[TYPO3-english] TYPO3 --> PHP 5.3

[Georg Ringer]

Hi,

Am 30.05.2011 13:57, schrieb Mikel Wohlschlegel:
> I'm running a dev server with PHP 5.3 and recognized a lot of
> incompatible extensions, e.g. ereg_replace = deprecated.

please don't mix Core and Extensions! The core is IMO ready for PHP 5.3 
and as you found out: With 4.6, 5.3 will be needed and many changes are 
currently done in the core to simplify code by using 5.3 things.

Deprecated doesn't mean that it doesn't work anymore. It depends on the 
author if he fixes the extenison or not.

> * Will TYPO3 5 only run with PHP 5.3?

v5 is not in near future and nothing you have to be afraid of currently.

> * It there a special need for Extbase / Fluid running under PHP 5.3?

My guess: More and more extensions (especially new ones) will make use 
of 5.3.

2nd guess: It depends which extensions you wanna use and how well they 
are maintained.

> * Or is it better to stay with PHP 5.2 for just another while?

Sometimes you have to decide. In my case I would have needed both once 
(for different extensions) and I switched to 5.3

Georg