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

[Ernesto Baschny [cron IT]]

Jigal van Hemert schrieb am 15.02.2010 12:09:
> 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/

I would say the press note about the release of TYPO3v4.2 was not right.
We were supporting PHP 5.1 from start and never introduced any 5.2
specific functionality, until 4.2.11. This slipped through because it
was "long ago" since a core developer thought about that 5.1 dependency.

In our new "version matrix" [1] PHP 5.1 is clearly stated for TYPO3v4.2,
because this is what we MEANT and I don't think we should break it.
Patch in core should fix it. Please comment, test and "+1" it.

Cheers,
Ernesto

[1] http://typo3.org/download/version-matrix/