On Wed, 23 May 2001, Dennis Gearon wrote:
> I wonder about the version numbers because of some of the alphanumeric
> values in them.
> 
> Are the version numbers chosen such that ANY version higher can be
> checked for by the following code:
> 
> if ( strcmp($ver_running_under, $min_version) > 0){
>   use feature;
> } else {
>   use big nasty, ugly own version of functionality
>    -or-
>   issue warning that results may not be correct
>     because functionality is not necessarily available,
>     i.e. getting the REAL include directory being used
>     before version 4.
> }

Use strnatcmp() function -- it works very well for version comparison.

-Andrei
* It said 'Winmodem' on the box, but I still feel like I lost. *

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