Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-26 Thread Joseph Crawford
+1 On 7/6/07, Derick Rethans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ladies, Gentlemen, Kings and Princesses, With the nice PHP 5 / PHP 6 unicode semantics thread under way I am trying to gauge what people feel about dropping support for PHP 4 at the end of this year. That does not mean that we will not fix

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-26 Thread Darrell Brogdon
+1 On Jul 26, 2007, at 3:53 PM, Joseph Crawford wrote: +1 On 7/6/07, Derick Rethans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ladies, Gentlemen, Kings and Princesses, With the nice PHP 5 / PHP 6 unicode semantics thread under way I am trying to gauge what people feel about dropping support for PHP 4 at

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-13 Thread Jani Taskinen
Do that on some other list please. --Jani On Fri, 2007-07-13 at 12:44 +0200, Marco wrote: Hi All Now the announcement is on php.net should we start looking for volunteers to help increase the amount of knowledge available for developers looking at upgrading their code to PHP 5? Should I

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-13 Thread Marco
Hi All Now the announcement is on php.net should we start looking for volunteers to help increase the amount of knowledge available for developers looking at upgrading their code to PHP 5? Should I start a new thread to look for volunteers? I for one am happy to help write some documentation in

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-13 Thread Sebastian Mendel
chris# wrote: Sebastian Mendel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: chris# wrote: I think that same analogy applies to both versions of PHP - one version is more suitable for one thing (your choice(s) here), and vise-a-versa. Or; while PHP5 allows you to manifest functionality, PHP4 allows you to tack

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-13 Thread chris#
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:43:57 +0200, Sebastian Mendel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: chris# wrote: Sebastian Mendel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: chris# wrote: I think that same analogy applies to both versions of PHP - one version is more suitable for one thing (your choice(s) here), and

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-13 Thread Anton C. Swartz IV
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Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-12 Thread Lester Caine
Tijnema wrote: Yes, that's what I meant to say, they can be implemented on top of, just like the above mentioned json, it is implemented on top of too. But, that means that a regular PHP programmer doesn't need PHP5 for his scripts (except for OO if they want). Do you think it matters to them if

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-12 Thread Sebastian Mendel
David Coallier schrieb: On 7/11/07, Tijnema [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/11/07, Jeff Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: chris# wrote: On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:30:26 -0500, Larry Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... The claim that is still repeated that one has to rewrite everything

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-12 Thread chris#
On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:18:17 -0400, David Coallier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/11/07, Tijnema [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/11/07, Jeff Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: chris# wrote: On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:30:26 -0500, Larry Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... The claim that

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-12 Thread Sebastian Mendel
chris# schrieb: On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:18:17 -0400, David Coallier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/11/07, Tijnema [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/11/07, Jeff Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: chris# wrote: On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:30:26 -0500, Larry Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-12 Thread Jani Taskinen
On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 11:04 +0200, Sebastian Mendel wrote: i don't think so ... PHP 5 is always the better choice ... cause PHP 4 development has stopped and support will end and you will get no more security update after 2008-08-08(?) Actually this has been the de-facto state of PHP 4 for a

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-12 Thread Tijnema
On 7/12/07, David Coallier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/11/07, Tijnema [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/11/07, Jeff Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: chris# wrote: On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:30:26 -0500, Larry Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... The claim that is still repeated that

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-12 Thread chris#
On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:13:07 +0100, Lester Caine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tijnema wrote: Yes, that's what I meant to say, they can be implemented on top of, just like the above mentioned json, it is implemented on top of too. But, that means that a regular PHP programmer doesn't need PHP5

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-12 Thread chris#
On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:04:53 +0200, Sebastian Mendel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: chris# schrieb: On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:18:17 -0400, David Coallier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/11/07, Tijnema [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/11/07, Jeff Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: chris# wrote: On

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-12 Thread Lester Caine
chris# wrote: Something just occurred to me that might satisfy both sides of the issue. What about the way Apache handles their versions of Apache (1.x and 2.x). That is to say; they haven't abandoned 1.3 (no surprise, as I think it still has the biggest install base). They simply maintain

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-12 Thread Marco
Something just occurred to me that might satisfy both sides of the issue. What about the way Apache handles their versions of Apache (1.x and 2.x). That is to say; they haven't abandoned 1.3 (no surprise, as I think it still has the biggest install base). They simply maintain security related

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-12 Thread chris#
On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:51:39 +0100, Lester Caine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: chris# wrote: Something just occurred to me that might satisfy both sides of the issue. What about the way Apache handles their versions of Apache (1.x and 2.x). That is to say; they haven't abandoned 1.3 (no

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-12 Thread Tijnema
On 7/12/07, David Coallier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/12/07, Tijnema [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/12/07, David Coallier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/11/07, Tijnema [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/11/07, Jeff Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: chris# wrote: On Tue, 10 Jul 2007

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-11 Thread Derick Rethans
On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Pierre wrote: On 7/10/07, Derick Rethans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Pierre wrote: On 7/9/07, Derick Rethans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 6 Jul 2007, Andi Gutmans wrote: I'd suggest something close to what Rasmus suggested: a) We

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-11 Thread Pierre
On 7/10/07, Derick Rethans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Pierre wrote: On 7/9/07, Derick Rethans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 6 Jul 2007, Andi Gutmans wrote: I'd suggest something close to what Rasmus suggested: a) We make a clear statement on PHP.net that at the

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-11 Thread Marco
Almost, I want to change the 2nd paragraph to: Hereby the PHP development team announces that support for PHP 4 will continue until the end of this year only. After 2007-12-31 there will be no more releases of PHP 4.4. We will continue to make critical security fixes available on a

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-11 Thread Stut
Sebastian Mendel wrote: Guilherme Blanco schrieb: Have you ever asked yourselves... why? why PHP5's adoption is so bad? it was badly advertised! most people don't even know how much faster it is! Is it really faster? From what I've read over the past few years the general opinion is that

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-11 Thread Lukas Kahwe Smith
On 11.07.2007, at 14:06, Sebastian Mendel wrote: +1 Guilherme Blanco schrieb: Have you ever asked yourselves... why? why PHP5's adoption is so bad? it was badly advertised! most people don't even know how much faster it is! to say nothing about of all the new features not known by most

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-11 Thread David Coallier
On 7/11/07, Lukas Kahwe Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11.07.2007, at 14:06, Sebastian Mendel wrote: +1 Guilherme Blanco schrieb: Have you ever asked yourselves... why? why PHP5's adoption is so bad? it was badly advertised! most people don't even know how much faster it is! to

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-11 Thread Lukas Kahwe Smith
On 11.07.2007, at 15:11, David Coallier wrote: On 7/11/07, Lukas Kahwe Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11.07.2007, at 14:06, Sebastian Mendel wrote: +1 Guilherme Blanco schrieb: Have you ever asked yourselves... why? why PHP5's adoption is so bad? it was badly advertised! most

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-11 Thread Derick Rethans
On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: On 11.07.2007, at 14:06, Sebastian Mendel wrote: Guilherme Blanco schrieb: Have you ever asked yourselves... why? why PHP5's adoption is so bad? it was badly advertised! most people don't even know how much faster it is! to

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-11 Thread Sebastian Mendel
Stut schrieb: Sebastian Mendel wrote: Guilherme Blanco schrieb: Have you ever asked yourselves... why? why PHP5's adoption is so bad? it was badly advertised! most people don't even know how much faster it is! Is it really faster? From what I've read over the past few years the ^^

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-11 Thread Jeff Griffiths
chris# wrote: On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:30:26 -0500, Larry Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... The claim that is still repeated that one has to rewrite everything to be OO in order to port to PHP 5 is, quite simply, FUD. True. But then again, what's the point of using 5 if you're not

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-11 Thread chris#
On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:06:02 +0200, Sebastian Mendel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: +1 Guilherme Blanco schrieb: Have you ever asked yourselves... why? why PHP5's adoption is so bad? it was badly advertised! Can't argue with that. :) most people don't even know how much faster it is!

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-11 Thread chris#
On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:12:35 -0700, Jeff Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: chris# wrote: On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:30:26 -0500, Larry Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... The claim that is still repeated that one has to rewrite everything to be OO in order to port to PHP 5 is, quite

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-11 Thread Tijnema
On 7/11/07, Jeff Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: chris# wrote: On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:30:26 -0500, Larry Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... The claim that is still repeated that one has to rewrite everything to be OO in order to port to PHP 5 is, quite simply, FUD. True. But then

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-11 Thread Jeff Griffiths
Tijnema wrote: On 7/11/07, Jeff Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... - file_get_contents() PHP 4 = 4.3.0, PHP 5 D'oh! Thanks for the history lesson. - simplexml / DOM parsing / libxml2 - json_encode|decode JSON PECL extension can be installed for PHP = 4.3.0 It *can* be, but it is

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-11 Thread Tijnema
On 7/12/07, Jeff Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tijnema wrote: On 7/11/07, Jeff Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... - file_get_contents() PHP 4 = 4.3.0, PHP 5 D'oh! Thanks for the history lesson. ;) - simplexml / DOM parsing / libxml2 - json_encode|decode JSON PECL

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-11 Thread Jeff Griffiths
Richard Lynch wrote: On Wed, July 11, 2007 4:40 pm, Tijnema wrote: Except for the OO, I don't see anything that can't be done in PHP4, while it can be done in PHP5. Some workarounds are maybe needed, but it mostly doesn't require more than 10 lines of PHP code extra. The SOAP / XML stuff is

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-11 Thread Richard Lynch
On Wed, July 11, 2007 7:48 pm, Jeff Griffiths wrote: Richard Lynch wrote: On Wed, July 11, 2007 4:40 pm, Tijnema wrote: Except for the OO, I don't see anything that can't be done in PHP4, while it can be done in PHP5. Some workarounds are maybe needed, but it mostly doesn't require more than

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-11 Thread David Coallier
On 7/11/07, Tijnema [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/11/07, Jeff Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: chris# wrote: On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:30:26 -0500, Larry Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... The claim that is still repeated that one has to rewrite everything to be OO in order to port to

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-11 Thread Robert Cummings
On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 19:54 -0500, Richard Lynch wrote: On Wed, July 11, 2007 7:48 pm, Jeff Griffiths wrote: Richard Lynch wrote: On Wed, July 11, 2007 4:40 pm, Tijnema wrote: Except for the OO, I don't see anything that can't be done in PHP4, while it can be done in PHP5. Some

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-11 Thread Larry Garfield
On Wednesday 11 July 2007, Jeff Griffiths wrote: If you're writing an app that does a lot of json or xml parsing or output, *even if you don't use the class keyword anywhere in your own code* PHP5 is a better language than PHP4. Drupal is a great example of this because even though Drupal

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-10 Thread chris#
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:52:27 -0500, Larry Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 09 July 2007, chris# wrote: OK. I can't help but notice the overall underwhelming reception to PHP5 (mostly by ISP's). Which begs the question /why/? Shouldn't /that/ be the question? Or maybe I should

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-10 Thread Derick Rethans
On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Pierre wrote: On 7/9/07, Derick Rethans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 6 Jul 2007, Andi Gutmans wrote: I'd suggest something close to what Rasmus suggested: a) We make a clear statement on PHP.net that at the end of the year we plan to discontinue bug fixes

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-10 Thread chris#
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:56:16 -0500, Larry Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 09 July 2007, chris# wrote: I will venture to say that the biggest issue was; no transition period. That is to say that PHP4 and PHP5 are two completely different creatures. There was no morphing

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-10 Thread chris#
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:34:12 +0200 (CEST), Derick Rethans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Pierre wrote: On 7/9/07, Derick Rethans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 6 Jul 2007, Andi Gutmans wrote: I'd suggest something close to what Rasmus suggested: a) We make a clear

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-10 Thread Alain Williams
On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 01:09:35AM -0700, chris# wrote: No offense, I can't resist... Neither can I: p Today has been exactly three years since PHP 5 was released. In those three years it has seen many improvements over PHP 4. PHP 5 is fast, stable production-ready and as PHP 6

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-10 Thread Marco
My 2 cents... p As of XX-XX-2007, it will have been 3 years since the release of PHP 5. In these 3 years many improvements have been implemented over PHP 4 and PHP 5 can now be considered fast, stable amp; production ready. With PHP 6 in active development PHP 4 development will now be

RE: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-10 Thread Andi Gutmans
Mailing List Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4? On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Pierre wrote: On 7/9/07, Derick Rethans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 6 Jul 2007, Andi Gutmans wrote: I'd suggest something close to what Rasmus suggested: a) We make a clear statement on PHP.net that at the end

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-10 Thread Larry Garfield
On Tuesday 10 July 2007, chris# wrote: Better docs on how to run PHP 4 and PHP 5 at the same time would likely be helpful, and someone is working on that for GoPHP5.org, I think. However, your claim that you have millions... of lines of code that have to be nearly completely rewritten

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-10 Thread chris#
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:30:26 -0500, Larry Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 10 July 2007, chris# wrote: Better docs on how to run PHP 4 and PHP 5 at the same time would likely be helpful, and someone is working on that for GoPHP5.org, I think. However, your claim that you

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread Cristian Rodriguez
On 7/9/07, Pierre [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's the ideal world. Unfortunately yes. They should really not use it anymore but they can and they will. No matter what we do. Right. Some Linux distributors will certainly take care of php5 for an even longer period. Yes, about 6 or 7

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread Richard Lynch
With the benefit of a lot of reading in this thread... And not sure my vote even counts. +1 PHP4 link to museum +1 Announce ASAP security fixes only until 8/8/8 It is not abandoning users, at this point, to do this, imho. They've had years to switch to PHP 5. They've got another years' worth

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread chris#
-1 On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 16:32:50 +0200 (CEST), Derick Rethans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ladies, Gentlemen, Kings and Princesses, With the nice PHP 5 / PHP 6 unicode semantics thread under way I am trying to gauge what people feel about dropping support for PHP 4 at the end of this year.

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread boots
On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 16:32:50 +0200 (CEST), Derick Rethans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ladies, Gentlemen, Kings and Princesses, With the nice PHP 5 / PHP 6 unicode semantics thread under way I am trying to gauge what people feel about dropping support for PHP 4 at the end of this year.

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread chris#
On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:30:06 +0300, Jani Taskinen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nevermind the wording, just as soon as we just put a notice on php.net that the end is near, prepare yourselves the sooner hosting companies, etc. realize the end is really near.. :) I'd be more for dropping all

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread chris#
On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:53:58 +0300, Jani Taskinen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So why keep supporting PHP 4 then? Why keep top posting? It makes no sense. Stanislav Malyshev kirjoitti: I'd be more for dropping all support whatsoever by the end of this year and focus totally on PHP 5/6.

RE: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread Derick Rethans
On Fri, 6 Jul 2007, Andi Gutmans wrote: I'd suggest something close to what Rasmus suggested: a) We make a clear statement on PHP.net that at the end of the year we plan to discontinue bug fixes for PHP 4 except for security fixes. b) We will discontinue supporting PHP 4 on 8/8/8 (because it

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread chris#
On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 20:01:22 +0200, Marco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you ever asked yourselves... why? why PHP5's adoption is so bad? I think we have all asked that very same question and the answer is a mix of a few standard issues. I will venture to say that the biggest issue was;

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread chris#
On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 15:18:29 +0200, Marco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My thought about php4-php6 migration was that when php6 is out to encourage (or more correctly said almost enforce - with the proper announcement for EOL on the php.net) the php4 users to upgrade directly to php6. This way

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread Alexey Zakhlestin
On 7/9/07, chris# [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FWIW The boxen I get my mail on is running PHP4 and I have absolutely no trouble with unicode support in my mail (to or from). did you try sorting? comparison between string which use different unicode-normalisation forms? I guess that wouldn't work

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread chris#
On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 17:21:07 -0400, David Coallier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/8/07, Tomas Kuliavas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, then I guess we have no choice but to declare official PHP 4 end-of-life to be on 8:08:08 pm too :) Now we only need to choose a suitable timezone :)

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread Marco
I will venture to say that the biggest issue was; no transition period. I dont think the transition period is a reason for lack of migration 3 years is a pretty long time!. the biggest issue is lack of support in popular applications, I can't tell you the number of time's i've spoken to a

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread chris#
On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 13:11:46 +0400, Alexey Zakhlestin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/9/07, chris# [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FWIW The boxen I get my mail on is running PHP4 and I have absolutely no trouble with unicode support in my mail (to or from). did you try sorting? comparison

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread Alain Williams
On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 11:35:30AM +0200, Marco wrote: I will venture to say that the biggest issue was; no transition period. I dont think the transition period is a reason for lack of migration 3 years is a pretty long time!. the biggest issue is lack of support in popular

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread Pierre
On 7/9/07, Derick Rethans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 6 Jul 2007, Andi Gutmans wrote: I'd suggest something close to what Rasmus suggested: a) We make a clear statement on PHP.net that at the end of the year we plan to discontinue bug fixes for PHP 4 except for security fixes. b) We

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread Marco
FWIW The boxen I get my mail on is running PHP4 and I have absolutely no trouble with unicode support in my mail (to or from). The unicode changes in PHP6 are a little more complicated than that and change how most of the engine works, this is a good thing IMO as native unicode support is

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread Derick Rethans
On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Marco wrote: although I guess i'm not looking forward to reading php code that says ?php function 北方话/北方話() { echo Hello world ; } You can do that already with PHP 4 as well if your script is in UTF-8: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat unicode.php ?php function

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread chris#
On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 10:46:52 +0100, Alain Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 11:35:30AM +0200, Marco wrote: I will venture to say that the biggest issue was; no transition period. I dont think the transition period is a reason for lack of migration 3 years is a

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread Marco
You can do that already with PHP 4 as well if your script is in UTF-8: Scary! :-D Regards Marco

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread Daniel Jänecke
Alain Williams wrote: [snip] What might be nice is a patch to PHP4 that provides a bit in error_reporting that would cause warnings on stuff that might break on a move to PHP5. Someone could then switch it on and look at what is logged. I suspect that many people would also be pleasantly

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread chris#
On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 11:49:42 +0200, Marco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FWIW The boxen I get my mail on is running PHP4 and I have absolutely no trouble with unicode support in my mail (to or from). The unicode changes in PHP6 are a little more complicated than that and change how most of

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread Marco
The trouble is that many PHP scripts dynamically include other files and variables being dynamically typed ... you really need to run the script to see what happens. Good point! I wonder if something like this could be added to xdebug or a new extension? TBH I like the idea just dont really

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread Marco
What might be nice is a patch to PHP4 that provides a bit in error_reporting that would cause warnings on stuff that might break on a move to PHP5. Someone could then switch it on and look at what is logged. I suspect that many people would also be pleasantly surprised that 4 - 5 is not as hard

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread Alain Williams
On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 12:44:09PM +0200, Marco wrote: What might be nice is a patch to PHP4 that provides a bit in error_reporting that would cause warnings on stuff that might break on a move to PHP5. Someone could then switch it on and look at what is logged. I suspect that many people

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread Marco
I was actually referring to a transition from PHP4 to PHP5. As I originally stated; there was not a smooth transition - PHP4 is almost nothing like PHP5. So, what I really meant; was that the difference between the two is quite stark. I'm not quite sure what you mean about the transition? I

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread Peter Brodersen
On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:25:32 -0700, in php.internals [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rasmus Lerdorf) wrote: b) We will discontinue supporting PHP 4 on 8/8/8 (because it sounds good and gives people about a year). The number 8 also has lots of meaning in Chinese culture. For example the Beijing Olympics

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread Larry Garfield
On Monday 09 July 2007, Peter Brodersen wrote: Usually the PHP development does not bother with specific vendors, products, hosting companies or recommendations in general and so on. But if we really are up for it, it might have a pacific effect to put up some known-good lists; stuff like

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread Larry Garfield
On Monday 09 July 2007, chris# wrote: OK. I can't help but notice the overall underwhelming reception to PHP5 (mostly by ISP's). Which begs the question /why/? Shouldn't /that/ be the question? Or maybe I should ask: Has anybody bothered to find out why the majority of PHP installers /prefer/

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-09 Thread Larry Garfield
On Monday 09 July 2007, chris# wrote: I will venture to say that the biggest issue was; no transition period. That is to say that PHP4 and PHP5 are two completely different creatures. There was no morphing period. After several years of working with PHP3/4 in this fashion, /suddenly/ most of

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-08 Thread Stanislav Malyshev
The number 8 also has lots of meaning in Chinese culture. For example the Beijing Olympics will begin on 8/8/8 at 8:08:08 pm because the word for 8 sounds like 发 which means prosper or wealth. Well, then I guess we have no choice but to declare official PHP 4 end-of-life to be on 8:08:08 pm

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-08 Thread Derick Rethans
On Sun, 8 Jul 2007, Stanislav Malyshev wrote: The number 8 also has lots of meaning in Chinese culture. For example the Beijing Olympics will begin on 8/8/8 at 8:08:08 pm because the word for 8 sounds like 发 which means prosper or wealth. Well, then I guess we have no choice but to

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-08 Thread Alain Williams
On Sun, Jul 08, 2007 at 11:46:08AM +0200, Derick Rethans wrote: On Sun, 8 Jul 2007, Stanislav Malyshev wrote: The number 8 also has lots of meaning in Chinese culture. For example the Beijing Olympics will begin on 8/8/8 at 8:08:08 pm because the word for 8 sounds like 发 which means

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-08 Thread Lukas Kahwe Smith
On 08.07.2007, at 16:15, Alain Williams wrote: On Sun, Jul 08, 2007 at 11:46:08AM +0200, Derick Rethans wrote: On Sun, 8 Jul 2007, Stanislav Malyshev wrote: The number 8 also has lots of meaning in Chinese culture. For example the Beijing Olympics will begin on 8/8/8 at 8:08:08 pm because

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-08 Thread Keryx Web
Well, then I guess we have no choice but to declare official PHP 4 end-of-life to be on 8:08:08 pm too :) Now we only need to choose a suitable timezone :) Well, for us using the 24 hr clock I'd say 8:08:08 am (ante meridiem) as it otherwise will be 20:08:08 when we speak and write about

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-08 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
Keryx Web wrote: Well, then I guess we have no choice but to declare official PHP 4 end-of-life to be on 8:08:08 pm too :) Now we only need to choose a suitable timezone :) Well, for us using the 24 hr clock I'd say 8:08:08 am (ante meridiem) as it otherwise will be 20:08:08 when we

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-08 Thread Tomas Kuliavas
Well, then I guess we have no choice but to declare official PHP 4 end-of-life to be on 8:08:08 pm too :) Now we only need to choose a suitable timezone :) Well, for us using the 24 hr clock I'd say 8:08:08 am (ante meridiem) as it otherwise will be 20:08:08 when we speak and write about

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-08 Thread David Coallier
On 7/8/07, Tomas Kuliavas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, then I guess we have no choice but to declare official PHP 4 end-of-life to be on 8:08:08 pm too :) Now we only need to choose a suitable timezone :) Well, for us using the 24 hr clock I'd say 8:08:08 am (ante meridiem) as it

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-08 Thread Tijnema
Of David Coallier Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 2:21 PM To: Tomas Kuliavas Cc: internals@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4? On 7/8/07, Tomas Kuliavas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, then I guess we have no choice but to declare official PHP 4 end-of-life to be on 8:08:08 pm too

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-08 Thread Larry Garfield
@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4? On 7/8/07, Tomas Kuliavas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, then I guess we have no choice but to declare official PHP 4 end-of-life to be on 8:08:08 pm too :) Now we only need to choose a suitable timezone :) Well, for us

RE: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-08 Thread Andi Gutmans
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Coallier Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 2:21 PM To: Tomas Kuliavas Cc: internals@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4? On 7/8/07, Tomas Kuliavas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, then I guess we have no choice but to declare

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-08 Thread Pierre
On 7/9/07, Andi Gutmans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No. If they don't get security updates then they can't really use it anymore... That's the ideal world. They should really not use it anymore but they can and they will. No matter what we do. I saw many hosts with outdated versions or using old

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-07 Thread Vesselin Kenashkov
On 7/6/07, Oliver Block [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Vesselin, what is the source of your numbers? Best Regards, Oliver Vesselin Kenashkov schrieb: -1 Because the majority of the installation (somebody two month ago in this list mentioned that php 5 has just 10% adoption) is still

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-07 Thread Rodrigo Moraes
2007/7/7, Vesselin Kenashkov [EMAIL PROTECTED]: So as of november 2006 the php5 adoption was slightly above 12%. Having the time passed since (and looking on the graphics - 8% per year), we can guess that now it is close to 20%. well done, you guessed it right. see the same stats for june:

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-07 Thread Pierre
On 7/6/07, Derick Rethans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ladies, Gentlemen, Kings and Princesses, With the nice PHP 5 / PHP 6 unicode semantics thread under way I am trying to gauge what people feel about dropping support for PHP 4 at the end of this year. That does not mean that we will not fix

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-07 Thread Johannes Schlüter
Hi, On Sat, 2007-07-07 at 11:00 +0300, Vesselin Kenashkov wrote: I can not find the specific message... But googling I found this: http://www.nexen.net/chiffres_cles/phpversion/php_stats_evolution_for_november_2006.php So as of november 2006 the php5 adoption was slightly above 12%. Having

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-07 Thread Jani Taskinen
Andi Gutmans wrote: I'd suggest something close to what Rasmus suggested: a) We make a clear statement on PHP.net that at the end of the year we plan to discontinue bug fixes for PHP 4 except for security fixes. b) We will discontinue supporting PHP 4 on 8/8/8 (because it sounds good and gives

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-07 Thread Vesselin Kenashkov
On 7/7/07, Johannes Schlüter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, On Sat, 2007-07-07 at 11:00 +0300, Vesselin Kenashkov wrote: I can not find the specific message... But googling I found this: http://www.nexen.net/chiffres_cles/phpversion/php_stats_evolution_for_november_2006.php So as of november

RE: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-07 Thread Derick Rethans
On Fri, 6 Jul 2007, Andi Gutmans wrote: I'd suggest something close to what Rasmus suggested: a) We make a clear statement on PHP.net that at the end of the year we plan to discontinue bug fixes for PHP 4 except for security fixes. b) We will discontinue supporting PHP 4 on 8/8/8 (because it

RE: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-07 Thread Andi Gutmans
See below: -Original Message- From: Jani Taskinen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 6:01 AM To: Andi Gutmans Cc: PHP Developers Mailing List Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4? Andi Gutmans wrote: I'd suggest something close to what Rasmus suggested

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-07 Thread Stefan Priebsch
Vesselin Kenashkov schrieb: announcement for EOL on the php.net) the php4 users to upgrade directly to php6. This way the php6 adoption could be much faster than php5 one. So please give your opinions on this. I'd say this is not a good idea because PHP6 will/should/hopefully does introduce

Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-07 Thread Larry Garfield
Marco wrote: Have you ever asked yourselves... why? why PHP5's adoption is so bad? I think we have all asked that very same question and the answer is a mix of a few standard issues. The hard part has always been deciding how to move it forward. Without the customers demanding change

[PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?

2007-07-06 Thread Derick Rethans
Ladies, Gentlemen, Kings and Princesses, With the nice PHP 5 / PHP 6 unicode semantics thread under way I am trying to gauge what people feel about dropping support for PHP 4 at the end of this year. That does not mean that we will not fix security issues, we have to as the install base is too

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