[development] Easier PHP4 compatibility for Drupal modules

Morbus Iff morbus at disobey.com
Tue Jun 10 15:20:56 UTC 2008


>>> Drupal 7 will only support PHP5.
>> There should be a cut like this to encourage the upgrade, but all 
>> previous versions including contributed modules should support php4.
> 
> While Drupal 6 supports PHP4, there is absolutely no requirement for 
> contrib modules for Drupal 6 to support PHP4.

And, in fact, contrib modules can specify which version of PHP they run 
under, and Drupal will properly stop you from enabling that module 
should you not meet those requirements.

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