[TYPO3-dev] TYPO3 4.2 Alpha 1

[Ingo Renner]

Francois Suter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>> To run TYPO3 4.2alpha1 you need to have at least PHP 5.2. This move 
>> was necessary to use features introduced since PHP 5.0 which we hope 
>> will give a speed impovement to TYPO3.
> 
> I find this sentence slightly ambiguous. Could you please clarify the 
> following point: if the idea is to benefit from features introduced 
> since PHP 5.0, does TYPO3 4.2 have a strict reliance on PHP 5.2.x or 
> will it run with 5.0.x and 5.1.x too?

officially we're speaking of a 5.2 requirement but we try to use 5.2 
features if it's the only way... so it might/should/could run on 
5.0/5.1, too. The only thing is that the new installer has a check for 
5.2 and currently will refuse the installation. We might take a look at 
this again...


HTH
Ingo