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Start the project now / PHP 5 release?

Posted: Sat May 24, 2003 1:54 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 ...[/list]

Posted: Sat May 24, 2003 2:16 pm
by Captain Proton
The release date for PHP 5 is according to the developers around quarter 4 of this year. But I think you can safely add another quarter of that, since there will always be delays.

PHP 5 was originally planned to be released in March of this year, but as you can see the developers did not make that date either.

The latest PHP 5 development version can be downloaded, including a windows version, from http://cvs.php.net/. I've begun to develop an application in it as well, it's stable enough to develop in.

Posted: Sun May 25, 2003 9:21 am
by jason
Cross posting is not allowed. This is more a PHP - Normal topic.