[Xerte] Re: database.php

Sun Apr 29 17:50:48 BST 2012

"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."
Glad we had that discussion.
Dave 
From: david at palepurple.co.uk
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:48:47 +0100
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
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-announcement

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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