Re: [PHP] PEAR clases don't work with PHP 5.3

Michael A. Peters wrote:
> Martín Marqués wrote:
>> A few days ago I upgraded my development server with PHP 5.3, and
>> found that some pear packages stopped working giving FATAL ERRORs,
>> like this (this one is from package Image_Graph):
>>
>> PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined method
>> Image_Graph_Plotarea_Element::Image_Graph_Element() in
>> /usr/share/php/Image/Graph/Layout.php on line 73
>>
>> I found that the problem is when calling the parents constructors like
>> parent::ClassName.
>>
>> Changing that fixes the problem, but there are alot of clases with
>> this problem.
>>
>> Are these problems being addressed?
>>
>
> I found similar problems with some of the pear stuff I use when I tried
> 5.3.0 awhile back. For the present, I am just sticking with 5.2.x branch
> and will give some time for the various pear maintainers to work out the
> kinks.
>
> One thing you can do is file bug reports with the pear components you
> use. I did not because I moved my test server back to 5.2.x thus I would
> have no way of testing whether the fixes actually worked, but if you
> have a box you can dedicate to 5.3.x testing, file the bug reports and
> it will bring the problem to the attention of the pear maintainers.
>
> Some pear packages are better maintained than others.

It is not just PEAR that needs a lot of work to make it compatible with PHP5.3 !
pecl needs some TLC as well, along with a large number of projects providing 
third party add-ons, or using PHP.

We need to keep 5.2.x supported as a switch to PHP5.3 IS NOT a simple option, 
and will take a lot longer before it is a practical one for many users.

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