[wp-hackers] PHP5 and WP Development

[Dougal Campbell]

Tor Bjornrud wrote:
 > [...]
> 
> If the decision is made to let php5 code in, it means maintaining two 
> codebases, either by version detection or branching of the cvs.  What 
> I'm trying to determine is if we're postponing these changes due to 
> immaturity of the new libraries or lack of php5 acceptance to end 
> users... all valid reasons.  Alternatively, will we immediately fork the 
> code and maintain different trees to save on package size of files or 
> maintain it all in one tree with version detection, giving those who do 
> run php5 a better product?

Actually, there's a simpler path for some of that. Most of the database 
access is already isolated. It wouldn't be all that hard to detect which 
  version of PHP was running, and import "wp-db4.php" or "wp-db5.php", 
as appropriate. The database class is pretty static, so once the mysqli 
version is written, it shouldn't be much work to maintain the two 
parallel versions.

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