[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17880: PHP4 + WordPress 3.2 = fatal error

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#17880: PHP4 + WordPress 3.2 = fatal error
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 Reporter:  dd32          |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  3.2
Component:  General       |    Version:  3.2
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
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 example:
 {{{
 Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in C:\www\wordpress-
 commit\wp-includes\load.php on line 564
 }}}

 This is caused by using PHP5 language before the php version checks have
 been done.

 Specifically:
 {{{
 function wp_clone( $object ) {
         return clone $object ;
 }
 }}}

 Changing it to:
 {{{
 function wp_clone( $object ) {
         return clone( $object );
 }
 }}}

 allows PHP4 to parse the file (as it see's a function call, to a not-yet-
 existant function) not a unknown language construct.

 This happens as load.php is included before the version checks are run. An
 alternate method would be to move the version checks into wp-settings.php
 again.

 I'm not sure if/how that affects the usage of the function, but it's how
 it was done in !WordPress 3.1

 As seen on the support forums: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-
 message-mysql

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