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could i get a show of hands as to who is using or is forced to use PHP 3.x? i need to know cause i'm about to use some functions that is only available on PHP 4.x when i add functions to phpweblog. on a side note, why are you still using PHP 3.x (just curious).

Ok, here is a scenario...

I can use whatever I like on my own servers.

Many package are still released by say, RedHat in 3.x , I am in situations where I have to do things on a host that has, wait for it, 3.0.7 ! in one case, anyway, I also want to run PHPWeblog there, there is no way as somone on the outside I can mandate that my client or his ISP does an upgrade....

So my suggestion is this, work should always take into account both versions for some time yet, I am happy to help in CVS to have a current that works on PHP3, for future version additions, the ability to turn things on or off via a setting in the admin functions would be best, so I would say create modules etc that are easily turned on or off, that way both versions and future versions can be supported indefinately, this thinking should be applied now also to cover for say, a version PHP5, 6 etc etc.

A show of hand mau be better via a poll and mail list, a search of the site would also turn up some indicators, but how many would just give up?

Oh, further to this, it would also be worth having a switch or file extension specification, so say in common, file_ext="phpx" , then all files could be named accordingly, this overides those who may not be allowed .htaccess files, I have not looked close to see if the extension is referenced througout the code.

I only have access to PHP 3 on my hosting service. :(

ok i'll use php4 functions as a default but will check for php3 existence and use an equivalent home brew function for such cases.