You can use the HTTP_*_VARS for now, but they are depreciated. They will work right now on most any version of PHP.
I would just maintain two different versions, one for PHP 4.2+ and one for earlier versions. Sure, it's a little more of a pain...though... ---John Holmes... > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Troup [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 7:46 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] PHP 4.2 > > I've written a small freeware script that gets installed on a variety of > different platforms running various PHP versions. > > I've read through the manual about the super global arrays and how post > and > get vars are no longer registered by default, but am confused about when > it > would be a good idea to "upgrade" the script. > > If I change everything in the script and use $_GET and $_POST etc. then > those people who are still using earlier versions won't be able to > upgrade. > > Does anyone know what the uptake of the latest version is? What is > everyone > else doing about this? If I were developing for one client it wouldn't be > a > problem as obviously you'd know what you were developing for. > > I'd just like some feedback on when would be a good time to upgrade the > scripts while causing the minimum disruption and maintaining maximum happy > users. > > Thanks > > Zim > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
