[UPHPU] PHP 4 EOL Announcement

[Ben Reece]

Wade Preston Shearer wrote:
>> A major difference between the Rails world and the PHP world is that 
>> the Rails group is moving forward fast.  Even this week I looked at 
>> Planet PHP and I see the same old discussions of PHP 4 vs PHP 5 -  
>> geez, I really think the PHP crowd is sometimes it's own worst 
>> enemy.  Even Perl seems to be on a more progressive track.  Version 5 
>> should be old news, the planet  discussion should really be on PHP 6 
>> or even 7.
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> I completely agree. I personally think that the slow adoption rate is 
> unacceptable. I think people are just being lazy. PHP five was 
> released in 2004 and will no longer be supported at the end of this 
> year. People need to pony and and just update their code. It's really 
> frustrating, personally.
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That's funny.  I've always considered PHP a tool -- mine to use as I see 
fit.  I'll use whichever software and version that fits my needs the 
best.  If I have a bunch of code written in PHP4 that's not PHP5 
compatible, and isn't changing much, PHP4 is probably the better fit.

*shrugs* Most of what I code nowadays is PHP5, but I don't see how it 
matters one way or the other.  Am I missing something?  Does it hurt the 
community to have my code running a generation behind?