As an experienced PHP programmer, I'd HIGHLY recommend coders, especially beginners, tick with PHP version 4. I know its tempting to get the 'latest and greatest', however, v5 is still too new, and the majority of servers out there still only support v4 code, so you will run into problems if you already start using functions/methods available in v5 only, and dont own/operate/have root on the server in which your code is going to run, and only ever run.
I don't plan to make the switch to version 5 for at le
Yes, but as a somewhat, shall we say, intermediate programmer, and one who would especially like to learn all about the new OOP enviroments in PHP 5, would you recommend this for practicing with until PHP 5 becomes standard?
My webhost is just a college dude who rents a server out monthly and resells it to guys like me. Actually, I became a reseller under him, so I have root access to the server. I'm sure I could convince him to upgrade pretty soon. In the meantime, I'd love to fool with PHP 5 on my own machine.
Any thoughts?
It doesnt hurt to learn new things, especially in the case of programming languages. I dont disagree with learning php 5, but I dont think you should get too used to it at this point in time.
If you consider yourself just an intermediate programmer, then I would recommend you put your focus on honing your php 4 skills first, then taking on php 5 will be a cakewalk instead of a chore in itself.
As far as OOP is concerned, I'd recommend you learn it in php4 as well, since it is also an OO based language.
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Stick with PHP 4 (Score:5, Interesting)
I don't plan to make the switch to version 5 for at le
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If you consider yourself just an intermediate programmer, then I would recommend you put your focus on honing your php 4 skills first, then taking on php 5 will be a cakewalk instead of a chore in itself.
As far as OOP is concerned, I'd recommend you learn it in php4 as well, since it is also an OO based language.
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