On Monday 28 August 2006 10:17, C. R. Oldham wrote:
Greetings,
I was a PHP user from way, way back when it was still known as PHP/Fi. Various things have taken me away from it, but I am now going to migrate some of my work to Drupal.
I am having trouble making the choice between PHP 4 and PHP 5. I use Debian, but often roll my own packages or use www.backports.org. Can someone with more recent experience than I comment on what pitfalls I might face if I choose 5?
--cro
In general, Drupal should be fine with either. Personally I run it mostly on PHP 4, because my web host has that and my home server is Debian Sarge, which is PHP 4. My desktop/dev box is Debian Sid, however, which has been running PHP 5 for quite some time. The only problem is if you try playing with an XTemplate-based theme, as that breaks in PHP 5. If you're using Drupal 4.7, you shouldn't have an problems. -- Larry Garfield AIM: LOLG42 larry@garfieldtech.com ICQ: 6817012 "If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it." -- Thomas Jefferson