[wp-hackers] Drop PHP4 support entirely?

[Jamie Holly]

I say make 3.0 PHP5 and keep 2.X as 4. We can continue supporting 2.X for
some time, but if PHP is dropping their 4.X branch, then it only makes sense
for us to move on also. 

This will also give people who are on hosts that don't want to change enough
time to either stick with outdated software, or look for a host that will
keep up. I like the idea of giving end users a year of continued support on
the PHP4 branch. I know a lot of people out there with small WP sites on
little shared hosting accounts, and they pay for their service a year at a
time. 

I was on the fence about this before, but this news has converted me. 

Jamie Holly
http://www.intoxination.net

> -----Original Message-----
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> bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Viper007Bond
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 6:15 AM
> To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Drop PHP4 support entirely?
> 
> WordPress 2.3 / 3.0 / whatever (the next large release) going PHP5 if
> there's a benefit gets my vote. Users stuck on PHP4 can stick to 2.0 /
> 2.2 /
> whatever which will stay secure.
> 
> Frankly, I think if it were up to hosts, they'd all still be on PHP3 or
> worse. But packages moved on and hosts were forced to update, and for
> their
> and their users own good. Hosts need to get with the times and a little
> nudge from packages like WordPress wouldn't be a bad thing in my book.
> Plus
> hell, people really shouldn't stick to hosts who refuse to update.
> 
> My 2 cents.
> 
> On 7/13/07, Simon Wallis <atthe404 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > If you are not php 5 soon you are going to be in danger of being
> branded
> > *legacy software*. :)
> > Unlike Habari for instance. :)
> >
> > On 7/13/07, Omry Yadan <omry at yadan.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > great.
> > >
> > > along with the gophp5 campaign, this could give the transition some
> > > momentum.
> > >
> > >
> > > btw: how cool is that, PHP 4.4 will die at 08/08/08 :).
> > >
> > >
> > > Geoffrey Sneddon wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > On 5 Jul 2007, at 20:14, David Weitz wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I think it still may be questionable when most hosts are going
> to
> > > >> switch to PHP5. I think once PHP6 comes out, we'll see a
> movement to
> > > >> PHP5+.
> > > >
> > > > There's now a far bigger reason for this: PHP4 EOL has been
> announced!
> > > >
> > > > [[
> > > >
> > > > The PHP development team hereby announces that support for PHP 4
> will
> > > > continue until the end of this year only. After 2007-12-31 there
> will
> > > > be no more releases of PHP 4.4. We will continue to make critical
> > > > security fixes available on a case-by-case basis until 2008-08-
> 08.
> > > > Please use the rest of this year to make your application
> suitable to
> > > > run on PHP 5.
> > > >
> > > > ]]
> > > >
> > > > <http://www.php.net/archive/2007.php#2007-07-13-1>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > - Geoffrey Sneddon
> > > >
> > > >
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