On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 08:29 +0000, Lester Caine wrote: > Robert Cummings wrote: > > On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 04:54 +0000, Lester Caine wrote: > >> Richard Lynch wrote: > >>> On Sat, December 16, 2006 7:03 am, Lester Caine wrote: > >>>> Of cause many of us never go near the raw database calls anyway, since > >>>> we are using frameworks that carry out lot of the security checks at a > >>>> generic level - so I see little point adding more checks at a level > >>>> that > >>>> major projects do not use anyway? > >>> Because some of us don't use the bloated frameworks, often because > >>> those who develop the bloated frameworks didn't do filtering properly, > >>> perhaps because they didn't have a taint mode to notify them that they > >>> were writing sub-standard code. > >>> :-) :-) :-) > >> The annoying thing is that PHP seems to be becoming the bloatware. PHP4, > >> PHP5 incompatible versions, PHP6. Perhaps it would be nice to have a > >> PHPLite that we can work with and add just the bits we need rather than > >> having to manage updates which on the main add nothing to the > >> functionality that we are actually using? > > > > Go for it. Compile your own. Mod the source code. This is the power of > > open source. > > If I only had to support my own servers ..... > The problem is ISP's keep uploading the latest official releases and > then we have to fix the faults fast :( > PHP is a *SERVICE* that other people use and that service keeps getting > broken - saying "Build your own" has no relevance what so ever :( > Heck this is why PHP4 will never die - and I never used that.
Major versions though do not traditionally have a mandate of backward compatibility. This is why PHP4 still receives bug/security fixes. PHP5 is a leap forward, and while I'll admit that I'm not keen on some of it's OOP adoptions I would never expect it to work 100% with PHP4. At some point for advancement, one needs to discard compatibility so the appropriate steps forward can be made... that is the purpose of a major version change. Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
