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Re: newbie question: Is config.php necessary? [message #170681 is a reply to message #170678]

Sun, 14 November 2010 22:10

Twayne
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In news:ibpfjn$4ni$03$1(at)news(dot)t-online(dot)com,
Thomas Mlynarczyk <thomas(at)mlynarczyk-webdesign(dot)de> typed:
> Twayne schrieb:
>> Dumb Question:
>> Why, really, does it matter whether it's 4.x or 5.x? 4
>> will continue, with only a few finite exceptions, to work
>> under 5 for quite some time to come. I mean, are there any
>> actual problems NOW? If not, there isn't likely to be.
>> What ARE the problems, if any? By the time you get past
>> 5.3 it could begin to matter, but ... AFAIK most servers
>> still allow either setting for 4 OR 5.
>
> In theory, a PHP4 app should run under PHP5 without any
> problems, true. The php.ini file must be checked since some
> defaults were changed, but otherwise it should run okay.
> I've done it myself. So, you're right, it shouldn't matter.
>
>> I'm just trying to understand why it matters since the
>> customer is resisting, something I would expect to happen
>> anyway. One thing I would NOT do is lie or mislead the
>> customer because if it's something he's mad about it's
>> something he'll talk about and you never know who he'll
>> talk to. I know the first time anyone is proven to lie to
>> me, our association is done, even if it's a paying
>> customer. I also try to follow up any of what I consider
>> to be outrageous claims and so do some customers. Lyng is
>> a dangerous rep to get. I've picked up three accounts
>> because of lies their previous authors tried to give them.
>
> I was not suggesting to lie to a customer. I was merely
> pointing out possible arguments which *may* apply in the
> given case. Of course there's nothing wrong with just
> letting a working system run, but personally I prefer not
> having to touch legacy code. Once you're used to PHP5 it
> takes some extra effort to remember all the things that
> must be done differently in PHP4.

Yeah, I wasn't addressing you so much as the public at large because my
first read intimated making things up for the customer; a definite no-no.
And yeah, it can be a big hassle if you've for instance used some of the 5.x
filters which 4 didn't have - gives new meaning to the value of archives,
doesn't it<g>?

Cheers,

Twayne`

>
> Greetings,
> Thomas

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		newbie question: Is config.php necessary? By: luxor1275bc on Tue, 09 November 2010 05:46
		Re: newbie question: Is config.php necessary? By: Erwin Moller on Tue, 09 November 2010 09:22
		Re: newbie question: Is config.php necessary? By: Thomas Mlynarczyk on Tue, 09 November 2010 20:21
		Re: newbie question: Is config.php necessary? By: Erwin Moller on Wed, 10 November 2010 08:53
		Re: newbie question: Is config.php necessary? By: Thomas Mlynarczyk on Thu, 11 November 2010 18:40
		Re: newbie question: Is config.php necessary? By: Erwin Moller on Fri, 12 November 2010 10:27
		Re: newbie question: Is config.php necessary? By: Thomas Mlynarczyk on Fri, 12 November 2010 15:42
		Re: newbie question: Is config.php necessary? By: Twayne on Sun, 14 November 2010 17:45
		Re: newbie question: Is config.php necessary? By: Thomas Mlynarczyk on Sun, 14 November 2010 20:08
		Re: newbie question: Is config.php necessary? By: Twayne on Sun, 14 November 2010 22:10

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