[Xerte] Re: database.php

Sun Apr 29 18:25:02 BST 2012

Hi David

I just tested your svn updates locally with a clean install and everything
installed without problem. Good to have the prompt about php 5+ version in
the installer. Although I can see that requirement being a problem in some
educational organisations but as you say the potential risks with still
using PHP 4 arguably means that's a good thing!

I can see the language changer at the top of the page but I take it that
isn't going to change anything until the languages are in place?

Did you see the notes in the googledoc about export not working correctly
because it's not including the languages folder in the zip? Is that
something you're able to resolve?

Also Julian had asked: Can we put the focus in the login field when you hit
the welcome page?

Cheers

Ron

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of David Goodwin
Sent: 29 April 2012 17:49
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: database.php

PHP 4 was end-of-lifed back in 2008 (2008/08/08).

See
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/07/07/14/0646216/php-4-end-of-life-anno
uncement

I don't think it's unreasonable to no longer support PHP4. 

>From a work capacity I haven't come across anyone using PHP 4 for ~3 years.

If you're planning for the XOT site you are installing to be accessible to
'the world' then you are likely to have security problems if you're still
using PHP4.

Having said all that, I'm about to commit a change to the code which will
remove the foreach($params as &$value). But I'm also about to commit some
other stuff which will definitely not be compatible with PHP4.

thanks,

David

On 29 Apr 2012, at 17:39, Dave Burnett wrote:

Is there a dire necessity to force an upgrade to a php version that will
accept pass by ref?

Thought for most languages that was the default, you had to be explicit if
you wanted an autonomous copy.

> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:31:41 +0100
> From: patrick.lockley at googlemail.com
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: database.php
> 
> & is php speak for pass by reference, it isn't a typo
> 
> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett at hotmail.com>
wrote:
> >
> >
> > I'm still not clear.
> > So there is a &$ syntax or is it a typo?
> >
> > I hate asking ISP's or IT departments for upgrades.
> > The answer is usually no.
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: david at palepurple.co.uk
> > Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:05:35 +0100
> > To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> > Subject: [Xerte] Re: database.php
> >
> >
> > On 29 Apr 2012, at 16:59, Dave Burnett wrote:
> >
> >
> > 4.4.9 according to phpversion()
> > So is it a typo or version/platform issue?
> >
> >
> > Crumbs. Yes. That version of PHP has been obsolete and unsupported for a
few
> > years now. You should really use PHP 5.2+
> >
> > I suspect PHP 4 doesn't like something about my code (as I wrote the
'fake'
> > prepared statement stuff in Xerte).
> >
> >
> > I'll add some sort of version check into the setup wizard to stop
anything
> > less than PHP 5 being used.
> >
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > David.
> >
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