Comments on: PHP 4: Still standing in the doorway, telling everyone it’s leaving https://blog.nearlyfreespeech.net/2009/06/09/php-4-still-standing-in-the-doorway/ A blog from the staff at NearlyFreeSpeech.NET. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:16:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: Patrick https://blog.nearlyfreespeech.net/2009/06/09/php-4-still-standing-in-the-doorway/#comment-8939 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:16:32 +0000 http://blog.nearlyfreespeech.net/?p=89#comment-8939 It would be nice to have some sort of interface that shows you all sites under your NFSN account that are using PHP 4. I have three accounts and over 30 sites. I’ve identified 2 sites that are still running PHP 4, but it would be very useful to go to a page and view what version of PHP I’m using for every site.

That’s a good idea. We’ll look into it. -jdw

]]> By: Eric TF Bat https://blog.nearlyfreespeech.net/2009/06/09/php-4-still-standing-in-the-doorway/#comment-8846 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:15:43 +0000 http://blog.nearlyfreespeech.net/?p=89#comment-8846 So how have the numbers changed since you posted this? Still around 30%? I converted all my sites straight away, because PHP4 is arse pudding on toast. One of them wasn’t working, but I fixed it quick enough (it relied on the PHP4 names of some XSLT functions that were replaced in PHP5; no biggie) and now I’m set.

Of course, I’m looking forward to PHP6, because it has the GOTO command! You can’t write appalling crap anywhere near as easily without it!

Not much change, yet. We’ve put it on the new “For Your Information…” box. Also, a fair number of those sites probably belong to people using CGI or no programming at all; they probably don’t care too much. -jdw

]]> By: Foxie https://blog.nearlyfreespeech.net/2009/06/09/php-4-still-standing-in-the-doorway/#comment-8801 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:19:44 +0000 http://blog.nearlyfreespeech.net/?p=89#comment-8801 Why don’t you offer an option “Copy Site to PHP 5”, where it’ll copy a PHP 4 site to the newer version, have a few hours to test it, and then either upgrade the original or delete the original?

You could certainly make a copy of a site if you wanted, but due to the complexity of sites and the variety of different configurations, we have no plans to offer such an option. -jdw

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