Re: PHP3 vs PHP4

PHP4 has sessions and a few other cool things, as well as some syntax
changes.

PHP3 doesn't do random stuff that leave hosting companies gaping and
confused about why PHP no longer works on their server.

It will probably be at least a few or half a dozen months before hosting
companies consider PHP 4 to be stable enough for them to stick it up without
very good reason (aka, it's a dedicated server).  I honestly dont' know
whether that's because PHP4 still isn't stable, or just because it was
pretty unstable when it first came out and hosting companies are just
getting used to the idea that it might not be anymore.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rajnish Bhaskar" <r.bhaskar(at)compserv.gla.ac.uk>
To: <hwg-languages(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 8:44 AM
Subject: PHP3 vs PHP4


> Hi all,
> I was just wondering what the differences are between PHP3
> and PHP4?  I am planning a site for a major uni project based
> around PHP, but most (okay, all) of the commerical ISPs that I've
> looked at (in the UK) seem to still be running PHP3.
>
> Thanks,
> Raj.
>
> --------------------------
> Rajnish Bhaskar
> r.bhaskar(at)compserv.gla.ac.uk, http://i.am/rajy
> IT Education Unit, University of Glasgow
> http://www.iteu.gla.ac.uk/
> --
> Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.
>         -- (Terry Pratchett, Men At Arms)
>
>
>
>

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