But that's just my opinion.
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