[wp-hackers] PHP 5 only plugin

[Otto]

If you explicitly say that it's PHP 5 only in the plugin description,
and add some code like this to it, then you won't get as many support
issues.

function myplugin_activation_check(){
	// check to see if this plugin will even work
	if (version_compare("5.0", phpversion(), ">")) {
		deactivate_plugins(basename(__FILE__)); // Deactivate ourself
		wp_die("ERROR! You can't run this plugin. It requires PHP 5 or above.");
	}
}
register_activation_hook(__FILE__, 'myplugin_activation_check');

And there you go. When they try to activate it, they get told a big
fat "no" and it fails to activate as well. Simple.


On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Ozh <ozh at planetozh.com> wrote:
> You can do whatever you want. It's your plugin (and your support time
>  with people on PHP4 webhosts)
>
>
>
>  On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 7:45 PM, Per Søderlind <per at soderlind.no> wrote:
>  > Can I ditch PHP 4 or is it a bit early ?
>  >
>  >  ../PerS
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