[wp-hackers] readme.txt: "Requires PHP 5 tag"

[Chris Jean]

That's a good tip Otto. I didn't know that. Thanks. :)

Chris Jean
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Otto wrote:
> You don't even need to do that. As long as the PHP 5 code doesn't get
> executed on the initial include, then it works fine.
>
> It's like this:
> /**
>  * plugin_activation_check()
>  *
>  * Replace "plugin" with the name of your plugin
>  */
> function plugin_activation_check(){
>        if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.0.0', '<')) {
>                deactivate_plugins(basename(__FILE__)); // Deactivate ourself
>                wp_die("Sorry, but you can't run this plugin, it
> requires PHP 5 or higher.");
>        }
> }
> register_activation_hook(__FILE__, 'plugin_activation_check');
>
> function do_plugin_actual_work() {
> // a bunch of php 5 only code here
> }
>
>
> That will run fine. PHP only will throw an error if it actually makes
> it to the code. Code is interpreted at the time of execution, not at
> the time of inclusion. You can include a file with complete gibberish
> inside a function, but until you try to use that function, it won't
> stop the program.
>
> -Otto
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Aaron D. Campbell<aaron at xavisys.com> wrote:
>   
>> No offense to the PHP 4 users out there, but it's not worth the hassle.
>>
>> Chris Jean wrote:
>>     
>>> In other words, you could create a small base plugin file that contained
>>> the plugin meta-data to register the plugin and contained nothing more than
>>> the version check as Otto described. If the version check passes, load the
>>> necessary code from another file included with the plugin.
>>>
>>> Chris Jean
>>>       
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