PHP Version Limitations

[MThornback]

Is it possible to add a field to each mod to identify the version of PHP plugins/products are coded in....I just upgraded to a php 5 host and we're having fun finding all the incompatibilities.

[Paul M]

We'll have to think about that, adding new fields is not a quick job.

[Brad]

Good idea but it'd take awhile for modification authors to update their threads (if they ever do it at all). We upgraded to php 5 awhile back without having many issues. A few modification broke but all of them were related to a change in the way array_merge() behaves in php 5. We didn't have one modification that couldn't be fixed with simple type casting.

[MThornback]

I understand that Paul...I just thought i'd mention it because I can't be the only person it affects as servers upgrade or change hosts

Brad:
I'm not PHP savvy enough to do alot of my own PHP work....I can edit it fine and I understand the relationship from looking at it....but I have a better understanding of templates than PHP...thank you for the tip, i'll pass it on to my co-admins....but I have no idea what it means, they might

[Brad]

Originally Posted by MThornback

I understand that Paul...I just thought i'd mention it because I can't be the only person it affects as servers upgrade or change hosts

Brad:
I'm not PHP savvy enough to do alot of my own PHP work....I can edit it fine and I understand the relationship from looking at it....but I have a better understanding of templates than PHP...thank you for the tip, i'll pass it on to my co-admins....but I have no idea what it means, they might

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=125302

There you go, I posted that when we were having errors pop up with a recent server upgrade. Most errors you'll see can be fixed using the information in that thread.

Also; PHP will give you the line number and filename when an error happens. Most of the time you can fix these errors even if you are not that good with php. Do some searching on php.net and on google for the error message you get and most of the time you'll find links upon links that deal with it. Do some reading up on the php basics, look up functions via the search engine at php.net, and play around with stuff in your free time. No one is born knowing how to program, we all had to start somewhere.