[TYPO3-dev] Database compare in 4.2.10 install tool broken?

[Jigal van Hemert]

Robert von Hackwitz wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-10-24 at 09:14 +0200, Jigal van Hemert wrote:
>> Robert von Hackwitz wrote:
>>> So, there's something wrong with this mix:
>>>
>>> Php 5.1.x with magic_quotes_gpc = off and TYPO3 4.2.10
>> Well, [1] states:
>>
>> (Note: Starting with TYPO3 4.2.0, all releases will require PHP5.2!)
>>
>> The problem is the PHP version IMO :-)
>>
>>
>> [1] http://typo3.org/about/system-requirements/
>>
>>
>> Regards, Jigal.
> 
> Hi Jigal,
> 
> thank you for your answer! You're right: official release notes state
> the requirement of php 5.2 but ... when 4.2 branch came out i read a
> Michael Stucki post on buzz.typo3.org [1] where he wrote:
> "...If you are using PHP 5.1 then you might be in luck... We are aware
> that enterprise Linux distributions of Novell and RedHat do not ship
> with PHP 5.2 yet (they both come with 5.1). Therefore, we will avoid
> using PHP 5.2 any specific features in TYPO3 as long as they have not
> switched."
> 
> Checking index_ts.php on line 44 confirm that as well for 4.2.10:
> 
> if (version_compare(phpversion(), '5.1', '<'))	die ('TYPO3 requires PHP
> 5.1.0 or higher.');
> 
> 
> [1] http://buzz.typo3.org/people/stucki/article/leaving-php4-behind/

That was July 2007!

I only checked the novell site and it [1] says that Suse Linux 
Enterprise Server 11 comes with PHP5.2.6...

[1] 
http://www.novell.com/products/linuxpackages/server11/i386/index_all.html

I wouldn't bet on 5.1 myself anymore...


Regards, Jigal.