# AW:  Re: PHP 5.1 (Or How to break tousands of apps out there)

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/20369
- Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/20369
- Started by Matthias Pigulla on 2005-11-25T11:23:11+00:00
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## #20369 — Matthias Pigulla — 2005-11-25T11:23:11+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/20369#20369

> > […]
> neither Date nor 
> > […]
> 
> Err, how are we supposed to prefix PEAR::Date?
> 
> PEAR_Date?
> Date_Date?
> Lala_Date?

The whole thing is nothing PEAR is to blame for. Even if PEAR had
noticed it earlier and renamed it to supercalifragilistic_Date and had
gotten out the update to everyone fast enough - still it would require
everyone using the PEAR class to reflect the change in their very own
codebases.

-mp.