Re: [PHP] Most current non-beta version, and bcc
Thanks to everyone who kindly responded with their views regarding whether or not PHP v.4.2.3. is a beta version or not a beta version. Because the opinions offered were so adamant and so contradictory, I contacted Zend. I just received the reply (below)... Hi Jill, Nice talking with you the other day and thanks for your follow-up email. PHP v. 4.2.3 is definitely not a beta version. I checked with Zev Suraski who is one of the developers of the Zend engine, the scripting language that powers PHP. At 09:16 PM 11/7/02 -0700, you wrote: At 02:38 PM 11/7/02 -0600, Jill S wrote: so again I'll ask - Are the 4.2.3 downloads at the top of the page at: http://www.php.net/downloads/ beta versions or non-beta versions? 4.2.3 is currently the latest stable released version of PHP. Yes, that means NOT BETA. Anything that makes it to the downloads page is stable code. 4.3.0 should be out soon, but is not yet considered stable. It has also passed the BETA state and is in its second pre-release final testing. If you want to get it you have to look at snaps.php.net or the CVS server. Code from these sources is under active development and at any given time may not even compile. (Not that it happens often.) I can understand why a hosting provider might not want to run them. On the other hand I switched to PHP4 at Beta 2 and never looked back. Rick -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Most current non-beta version, and bcc
Who in the world told you that 4.2.3 was beta? On Sun, 10 Nov 2002, Jill S wrote: Thanks to everyone who kindly responded with their views regarding whether or not PHP v.4.2.3. is a beta version or not a beta version. Because the opinions offered were so adamant and so contradictory, I contacted Zend. I just received the reply (below)... Hi Jill, Nice talking with you the other day and thanks for your follow-up email. PHP v. 4.2.3 is definitely not a beta version. I checked with Zev Suraski who is one of the developers of the Zend engine, the scripting language that powers PHP. At 09:16 PM 11/7/02 -0700, you wrote: At 02:38 PM 11/7/02 -0600, Jill S wrote: so again I'll ask - Are the 4.2.3 downloads at the top of the page at: http://www.php.net/downloads/ beta versions or non-beta versions? 4.2.3 is currently the latest stable released version of PHP. Yes, that means NOT BETA. Anything that makes it to the downloads page is stable code. 4.3.0 should be out soon, but is not yet considered stable. It has also passed the BETA state and is in its second pre-release final testing. If you want to get it you have to look at snaps.php.net or the CVS server. Code from these sources is under active development and at any given time may not even compile. (Not that it happens often.) I can understand why a hosting provider might not want to run them. On the other hand I switched to PHP4 at Beta 2 and never looked back. Rick -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Most current non-beta version, and bcc
-Original Message- From: Rick Widmer [mailto:php3;developersdesk.com] Sent: 08 November 2002 04:16 To: Jill S; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] Most current non-beta version, and bcc At 02:38 PM 11/7/02 -0600, Jill S wrote: so again I'll ask - Are the 4.2.3 downloads at the top of the page at: http://www.php.net/downloads/ beta versions or non-beta versions? 4.2.3 is currently the latest stable released version of PHP. Yes, that means NOT BETA. Anything that makes it to the downloads page is stable code. 4.3.0 should be out soon, but is not yet considered stable. It has also passed the BETA state and is in its second pre-release final testing. Nope, I'd still class that as BETA-testing. Actually, I might even call it pre-BETA! When they actually get around to making Release Candidates available (as in 4.3.0RC1), I'd call that real BETA testing. I wonder how the members of the PHP development group themselves would class these? Cheers! Mike - Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Most current non-beta version, and bcc
At 20:48 07.11.2002, Jill S said: [snip] never install a beta version and that http://www.php.net/downloads/ - Latest version of PHP Complete Source Code * PHP 4.2.3 (tar.bz2) [2,694Kb] - 6 September 2002 md5: a0c7531f3d53a7736742c780f72a0f41 * PHP 4.2.3 (tar.gz) [3,334Kb] - 6 September 2002 md5: 2a4a963d79d97ea2725c860c77e908a2 are betas. He also referred me to a blurb on the php.net Home page reading: PHP 4.3.0pre2 Released http://qa.php.net/ [27-Oct-2002] PHP 4.3.0pre2 is available for download. This is the second pre-release version and incorporates a large number of bug fixes since the first pre-release. Still, to help us catch as many bugs as possible, please download it and start testing. ... So, my questions are - Is the tech support guy correct? and Is there a workaround for sending a bcc using mail() with v.4.1.2? On http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php there is an interesting article in the user notes - I paste it here for convenience, his solution should solve your problems: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 16-Aug-2002 05:46 If you need to send an e-mail with an html content and the same e-mail have Bcc headers. Place the Bcc (and why not also Cc) at the end of your additional headers. Otherwise, people receiving the email in copy may have the html code in their screen. The one who are designed as main recipient will not have this problem. Explanation : = The e-mail headers are broken when the PHP parser delete the Bcc line (Removed cause hidden, obvious !). Example : === This is bad $header = From: \.addslashes($sender_name).\ .$sender_email.\r\n; $header .= Reply-To: .$sender_email.\r\n; $header .= Cc: .$other_email.\r\n; $header .= Bcc: .$another_email.\r\n; $header .= MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n; $header .= Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n; $header .= X-Priority: 1\r\n; $header .= X-Mailer: PHP / .phpversion().\r\n; The following is good $header = From: \.addslashes($sender_name).\ .$sender_email.\r\n; $header .= Reply-To: .$sender_email.\r\n; $header .= MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n; $header .= Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n; $header .= X-Priority: 1\r\n; $header .= X-Mailer: PHP / .phpversion().\r\n; $header .= Cc: .$other_email.\r\n; $header .= Bcc: .$another_email.\r\n; Sorry for my bad english. :-) Redy Ramamonjisoa [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- O Ernest E. Vogelsinger (\)ICQ #13394035 ^ http://www.vogelsinger.at/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Most current non-beta version, and bcc
:-( Nope, thanks. I had tried that before posting to the list but unfortunately it doesn't work - at least when using v.v.4.1.2, so again I'll ask - Are the 4.2.3 downloads at the top of the page at: http://www.php.net/downloads/ beta versions or non-beta versions? Thanks, Jill At 08:54 PM 11/7/02 +0100, you wrote: At 20:48 07.11.2002, Jill S said: [snip] never install a beta version and that http://www.php.net/downloads/ - Latest version of PHP Complete Source Code * PHP 4.2.3 (tar.bz2) [2,694Kb] - 6 September 2002 md5: a0c7531f3d53a7736742c780f72a0f41 * PHP 4.2.3 (tar.gz) [3,334Kb] - 6 September 2002 md5: 2a4a963d79d97ea2725c860c77e908a2 are betas. He also referred me to a blurb on the php.net Home page reading: PHP 4.3.0pre2 Released http://qa.php.net/ [27-Oct-2002] PHP 4.3.0pre2 is available for download. This is the second pre-release version and incorporates a large number of bug fixes since the first pre-release. Still, to help us catch as many bugs as possible, please download it and start testing. ... So, my questions are - Is the tech support guy correct? and Is there a workaround for sending a bcc using mail() with v.4.1.2? On http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php there is an interesting article in the user notes - I paste it here for convenience, his solution should solve your problems: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 16-Aug-2002 05:46 If you need to send an e-mail with an html content and the same e-mail have Bcc headers. Place the Bcc (and why not also Cc) at the end of your additional headers. Otherwise, people receiving the email in copy may have the html code in their screen. The one who are designed as main recipient will not have this problem. Explanation : = The e-mail headers are broken when the PHP parser delete the Bcc line (Removed cause hidden, obvious !). Example : === This is bad $header = From: \.addslashes($sender_name).\ .$sender_email.\r\n; $header .= Reply-To: .$sender_email.\r\n; $header .= Cc: .$other_email.\r\n; $header .= Bcc: .$another_email.\r\n; $header .= MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n; $header .= Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n; $header .= X-Priority: 1\r\n; $header .= X-Mailer: PHP / .phpversion().\r\n; The following is good $header = From: \.addslashes($sender_name).\ .$sender_email.\r\n; $header .= Reply-To: .$sender_email.\r\n; $header .= MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n; $header .= Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n; $header .= X-Priority: 1\r\n; $header .= X-Mailer: PHP / .phpversion().\r\n; $header .= Cc: .$other_email.\r\n; $header .= Bcc: .$another_email.\r\n; Sorry for my bad english. :-) Redy Ramamonjisoa [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- O Ernest E. Vogelsinger (\)ICQ #13394035 ^ http://www.vogelsinger.at/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Most current non-beta version, and bcc
At 02:38 PM 11/7/02 -0600, Jill S wrote: so again I'll ask - Are the 4.2.3 downloads at the top of the page at: http://www.php.net/downloads/ beta versions or non-beta versions? 4.2.3 is currently the latest stable released version of PHP. Yes, that means NOT BETA. Anything that makes it to the downloads page is stable code. 4.3.0 should be out soon, but is not yet considered stable. It has also passed the BETA state and is in its second pre-release final testing. If you want to get it you have to look at snaps.php.net or the CVS server. Code from these sources is under active development and at any given time may not even compile. (Not that it happens often.) I can understand why a hosting provider might not want to run them. On the other hand I switched to PHP4 at Beta 2 and never looked back. Rick -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
