Daniel Macedo wrote:
>One little change in PHP5.3.10 or so wiped out a whole block of mine, and
>the fix involved a re-writing all the <?= code across many pages. Simply
>because the ISP would not switch back on short tag.
Did you really go through all code manually to change the short tags?
You should be smarter than that:
https://github.com/danorton/php_replace_short_tags/
If I had easy access to every FTP server and local copies of the code bases in
each, but we still have not rationalised what we inherited structure wise, and
the update to PHP5.3 had not even been advised for those hosting packages! I
think it was a mistake and unfortunate that the version they picked had the
short_tag regression.
But I want to get these sites BACK to '<?=' format as well since '<?php echo' is
simply wrong for the style of site and framework that they use. I'd been tidying
them up to be consistent before they blew up.
One of the reasons major versions are introduced is BC breaks, those
don't come around frequently nor are introduced lightly, and you still
go through the E_DEPRECATED > .ini setting > disabled > optional
extension, for a safe cycle.
I like to think we, as smart developers, would like to see complexity
reduced, even if we need to input a few man-hours into adapting the
old surviving masterpieces.
I've spent many DAYS on the 'strict' updates to other peoples masterpieces
So that argument is my main objection to many of these 'complexity reductions'
as the changes I am making add nothing to the functionality of these sites.
The MAIN problem here is that ISP's do not update supplied versions of PHP even
with security fixes, simply because that cause them more problems. Many of the
hosted sites I still need to move over are still on PHP5.2.? and dropping them
onto a PHP5.4 machine even with all the ini settings correct simply does not
work because they need bringing up to date to PHP5.3 first. I'm dragging my feet
moving some 100 sites off 5.2 simply because I don't know what problems it's
going to cause :(
The stepping stone approach being pushed for these sorts of changes only works
if everybody is following on the same stone. I bet 75% of sites are still on 5.2
and that moving them up to 5.4 simply would not work cleanly? At least every one
needs testing before moving them ... and that takes time ...
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