The bigger issues is that PHP4 isn't very good (I'm not saying that PHP5 is perfect, but it is significantly better). It shipped in an insecure manner, and a lot of programs rely on that behaviour to run.
An example would be the "Magic Quote GPC" runtime option, that auto escaped " and ' etc. People used this (and still do) as the sole defence against SQL-Injection.
The other thing is that PHP4 wasn't really developed with forward compatibility in mind. One of the changes between 4 and 5 is that the variable $this is reserved - now obviously, good programmers would never call anything "this", they'd assign it a descriptive name. Sadly, PHPs ease of use has meant that everyone with a text editor and a <? echo "hello world" ?> * script calls themselves a programmer. So I've seen ever this issue cause problems.
Getting rid of PHP4 is a very good idea.
J
* - short tags was another strange idea, try having short tags turned on and using "include()" on an xml file (Of course, you shouldn't use include for that purpose...)
According to this list I am capable of commiting murder. I have 6 and a half out of 8. The other "crimes" that make me capable would be wearing trenchcoats, wearing goth make up and playing games like doom and quake. In addition to this wonderful checklist, schools have started Mosaic 2000 designed to target "potentially dangerous people". What a wonderful soloution, why tighten gun controls when you can pick on kids instead. Since when has being different meant being dangerous. Does this mean that anyone who is not blond haired, blue eyed, atheltic, open and articulate should be hussled out of society...Sound familiar ? What next, Hail Clinton ? This another example of the hypocrisy of a government who does not care about governing logically, only governing for money. I wonder how much the famed "right to bear arms" would be allowed if the gun makers did not pump so much money into respective governments coffers. Why go after them, they pay, go after people who are, by their very nature, unable to defend themselves. Being different is not a crime, I glorify in the fact that I am an individual, that I prefer knowledge over power, that I can wake up at 4am, having been in bed for 2 hours and check my email. If I like some clothing, I will wear it without thought of what it may suggest to others, I will wear because I think it is cool. I wonder what would happen to a geek who had taken drugs, had been in debt, who had hacked into a government computer and wiped out some DUI charges...(Change the hacked to had them erased when elected)...You would ofcourse allow him to run for president. He has a famous dad, lots of money backing him. Besides, he looks good in campaign photos, has good hair..Way to go George, Perfect modern day politics, truth is irrelevant, you can hide behind persecution of geeks so that your imperfections are hidden behind a national search for scrape goats that will not effect them in anyway. Ever wondered if someone is playing a joke on you, and that in real life countries are run properly?
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The bigger issues is that PHP4 isn't very good (I'm not saying that PHP5 is perfect, but it is significantly better). It shipped in an insecure manner, and a lot of programs rely on that behaviour to run.
An example would be the "Magic Quote GPC" runtime option, that auto escaped " and ' etc. People used this (and still do) as the sole defence against SQL-Injection.
The other thing is that PHP4 wasn't really developed with forward compatibility in mind. One of the changes between 4 and 5 is that the variable $this is reserved - now obviously, good programmers would never call anything "this", they'd assign it a descriptive name. Sadly, PHPs ease of use has meant that everyone with a text editor and a <? echo "hello world" ?> * script calls themselves a programmer. So I've seen ever this issue cause problems.
Getting rid of PHP4 is a very good idea.
J
* - short tags was another strange idea, try having short tags turned on and using "include()" on an xml file (Of course, you shouldn't use include for that purpose...)
I forget, are we at war with Oceania or Eurasia?
Because it's a very easy to use version of Debian - I installed it a few night ago, after using Mandrake for the past few years.
It's fast, stable, only a 500m download, and with a decent internet connection, you have a non-bloated installation within an hour.
According to this list I am capable of commiting murder. I have 6 and a half out of 8. The other "crimes" that make me capable would be wearing trenchcoats, wearing goth make up and playing games like doom and quake. In addition to this wonderful checklist, schools have started Mosaic 2000 designed to target "potentially dangerous people". What a wonderful soloution, why tighten gun controls when you can pick on kids instead. Since when has being different meant being dangerous. Does this mean that anyone who is not blond haired, blue eyed, atheltic, open and articulate should be hussled out of society...Sound familiar ? What next, Hail Clinton ? This another example of the hypocrisy of a government who does not care about governing logically, only governing for money. I wonder how much the famed "right to bear arms" would be allowed if the gun makers did not pump so much money into respective governments coffers. Why go after them, they pay, go after people who are, by their very nature, unable to defend themselves. Being different is not a crime, I glorify in the fact that I am an individual, that I prefer knowledge over power, that I can wake up at 4am, having been in bed for 2 hours and check my email. If I like some clothing, I will wear it without thought of what it may suggest to others, I will wear because I think it is cool. I wonder what would happen to a geek who had taken drugs, had been in debt, who had hacked into a government computer and wiped out some DUI charges...(Change the hacked to had them erased when elected)...You would ofcourse allow him to run for president. He has a famous dad, lots of money backing him. Besides, he looks good in campaign photos, has good hair..Way to go George, Perfect modern day politics, truth is irrelevant, you can hide behind persecution of geeks so that your imperfections are hidden behind a national search for scrape goats that will not effect them in anyway. Ever wondered if someone is playing a joke on you, and that in real life countries are run properly?