[TYPO3-dev] PHP5.3 compatibilty for TYPO3 4.2

[Jigal van Hemert]

Ingo Renner wrote:
> [1] Officially TYPO3 4.2 requires PHP 5.2, but the TYPO3 4.2 core 
> actually only checks for PHP 5.1

Well, there was a discussion about this on the Dutch list.
typo3.org states in the System requirements [1] that "Note: Starting 
with TYPO3 4.2.0, all releases will require PHP5.2!"
"require PHP5.2" is a link to [2], which is quite an old article but is 
still linked on the site!

The article [2] states:
"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."

Well, surprise: the enterprise Linux distributions of at least RedHat 
(and CentOS) are still shipped with PHP 5.1...

(I don't say that TYPO3 *should* support PHP 5.1, but this is what 
visitors find on the website)

[1] http://typo3.org/about/system-requirements/
[2] http://buzz.typo3.org/people/stucki/article/leaving-php4-behind/

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Jigal van Hemert.