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Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 12:01:30 -0500
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 5 RC1
From: danielc@analysisandsolutions.com (Analysis & Solutions)

Hi Folks:

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 09:26:37AM +0100, Uwe Schindler wrote:
> But the filenames in the win32 distrib are still php4_xxx.dll (see 
> snapshot compile log).

This was one thing that concerned me about the new version.  It would be
_really_ nice if the PHP 5 DLL's would be given different names so PHP 4
and PHP 5 can be installed at the same time.  This doesn't seem possible
if the DLL's have the same names because the OS will use whichever DLL is
found first in the Path, rather than the DLL's appropriate for the version 
in question.

The ability to run two versions at once makes compatibility testing way
easier for developers making software that uses PHP.  For example, during
the transition from PHP 3 to PHP 4, I had .htm extensions mapped to PHP 3
and .html extensions mapped to PHP 5.  Both pages would include the same
PHP classes.  This way I could pop back and forth between versions without
a problem.

Thanks for your consideration,

--Dan

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