[uf-discuss] Parsing XFN in PHP

[Michael MD]

> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 8:30 AM, Julian Bond <julian_bond at voidstar.com> 
> wrote:
>>  - Modifications to reduce dependencies and just possibly work with PHP4
>
> -1 from me, PHP5 is approaching 4 years old and PHP6 is just around
> the corner, and the gains from using PHP5's object syntax are almost
> immeasurable IMO.

There are still lots of people stuck with php4 on shared servers
... and there is lots of legacy code out there in the real world that still 
needs to work  (forget about finding time to rewrite it all!)

What did they expect? ... changing a language in ways that breaks existing 
code is hardly the way to encourage people to upgrade to a new version!