Re: [PHP] PHP 5.3 as a requirement for a library?

At 2:57 PM -0700 7/29/10, David Harkness wrote:
>I'm working on the Hamcrest matching library and have been considering the
>switch to using namespaces (\Hamcrest\Type\IsInteger) instead of
>class-names-as-namespaces (Hamcrest_Type_IsInteger). Coming from the Java
>world I'm used to being forced to deploy my applications on versions one or
>two behind the latest stable release. It was common to run on 1.2 when 1.4
>was available and 1.3 when 1.5 was available for over a year. Managers are
>fearful of new versions. Is this same pattern repeated in PHP?
>
>My current company just switched to 5.3 after running 5.2 for some time. Are
>we average in that regard or the exception to the rule?
>
>Peace,
>David

David :

I don't work for a shop, so I don't know what the average for a shop would be.

But from my experience freelancing, what I work with depends upon who 
I am working for and what their host provides.

For example, I have clients who allow me to work with whatever I 
want, which is usually the most current stable version provided by a 
knowable host. However, I also have clients who are dependant upon 
scripts that were written back in the stone-age, which holds them to 
an old version -- they will never upgrade for they are frozen in time.

But for the most part, I work with various host who provide an 
assortment of versions with virtually no input from me. In fact, if I 
contact them about anything, it's even odds I wont receive an answer 
back let alone them listening to me recommending what versions they 
should use. Host do what they do and us lowly programmers don't have 
much a say about it. It's something you have to learn to live with.

So, I have to work with all versions and all types of hosts -- there 
is no average I can see.

Cheers,

tedd


-- 
-------
http://sperling.com  http://ancientstones.com  http://earthstones.com