[Q] PHP 5 vs PHP 4

[CyanBlue]

Howdy... :)

I was wondering if anybody has seen some information on some sort of a guide for dummy which compares PHP 5 and PHP 4???

The only thing I was able to find was the change log, but it was abit more than I can chew...
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

Thanks... ;)

[freddycodes]

I have been out of the PHP loop for a while now.

But major changes include OOP support, and I mean OOP support that adheres to some standard.

Dropping of Mysql libraries by default due to licensing issues.

[petefs]

Here's a good listing of the OOP changes:

http://www.zend.com/php5/articles/engine2-php5-changes.php

and some more

http://www.zend.com/php5/articles/engine2-php-oo.php

Also new is bundled SQLite ( http://www.sqlite.org/ ) which is sort of a database for people who don't want to bother with setting up a real one ; ) Very simple -- for simple projects.

New XML support, basically it should make all of our lives easier ^_^

The bundled MySQL client library has been removed as freddy says, but the new MySQLI extension allows for a lot of powerful interaction with MySQL 4.1.x. Hopefully there will be a full release of 4.1 soon so I feel better about that ^_^

Apparently the streams are supposed to be much better now, so maybe more people will write some socket servers with PHP : )

As far as doing the basic stuff it shouldn't impact people very much ^_^ I doubt most people will be using it for some time... but zend's php5 contest will hopefully insure that there will be a lot of good libraries & classes available soon!

I'm going to be 'attending' the iSeminar next week so if I learn anything interesting I'll be sure to share it. If anybody doesn't want to bother registering for it but has questions just give em to me and I'll see what I can't do ^^

[freddycodes]

Also new is bundled SQLite ( http://www.sqlite.org/ ) which is sort of a database for people who don't want to bother with setting up a real one ; ) Very simple -- for simple projects.


I know you aren't inferring MySQL is a real database. ;)

[petefs]

allright, strike that, "for people who don't want to bother setting up anything" : )

[freddycodes]

Sybase now has a personal version that runs free on unix, that would be a nice start.

[petefs]

I don't really use databases for personal purposes ^^ We've been looking at Sybase IQ as a possibility for the near future, however -- do you have experience with that product line? Opinions?

[freddycodes]

Yah I have experience with Sybase, its a good choice for unix platforms. However as with Oracle, it requires specialized training to administer it. Or a whole s%$t load of time and patience to do it on your own.

We used SQL server exclusively as we are a .NET shop. However I have used both sybase and oracle in other jobs.

[CyanBlue]

Um... I said guide for dummy... :D
Thanks for the information, guys... Much appreciate it... ;)

[petefs]

Well, hopefully nobody pays $30,000 USD for a platform and doesn't have the time or money to administer it properly ;)

It's a matter of need -- if the need is there, the money is there. We'll get to that later. Thanks for the positive feedback, though, we're not even sure we'll need to upgrade our database server yet. Naturally the nature of the current research is very premature ^_^

I'm going to sleep! Take care :b