July 9, 2009 at 00:12Transition to PHP 5.3
- Transfer
Some of those who develop applications in PHP have already downloaded and started testing new features of the largest change in the language over the past 7 years, but most developers are not interested in new features that can be applied in future developments, but changes that will affect the work already written applications.
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The above list of innovations is not final, but on the Internet in general and in changelog in particular, you can find comprehensive information on new features and changes.
Prior to version 5.3, many of the functions of working with arrays as arguments could accept both an array and an object and as a result give the desired result. In 5.3, many of them now only accept arrays. If you want to access the properties of an object using any of the functions presented below, you will need to first convert the object to an array.
Prior to 5.3, these methods could be declared not only as public, but also as private, protected static, etc. Starting from 5.3, the methods indicated below cannot be static and must be public:
PHP appeared a list of functions that were marked for deletion. Most of them are not for general use, but nevertheless you should check the code for the fact of their absence. These functions are:
The following 2 words are now reserved:
Given the nature of these two keywords, it is very unlikely that they are in your code, however, it would be nice to scan the code for their presence. If they exist, the parser will be a gurazzo, since it poorly understands PHP © . In general, they cannot be used as function names, class names, etc.
On this, look for all the more detailed information in the transition manual on 5.3 and in the comments on the news about the release, just as if someone had already spotted the new version - Be sure to leave a comment through the form below.
For Slavic brothers living in Munich (Germany), or nearby: PHP 5.3 BBQ Release Party München July 17, 2009. Germ. English
PHP 5.3 BBQ Sponsors:Supported by:PS
Continuing the topic about GOTO, one of the comments on the original article:
Updated:
- At the end of the article there is also some information on how to celebrate this glorious event in Munich.
The above list of innovations is not final, but on the Internet in general and in changelog in particular, you can find comprehensive information on new features and changes.
Array Functions
Prior to version 5.3, many of the functions of working with arrays as arguments could accept both an array and an object and as a result give the desired result. In 5.3, many of them now only accept arrays. If you want to access the properties of an object using any of the functions presented below, you will need to first convert the object to an array.
- natsort ()
- natcasesort ()
- usort ()
- uasort ()
- uksort ()
- array_flip ()
- array_unique ()
Magic Method Changes
Prior to 5.3, these methods could be declared not only as public, but also as private, protected static, etc. Starting from 5.3, the methods indicated below cannot be static and must be public:
- __get ()
- __set ()
- __isset ()
- __unset ()
- __call ()
Ministry of Health warns
PHP appeared a list of functions that were marked for deletion. Most of them are not for general use, but nevertheless you should check the code for the fact of their absence. These functions are:
- call_user_method ()
- call_user_method_array ()
- define_syslog_variables ()
- ereg ()
- ereg_replace ()
- eregi ()
- eregi_replace ()
- set_magic_quotes_runtime () / magic_quotes_runtime ()
- session_register ()
- session_unregister ()
- session_is_registered ()
- set_socket_blocking ()
- split ()
- spliti ()
- sql_regcase ()
- define_syslog_variables
- register_globals
- register_long_arrays
- safe_mode
- magic_quotes_gpc
- magic_quotes_runtime
- magic_quotes_sybase
Table ordered
The following 2 words are now reserved:
Given the nature of these two keywords, it is very unlikely that they are in your code, however, it would be nice to scan the code for their presence. If they exist, the parser will be a gurazzo, since it poorly understands PHP © . In general, they cannot be used as function names, class names, etc.
On this, look for all the more detailed information in the transition manual on 5.3 and in the comments on the news about the release, just as if someone had already spotted the new version - Be sure to leave a comment through the form below.
PHP 5.3 BBQ Release Party München
For Slavic brothers living in Munich (Germany), or nearby: PHP 5.3 BBQ Release Party München July 17, 2009. Germ. English
PHP 5.3 BBQ Sponsors:Supported by:PS
Continuing the topic about GOTO, one of the comments on the original article:
- goto future;
- echo ‘PHP 5.2.x’;
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- future:
- echo ‘PHP 5.3.x’;