Comments on: Migrating to PHP 5.3 http://techportal.ibuildings.com/2009/06/30/migrating-to-php-5-3/ Tutorials for better PHP Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:03:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: WordPress 2.8.x und PHP 5.3 | Webseiten-Infos.de http://techportal.ibuildings.com/2009/06/30/migrating-to-php-5-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1668 WordPress 2.8.x und PHP 5.3 | Webseiten-Infos.de Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:27:06 +0000 http://techportal.ibuildings.com/?p=672#comment-1668 [...] Migrating to PHP 5.3 bei techportal.ibuildings.com [...] [...] Migrating to PHP 5.3 bei techportal.ibuildings.com [...]

]]> By:   ¿Qué hay de nuevo en PHP 5.3? by Pecesama.Net [weblog] http://techportal.ibuildings.com/2009/06/30/migrating-to-php-5-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1632   ¿Qué hay de nuevo en PHP 5.3? by Pecesama.Net [weblog] Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:22:58 +0000 http://techportal.ibuildings.com/?p=672#comment-1632 [...] PHP for Professional Developers [...] [...] PHP for Professional Developers [...]

]]> By: phpLiveDocx is compatible with PHP 5.3 http://techportal.ibuildings.com/2009/06/30/migrating-to-php-5-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1628 phpLiveDocx is compatible with PHP 5.3 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:52:52 +0000 http://techportal.ibuildings.com/?p=672#comment-1628 [...] Migrating to PHP 5.3 – Cal Evans [...] [...] Migrating to PHP 5.3 – Cal Evans [...]

]]> By: Jeff Dickey http://techportal.ibuildings.com/2009/06/30/migrating-to-php-5-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1280 Jeff Dickey Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:25:28 +0000 http://techportal.ibuildings.com/?p=672#comment-1280 Count me among the Teeming Millions who believe that the initial implementation of namespaces in 5.3 is badly broken. 1) Use of the backslash as a separator is grossly counterintuitive; the implementor thereof should refrain from mind-altering substances while updating language specs; 2) Why can't 'using' do the job right? If I state that I'm using a namespaced entity, I should then be able to reference that entity as if it is in my current namespace; if I understand correctly, I've still got to include the innermost namespace, a backslash, and THEN the entity being referenced. Many, many hours of debugging will ensue from that implementation decision. 3) Would it really have been that hard to support namespace definition and using clauses sprinkled throughout the source file, as in many, many other languages? Doing so would have given far greater flexibility to client code at what has to be minimal implementation cost. 4) I could go on, but shooting fish in a barrel with a howitzer gets boring after the third shot or so... I have been an enthusiastic user of and evangelist for PHP for ten years now. I'm working on a Web-development book that features PHP (5.2). PHP 5.3 has dimmed my enthusiasm considerably. I expect that I will soon polish up my mod_python and Rails skills, with a view towards presenting alternatives to clients. I am quite sure I am not the only experienced PHP dev taking this decision. Count me among the Teeming Millions who believe that the initial implementation of namespaces in 5.3 is badly broken.
1) Use of the backslash as a separator is grossly counterintuitive; the implementor thereof should refrain from mind-altering substances while updating language specs;
2) Why can’t ‘using’ do the job right? If I state that I’m using a namespaced entity, I should then be able to reference that entity as if it is in my current namespace; if I understand correctly, I’ve still got to include the innermost namespace, a backslash, and THEN the entity being referenced. Many, many hours of debugging will ensue from that implementation decision.
3) Would it really have been that hard to support namespace definition and using clauses sprinkled throughout the source file, as in many, many other languages? Doing so would have given far greater flexibility to client code at what has to be minimal implementation cost.
4) I could go on, but shooting fish in a barrel with a howitzer gets boring after the third shot or so…

I have been an enthusiastic user of and evangelist for PHP for ten years now. I’m working on a Web-development book that features PHP (5.2). PHP 5.3 has dimmed my enthusiasm considerably. I expect that I will soon polish up my mod_python and Rails skills, with a view towards presenting alternatives to clients. I am quite sure I am not the only experienced PHP dev taking this decision.

]]> By: Migración a PHp 5.3: primeras experiencias http://techportal.ibuildings.com/2009/06/30/migrating-to-php-5-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 Migración a PHp 5.3: primeras experiencias Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:28:25 +0000 http://techportal.ibuildings.com/?p=672#comment-1249 [...] hacer la migración me he basado en: http://techportal.ibuildings.com/2009/06/30/migrating-to-php-5-3/. [...] [...] hacer la migración me he basado en: http://techportal.ibuildings.com/2009/06/30/migrating-to-php-5-3/. [...]

]]> By: Jan http://techportal.ibuildings.com/2009/06/30/migrating-to-php-5-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1223 Jan Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:48:22 +0000 http://techportal.ibuildings.com/?p=672#comment-1223 goto future; echo 'PHP 5.2.x'; future: echo 'PHP 5.3.x'; (Sorry, that was filtered out in my previous comment) goto future;
echo ‘PHP 5.2.x’;

future:
echo ‘PHP 5.3.x’;

(Sorry, that was filtered out in my previous comment)

]]> By: Jan http://techportal.ibuildings.com/2009/06/30/migrating-to-php-5-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1222 Jan Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:46:59 +0000 http://techportal.ibuildings.com/?p=672#comment-1222 Nice overview, thanks for that. Nice overview, thanks for that.

]]> By: PHP 5.3 from a development manager’s perspective – techPortal http://techportal.ibuildings.com/2009/06/30/migrating-to-php-5-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1221 PHP 5.3 from a development manager’s perspective – techPortal Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:28:34 +0000 http://techportal.ibuildings.com/?p=672#comment-1221 [...] our Techportal Cal Evans gave an overview of the important changes, to make migration easier for developers. In [...] [...] our Techportal Cal Evans gave an overview of the important changes, to make migration easier for developers. In [...]

]]> By: M4d3L-Network Blog» Migration vers PHP 5.3 http://techportal.ibuildings.com/2009/06/30/migrating-to-php-5-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1181 M4d3L-Network Blog» Migration vers PHP 5.3 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:47:09 +0000 http://techportal.ibuildings.com/?p=672#comment-1181 [...] Migration vers PHP 5.3 02/07/2009 M4d3L Commenter Allez aux commentaires Cette articles est une traduction de « iBuildings – Migrating to PHP 5.3«  [...] [...] Migration vers PHP 5.3 02/07/2009 M4d3L Commenter Allez aux commentaires Cette articles est une traduction de « iBuildings – Migrating to PHP 5.3«  [...]

]]> By: Ibuildings Blog: PHP 5.3 from a development manager’s perspective | Webs Developer http://techportal.ibuildings.com/2009/06/30/migrating-to-php-5-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1180 Ibuildings Blog: PHP 5.3 from a development manager’s perspective | Webs Developer Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:01:15 +0000 http://techportal.ibuildings.com/?p=672#comment-1180 [...] from a slightly different perspective - how development with it affects the management. At our Techportal Cal Evans gave an overview of the important changes, to make migration easier for developers. In [...] [...] from a slightly different perspective – how development with it affects the management. At our Techportal Cal Evans gave an overview of the important changes, to make migration easier for developers. In [...]

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