PHP Quebec Conference - RIP: PHP 4
A few weeks ago already I spend some time in Quebec (that's in Canada) at the fifth conference organized by the PHP User Group there. As usual the conference was great, and the pre-conference skiing trip was even better. I always like going to Montreal, not only because of the cool conference, but also because of all the extra events that are happening there (which mostly involve (too much) alcohol). Some, but not all pictures are here . At the conference I gave a talk on Database Design and a talk on the input filter extension in PHP. You can find the slides for both talks on my talks page.
During the closing keynote session the audience was asking the PHP team / speakers questions, and one of the questions was "When will you stop support for PHP 4?". At that moment we couldn't really give an answer, but now we finally can. Support for PHP 4 will be dropped at the end of the year, 8 months from now. So now is the time to start upgrading all your scripts as we won't be releasing new versions after December 31st, 2007.
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/me dances on its grave
Ding dong the *itch is dead....
So is this an April Fool's joke, or for real? :-)
Finally!!! Long live PHP 5!
This is great news, though I don't suspect it will be the end of PHP 4.
Someone we no doubt step up to provide patches to any new security issues.
Finally PHP developers should have a really good reason to upgrade :)
I wonder if this is really a good idea with still 85% market share of PHP 4
I wonder if this is an april fool, seeing the date of the post...
I hope it is not ;)
I back Niko on that !
Kill them all ! PHP 5 rulez !
Better still, kill off php5 and enjoy the power and speed of version 4!
Version 5 only adds bloat and slows everything down. php5 has nothing to offer that can't be accomplished in version 4.
'nuf said.
Life Line
But I think my favourite photo was of this Carrion Crow in flight.
The new birds I saw, were mostly too far away to get good photos.
But I saw my first Spoonbill, Corn Bunting, and a flock of Black-tailed Godwits.
I had a lovely walk around RSPB Bowers Marsh yesterday, where I saw some expected birds, and a bunch of new species.
When I got there, there was this welcome committee of Starlings.
#BirdPhotography #nature #BirdsOfFediverse #Birds #Photography #RSPB
RSPB Bowers Marsh
Created 2 benches
I hiked 11.3km in 3h31m08s
Updated a pub
Updated a pub
Updated 4 pubs; Confirmed a pub
Created a restaurant
I walked 0.8km in 9m31s
I walked 2.1km in 16m42s
I walked 4.7km in 48m42s
I walked 7.4km in 1h16m10s
Updated a fast_food
Updated a cafe, a pet shop, and a bench; Confirmed a cafe, a convenience shop, and a motorcycle_repair shop
I walked 5.0km in 1h2m27s
I walked 1.1km in 10m08s
Updated a cafe; Confirmed 3 convenience shops, a fast_food, and a laundry shop
Created a fitness_centre; Updated an event_caterer office and a social_facility; Confirmed a restaurant and a pharmacy
I walked 7.6km in 1h29m58s
Updated a pub
I walked 10.8km in 2h18m39s
Created 3 entrances
I walked 6.5km in 1h8m25s




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