I think all this talk goes to show you that the differences between PHP4 and PHP5 are somewhat personal at this point in the game. Some people like the better OOP features of PHP5, some people think PHP5 is faster, some people like the XML/WebServices in PHP5 better, and many others (don't forget PDO, or exceptions). For the OP, I think it's really going to come down to what you think. Everyone's mileage is varying on this one. Here's my .02. If you go with PHP5, go with at least PHP 5.1.x, if not 5.2. I'm not sure how stable 5.2 is lately. I had heard of some issues, but they could have been from things most people don't do. I'm pretty sure that people don't install 5.0.x anymore, but 5.1 is a lot better (from what I've heard anyway. I never used 5.0.x) -- Ray Hauge Application Development Lead American Student Loan Services www.americanstudentloan.com -----Original Message----- From: Jochem Maas [mailto:jochem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:22 PM To: Robert Cummings Cc: Bernhard Zwischenbrugger; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Are PHP5 features worth it? Robert Cummings wrote: > On Wed, 2006-12-20 at 17:38 +0100, Bernhard Zwischenbrugger wrote: >> Is there a way to parse XML in PHP4? > > Yes. And even if there weren't any libs, there's nothing stopping anyone > from writing a parser in PHP itself! ai, and in most cases a regexp will cut it, gotta love those 1 line parsers :-) > > Cheers, > Rob. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
