Sometimes deprecation is necessary is a language feature is created out of necessity but is superseded by a superior language form. A great example is the HTML FONT tag. Font tags slow down downloads and renderings, and were deprecated in favor of CSS style sheets which offer much more control and a smaller footprint. Thank you, Micah Gersten onShore Networks Internal Developer http://www.onshore.com Hélio Rocha wrote: > Sorry to disagree, > > But I think that with PHP4 a lot of people start thinking that they could be > programmers (maybe they can, developers it's another story). When php5 came > they didn't know how do deal with the deprecated methods and worst, some > hosters didn't know how to virtualize a f1ck1n' server with Apache+PHP5. A > lot of mistakes were made when php5 came out but how can a language grow up > when they DEPRECATE the syntax? we're not talking about removing the last > ';'... > Maybe I'm in a "GET LOST PHP" phase but I think that someone is killing it, > and the ones who are stuck in 4 are not helping. > > When U write code, U must not be worried 'bout the next upgrade of your > server! > > > Best regards! > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 3:31 AM, VamVan <vamseevan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> Its because PHP got really famous with version 4.0 and many people actually >> converted their CGI or other websites in to PHP 4 websites because it was >> easy and cheap. But 5.0 brought too many changes like serious OOPS and >> register global concepts for security, which is useful but made transition >> difficult. I feel thats why PHP 4 is still supported. >> >> Its not only the language that has changed, but also people had to upgrade >> their skill set and there was some learning curve involved. >> >> Unfortunately everyone fell in the trap of register globals which was not >> dealt until php 4.3.1 as a security concept. Pear and Pecl were there but >> everyone was pretty much writing all the code (reinventing the wheel) from >> scratch. This brings in huge code base to change. >> >> I liked PHP because intitially it was a procedural langauge and it >> resembled >> C. But now with OOPS you can build powerful websites which is good. >> >> There are many other cases but I feel strongly this is what makes them >> still support PHP 4. >> >> Thanks >> >> > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
