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PHP5 release ? When should I start?

Posted: Sat May 24, 2003 1:56 pm
by Dummkopf
Hi,

I just finished to plan my own Massivs-Multiplayer-Roleplay/Strategy-Game, which also includes writing the UML-Diagrams and so on.

But then I´ve heart that PHP5 will allow me to use all the practical OO-functionality I already learned to appreaciate when I coded in Java.

Now I´ve got two questions:

1) Should I start to program my project with the OO-support PHP4 offers me? Or should I code it the way PHP5 allows me to do, though I won´t be able to test my scripts? Or should I wait until PHP5 is released in order to start the project then?
2) WHEN will PHP5 be released? I don´t need an exact date, but will it be this summer, this automn or summer 2005 ??

I´d be thankful for any answers, because I neither want to wait to start, nor to program the whole project twice ...

Posted: Sat May 24, 2003 4:19 pm
by m3mn0n
2) Fall '03

Posted: Sun May 25, 2003 3:07 am
by Sevengraff
since your planning on going OO crazy, i'd say wait for PHP5, because they worked pretty hard on that type of stuff. Im not a big OOP guy myself though.

Posted: Sun May 25, 2003 6:29 am
by volka
where will your game be hosted?
If you do not have control of that server you should ask the provider at which milestone/release they even only think about changing to php5.