php3 vs php4

[Anon]

Good day. I started writing PHP some time ago, and when i did, I created a pretty cool todo list manager (ScreamingToDos - https://sourceforge.net/projects/std/). Now, if you look at the code, it's hideous. I can't imagine anyone that masochistic that they would try and figure out what's going on in there...

So... Now that I have some more experience, I'm going to rewrite it. And I have a multipart question for y'all.

a) What criteria should I use when building it in order to decide if I want to be 'PHP3 compatible' or not?
b) Is there any documentation/articles that describe proper PHP-for-the-masses coding ettiquette (for example, is it safe to use '<? ?>' as opposed to '<?PHP ?>', etc)?

/Steve

[toma42]

php4 is the current version and is as widely available as php3, so just write for php4...it's faster.

[Anon]

I second that. It's not like designing for end users where you have to test your pages in 7 different web clients. Developers certainly have the ability and knbowledge to upgrade their product.

[screaming]

Thanks for your opinions. It actually makes me feel a whole lot better 🙂

/Steve