03-22-2008, 12:59 AM
Quote:Usually I'd agree. But in this case it really isn't worth the time to update PHP 4 anymore. Aside from some OOP issues on upgrades, the leap to PHP 5 doesn't cause nearly as much trouble as it gets press about. I've yet to break a non-OOP coded script in the transfer - admittedly, I cut my teeth on PHP4, so that may or may not mean much.
PHP6 is just around the corner, and support for 4 is all but done (what is it, one update left?).
Cheers,
Munk
Sorry, I should've clarified that. Yes, upgrading to PHP5 would be a better choice. I mentioned PHP4 because I had no idea how bad a 4->5 transition would be, and upgrading to 4.4.8 seemed like an almost guaranteed safe upgrade.
As I read the note on the PHP homepage there will be no more PHP4 releases unless someone finds a security problem before 2008-08-08.