[wp-hackers] readme.txt: "Requires PHP 5 tag"

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On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Geoffrey Sneddon <
foolistbar at googlemail.com> wrote:

>
> /**
>> * plugin_activation_check()
>> *
>> * Replace "plugin" with the name of your plugin
>> */
>> function plugin_activation_check(){
>>        if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.0.0', '<')) {
>>                deactivate_plugins(basename(__FILE__)); // Deactivate
>> ourself
>>                wp_die("Sorry, but you can't run this plugin, it requires
>> PHP 5 or higher.");
>>        }
>> }
>> register_activation_hook(__FILE__, 'plugin_activation_check');
>>
>
> But if you use PHP 5 only syntax, you'll have a fatal error thrown and thus
> that code will never be executed.
>


Supporting PHP4 is a huge pita. Having said that,

You could place the code with PHP5 syntax in a separate file and include it
only after you've done the above check.


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