[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11411: Add a nag on the upgrade screen in the event users use php4

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#11411: Add a nag on the upgrade screen in the event users use php4
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 Reporter:  Denis-de-Bernardy  |        Owner:          
     Type:  defect (bug)       |       Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal             |    Milestone:  2.9     
Component:  Administration     |      Version:  2.9     
 Severity:  normal             |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:                     |  
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Comment(by Denis-de-Bernardy):

 Replying to [comment:11 miqrogroove]:
 > If insecurity is the argument, then the on the other hand WordPress
 shouldn't support PHP4.  Doesn't it feel duplicitous to say that the host
 should be ashamed of the PHP version, meanwhile WordPress asserts none of
 the PHP5-specific features?

 I couldn't say any better, but I know others will disagree. Still, I've
 found that scaring the daylights out of end-users goes to great lengths
 when it comes to getting them to upgrade. My own "A new WP version is
 available. Please update now." nag is "A new WP version is available.
 Please update now before your site gets hacked" (with a link to matt's
 september post for lengthier explanations). And they do click on it more
 often.

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