[Xerte] Re: database.php

[Pat Lockley]

& 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.
>
>
>
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> From: david at palepurple.co.uk
> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:05:35 +0100
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> Subject: [Xerte] Re: database.php
>
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> 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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