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PHP6 Release
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:05 pm
by suresh_2220
Hi,
Can you know when PHP 6 is getting released?
I am looking to create a universal website with Multi language(Unicode) Support. Any one know?
Re: PHP6 Release
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:22 pm
by nowaydown1
I haven't heard anything about an official date, but you can certainly grab the latest unstable build at
http://snaps.php.net/ if you're interested in trying out changes.
Re: PHP6 Release
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:51 pm
by RobertGonzalez
They haven't released a target launch date yet I believe.
Re: PHP6 Release
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:59 pm
by Luke
I'm no unicode expert (in fact I know almost nothing about it) but can you use these?
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.mbstring.php
Re: PHP6 Release
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 3:12 pm
by onion2k
Unless you're actually manipulating the text in the site you should be fine just writing it in PHP 5 (or even PHP 4..). I've done quite a few internationalised sites now and it's not been a problem yet. That said, all the things I've done have been UTF-8.. if that doesn't work for you it gets tricky.
Re: PHP6 Release
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:39 am
by Jaxolotl
onion2k wrote:Unless you're actually manipulating the text in the site you should be fine just writing it in PHP 5 (or even PHP 4..)
Actually the thing gets more complex when you are using a DB backend, for example using an old version with no collation support or by forgetting checking if mysql_query("SET NAMES 'utf8'", $db_link) is assigned properly, or when dealing with some japanese characters. Anyway
onion2k is wright, you may write multilang structures with even PHP4.