[Xerte] Re: database.php

[Dave Burnett]

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.
> >
> >
> >
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> > 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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