On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 17:31, GamblerZG wrote: > Since nobody ansvered the real question my previous message, I will > re-phrase it. > > PHP developers assume that PHP5 will be frequently used to parse PHP4 > scripts. Why? And what's so horrible about using separate engines to run > php 4 and 5 scripts? You can use separate engines. The topic has been addresses many times already. Set up a second instance of apache and use the ProxyPass system to pass control from the primary apache server to a PHP5 enabled apache server. Ultimately though, the answer to why people want backward compatibility, is because they want their libraries and applications to be available to the widest possible audience. Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
