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Should i learn PHP4 or PHP5?

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  • 04-11-2005 12:18pm
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    Bananna man
    Registered Users Posts: 673 ✭✭✭


    Hey,

    I'm just getting into PHP and have a book that uses PHP5. Do you think i should stick with PHP5 as it is beginning to get support with hosting companies now? I dont want to be learning PHP4 just as it is being replaced but at the same time i am having some problems e.g. i use oscommerce alot which uses php4.


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Learn PHP4. A lot of hosters still haven't upgraded to PHP5 as it's not really all that proven (and a lot of stuff won't work with it).


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    Cake Fiend
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    I don't know much about PHP5, but presumably 99% of what you learn with PHP4 will be applicable to PHP5. When PHP5 becomes the de facto standard, it'll probably take all of 30 minutes to learn the differences between them and learn new functions, etc.


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    forbairt
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    I have to say ... learn 4 .... and work up ...

    5 is just extra features ... ... ok its a bit more than that but if you're new to the language ... just stick with 4 ... read some books about 5 .. and you'll know where you're going ..

    unless of course you know you're never going to have to go backwards ...


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Sico wrote:
    I don't know much about PHP5, but presumably 99% of what you learn with PHP4 will be applicable to PHP5. When PHP5 becomes the de facto standard, it'll probably take all of 30 minutes to learn the differences between them and learn new functions, etc.
    It's actually possible to code for PHP4 now and still have your code work when switched to PHP5. Little things like using $_SERVER instead of $HTTP_SERVER_VARS. My development environment is PHP5, but the servers are PHP4, so from time to time, these things pop up, and they're handy to know.


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