[TYPO3-ect] div does not run under PHP4

[Daniel Bruessler]

Hello,

I put it into the bugtracker, so this todo doesn't get lost.

http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=7188
"licence-info "PHP versions 4 and 5": PHP4-compatibility not longer needed"

Cheers!
Daniel

> The div extension states compatibility with PHP 4 & 5 above the 
> copyright notice. The fix would be fairly simple: as PHP4 does not 
> support static variables in the class scope, a constructor would be a 
> workaround. But I notice that the class also uses the self keyword. So I 
> guess the extension should require PHP >= 5
> What's the official take on this?
> 
> 
> Sebastian Fischer wrote:
>> Hi Franz,
>>
>> as official support of php4 is discontinued and typo3 is closely bound to
>> php5.2, I think, the support of php4 is less important than fixing other
>> problems. It’s a certain chance to force more people to upgrade to 
>> php5 and
>> get loss of outdated installations.
>>
>> Greetings
>> Sebastian Fischer
>>
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>> Auftrag von Franz Holzinger
>> Gesendet: Samstag, 12. Januar 2008 12:17
>> An: typo3-team-extension-coordination at lists.netfielders.de
>> Betreff: [TYPO3-ect] div does not run under PHP4
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> it is not possible to run div and div2007 under PHP4.x
>>
>> It causes a PHP error message:
>>
>> Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STATIC, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION
>> or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in
>> /var/www/vhosts/mailtest/typo3conf/ext/div2007/class.tx_div2007_ff.php
>> on line 50
>>
>>
>> class tx_div2007_ff{
>>
>>     /**
>>      * The current loaded flexform
>>      *
>>      * @var array
>>      */
>>     static $flexForm = array(); //the current loaded flexform
>>
>>     /**
>>      * A set of flexforms that are stored in case they are going to be
>> use.
>>      *
>>      * @var array
>>      */
>>     static $flexForms = array();
>>
>>
>> - Franz
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