Mchl Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Why so? PHP6 won't be released anytime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28rain Posted February 15, 2009 Author Share Posted February 15, 2009 Im using php6 they have snaps and my tutorial book has a very clear guide of how to use it. It says the php6 binaries should be out very soon, I don know when it was released (over 6 months) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mchl Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 I'll tell you what: PHP6 will not be released soon. I doubt it will be this year. However, when it is released it will not be much different from PHP5. It will not be an entirely different language. Actually, most scripts that were written with PHP4 still work with PHP5 and I suspect many of them will work with PHP6 You can safely learn PHP5, and when PHP6 comes out, you will only have to learn about differences between the two. And releasing a book about an unreleased version of software is basically cheating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28rain Posted February 15, 2009 Author Share Posted February 15, 2009 Jeje ok ill check it out my scripts are very basic i think i guess they wont have changed. And the book is; http://books.google.com/books?id=EehTqQ1BDzMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=php+6&ei=W02YSYLIHYTENv_-7IoP i dont really understand how they made it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 They made it by basing it off of php5 and accounting for what php6 currently does. In short, the whole "php6" is a marketing ploy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mchl Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 OK. This book is shit. Examples shown there WILL NOT WORK IN PHP6 Why? Because so called short tags ( <? ) are removed from PHP6. You have to start your scripts with <?php Also, they're using mysql extension to connect to mysql, while it might as well be dropped from php6. Please, go find a better book. Even free web tutorials are better than this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Boss: We need to stay ahead of the game. We need a php6 book published before anybody else! Author: I don't think that's wise, boss.... Boss: I don't care, just do it! You have one week! Author: Our last php book was years ago, based off php4... Boss: Do it. Do it. Just do it. $oldBook = file_get_contents("lrn2php4.txt"); $newBook = preg_replace('~php4~is','~php6~',$oldBook); file_put_contents("lrn2php6.txt", $newBook); Author: Okay boss, we're good to go! Boss: Excellent, deploy GOGOGOGO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildteen88 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 EDIT: what the hell. Ignore me 123-reg.co.uk does not offer PHP or MySQL in any of their hosting plans. However their sister site (webfusion.co.uk) does. If you already have a contract with 123-reg.co.uk see if you can get it transferred to webfusion.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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