Re: [PHP-MIGRATION] track_vars

On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 08:57:07PM -0400, Adam Lang wrote:
> Really? It has been killed?  I upgraded to 4.0.2 the other day and all my
> scripts are working fine.

Yup, it seems so. From the NEWS file:

28 Jun 2000, Version 4.0.1
 <snip>
- Declared <?php_track_vars?> officially dead.  It didn't work in PHP 4.0.0
  either, but now it's gone for good (Zeev)

And using it gives the warning message:

  Warning: <?php_track_vars?> is no longer supported - please use the track_vars   INI directive instead 
  
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jason Williams" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 12:38 PM
> Subject: [PHP-MIGRATION] track_vars
> 
> 
> > Hmm. Not sure if this is on the right list or not, but I have a little bit
> > of a complaint... killing php_track_vars like that in a minor minor
> version
> > upgrade and hiding it away in a change log, that was quite upsetting.
> >
> > (Even if it didn't work in 4.0.0, it would have been nice to know that my
> > users were going to start complaining about PHP spewing out error
> messages...)
> >
> > (Not subscribed to the list, btw, so won't see any replies sent just to
> the
> > list :-)
> >
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"As nightmarishly lethal, memetically programmed death-machines
 went, he was the nicest you could ever hope to meet."
Jason Williams           /   Khendon    
[email protected]      [email protected]