Whats ur favourite new feature in PHP5?

jwb666

self explanatory title 😉

SyncMaster

SQLite .... its very great to work with and simpel to...🆒

planetsim

The new OOP Structure is good but i cant compare it to SQLite or SimpleXML havent played with either though SimpleXML looks very nice

dfownz

Can someone breifly explain what each of the options are?

Thanks,
DF

planetsim

All new features in PHP5.

SimpleXML http://au3.php.net/simplexml
New OOP http://au3.php.net/manual/en/language.oop.php - Must look in User Comments on how it looks

and SQLite http://au3.php.net/sqlite

sid

not having tried v5 yet, SimpleXML (check spelling in polloptions ;-) ) seems what i have been waiting for the longest.

blinkk

drools
My vote is for SimpleXML because its just that... simple. Once PHP5 is all growned-up and ready for the majors itll be a great tool.

About the new OO capabilities. Maybe some day they will be useful but I never find my self using objects/classes too much. Big improvement however as PHP starts to look more like C++. All definently cool features.

Moonglobe

SimpleXML. period.

Napster

the OOP, it is so much like the C++ one which makes it really simple

jwb666

i vote SQLite, goodbye MySQL sorry uv been great but an module SQL Library is sooo much better!

Shrike

I think they are all very useful features. SQLite will probably be great for prototyping, SimpleXML looks like it will tie into our new fangled object model rather neatly . Still I think the new OO structure itself tops it all as being the most useful.

Big thanks for setting up this forum 🙂

chads2k2

simpleXML. HOLY CRAP.

However I like them all! SimpleSQL looks cool too. OOP style doesn't excite me much. Too much C++ shoved in my head for me to really want other idiots to be able to do PHP/C++. LOL. All well I can keep throwing my $.02 around right? Very cool though!

Chad

planetsim

Its SQLite not SimpleSQL

lanjoky

Haven't played with php5 too much yet but based on what ive seen, SQLite gets my vote

Weedpacket

Originally posted by Napster
the OOP, it is so much like the C++ one which makes it really simple

Of course, C++ has one of the most baroque, overly-complicated, and messy implementations of OO out there. Even its designer thinks so.

jwb666

to be honest i don't really care about OOP. i like PHP like it is - it was my first programming language and i love it.

i do intnd to learn C++ but i would prefer C++ to be more like PHP rather than the other way round - i have heard the syntax is pretty similair anyway.

gordonrp

jwb666 once you have programmed sufficiently in c++ and used objects, you will appreciate their value.

jwb666

right ill take ur word for it, seeing as tho i havent used it yet, and im inexperienced with any other language other than PHP 😉

markwilliams

The use of OO in PHP is such a great feature, especcialy for reuse of functions, writing new multipart email functions every time I create a new contact page is a right pain 🙂

I'm really looking forward to SimpleXML though, and the new features of OO

planetsim

Hmm OOP seems to be the fav (so far :p)

Why can SimpleXML be winning :bemused: