-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hey, [snip] > If any script shall be executeable on such an old PHP release, this method > sounds really good. But, for security reasons i would prefer to ship this > in an extra script, which the user has explicitly to include (Maybe just > paranoia)...[/snip] umm....you'd have to include that line at the top of every function that uses get(or any of the other) vars(scoping reasons) or somehow pass it via a reference to the function. I've always added the line at the top. [snip] > Hmm, anyway it would be better to force those old versions to be updated - > since 1) there was a lot of security changes/updates and other bug fixes 2) > new functions have been developed in more recent versions. i.e. executing > stored procedures on MSSQL. I think, this will force people much more to > update. Wouldn't it be better to force them now, than provide backward > compatibility for _new_ scripts?[/snip] Thats if the user has the option to upgrade - some system admin don't like to do their job...I know of quite a few isps still running 4.0.6:( ~Paul
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