[Resolved] Is it worth it?

Jason_Batten

Another PHP5 / PHP4 thread, isn't it great!

Well my question is it worth upgrading to PHP5. Are the errors worth putting up with for the new functions?

Whats the level of "bugs" any way? 😕

Any news on a PHP6? I'd hate to upgrade then be told "oh no we're going to upgrade again because we screwed up the last version"

Whats so special about PHP5, that PHP4 can not do or is easier?

planetsim

Is it worth upgrading yes and no.

Yes there are tonne of things that make life easier with PHP 5. Better OOP is just one and SimpleXML is another.

However there arent many hosts to utilize these features.

Bugs well so far Im yet to see any however I havent used things like SOAP or other not as used functions.

PHP 6, defiantely not PHP 5 is basically only just out 5.0.4 is the latest unless thats changed in the last few days its quite stable I feel and should be getting ready to be used on Hosts relatively soon Id imagine.

Also in PHP 5 there are some new Sting functions [man]str_ireplace[/man] is the first that comes to mind.

laserlight

Whats so special about PHP5, that PHP4 can not do or is easier?

New features (especially improved OOP support) and that some new extensions require PHP5.

Any news on a PHP6?

Not likely any time soon.

thorpe

Are the errors worth putting up with for the new functions?

what errors are you talking about? php5 is stable and has been for some time.

Jason_Batten

:queasy: programs always have 'bugs'

laserlight

Originally posted by NetNerd85
... including the current version of PHP4.

True, PHP4 probably has less bugs as it has been worked on for a longer period of time. On the other hand improvements to PHP4 could also lead to regressions in previously bug free areas of the code.

The point is that PHP5 is stable and suitable for production use (with the caveats that you need the right environment and PHP code), just like PHP4.

Weedpacket

Well my question is it worth not upgrading to PHP5. Are the errors worth putting up with for the lack of new functions?