We will try to stop fixing bugs in PHP

Re:We will try to stop fixing bugs in PHP by JaggedJax on Friday June 22, 2012 @12:58AM (#4145475)

I would almost guarantee security guidelines were the reason. He states they are dealing with tax data, and I would bet they handle some credit card data as well. If they even touch credit card data they have to be PCI compliant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_Card_Industry_Data_Secu...) which requires specific versions of PHP.

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Re:We will try to stop fixing bugs in PHP by pilif on Friday June 22, 2012 @03:30AM (#4145834)

If it requires specific versions of PHP, I would hope that doesn't include a self-patched build that deliberately masks erroneous input data by treating NULL as 0

The moment you run a patched build, you're IMHO not running the officially sanctioned version any more.

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