Comments on: Should WordPress produce a PHP 5 only version?

By: Andrew Rickmann

Andrew Rickmann — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:35:23 +0000

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By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:52:49 +0000

All my new developments are php5... OOP in php5, xml, mysqli, pattern based architecture etc are much better.

...but so much is still php4 (and the damn & for objects by reference).

Making something php5.2 compatable is not the same as being written for php5 . Not even close.

Better to start from scratch & call it something different!

S

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PHP 5 Only Plugins: Good, Bad, Evil? — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:16:02 +0000

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By: Andrew Rickmann

Andrew Rickmann — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:51:26 +0000

I share your desire Damian but I am perhaps not so optomistic. I guess we will have to wait and see.

By: Damian Manifold

Damian Manifold — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:08:22 +0000

As a plug-in developer for WordPress I’ve been itching to use some of the class stuff that PHP 5 provides. Up till now I haven’t looked to deeply into what else is available since i could not use.
Whilst navigating PHP.net noticed a post from last may saying announcing the end of support of php 4 at the end of the year.
After checking wish my host, they are upgrading my PHP at the end of the year too.
With the end of support I’d be interested to find out how many people will still be left on PHP 4. I would hope none.

By: Andrew Rickmann

Andrew Rickmann — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:30:51 +0000

Amit, I agree that it would not be a good plan to abandon PHP4 right now.

I guess all I am really suggesting is that there may be benefits in making moves in that direction.

By: Amit Bhawani

Amit Bhawani — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:47:36 +0000

Well being a web hosting company i would suggest wordpress not to upgrade to php 5 right now :p, you understand the reason right :p
May be after a year this can happen because right now php4 is ok for everyone i guess.

By: Andrew Rickmann

Andrew Rickmann — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:35:01 +0000

Di, it certainly might slow down development, but on the other hand it might encourage development that wouldn’t have happened otherwise. The former is probably more likely though.

In all honesty if my host hadn’t already switched to PHP 5 I think I would feel as you do, that it is not worth the effort.

What sways it for me though is that I really like PHP as a language, but it is missing things when you compare it to the big hitters like C#, and Java. PHP 5 is much closer, PHP 6 even more so, and I really want to use these features.