PHP 5 vs PHP 4 package download stats

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Chris Corbyn
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PHP 5 vs PHP 4 package download stats

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Just an observation, but checking the stats for Swift Mailer downloads on SF.net it's apparent that there are far more downloads of PHP 5 packages than there are of PHP 4 packages. This never used to be the case at all.

I wonder if this is a sign of more widespread adoption of PHP 5 (maybe with the gophp5 push?), or if there's some other reason :?:
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PHP 4 is only supported until the end of the year. That's probably going to make a difference.
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Post by Maugrim_The_Reaper »

Also, most new development is PHP5 anyway so that's where newer libraries will see the most adoption - PHP4 code is going to be more and more consigned to legacy applications where a mailer choice was made before Swiftmailer arrived on the scene. I'd bet PHPMailer is still seeing mass downloads for PHP4.
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