Re:A look at modern PHP
by guggle on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @09:12AM
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Oh how I hated the fact that php.ini could change so much of the PHP behaviour... can't say I miss those days.
Also, I don't know about now because I left this ecosystem long ago, but it was very common for apps to bundle their own custom installer scripts (access a webpage, fill a form and so on). Certainly useful for the users but it was never standard and required a lot of work for the developers (and came with their own requirements and bugs).
But I like some of the recent additions to the language. At least the PHP Team keeps up with the competition.
Re:A look at modern PHP
by Ayesh on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @01:49AM
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This is changing now. There are no new php.ini changes that would affect how the parser or VM works. The lessons from things like safe_mode and register_globals are learned so well.
Also, I don't know about now because I left this ecosystem long ago, but it was very common for apps to bundle their own custom installer scripts (access a webpage, fill a form and so on). Certainly useful for the users but it was never standard and required a lot of work for the developers (and came with their own requirements and bugs).
But I like some of the recent additions to the language. At least the PHP Team keeps up with the competition.