[TYPO3-core] RFC: PHP4 <> PHP5

[René Fritz]

I want to discuss a topic which is related to a bugfix I want to submit. 
That's why I do it here.

But it is also related to PHP5/4 differences and missing functions.

Description:
In tslib_pagegen a *copy* of an object is needed. In PHP5 objects are passed 
by reference. Therefore a copy has to be made with clone(). Otherwise it 
forces a bug.

In my eyes the cleanest solution would be to use clone() and provide a PHP4 
version for clone. I hope you agree here.

The next question is where to put that and what else.

I suggest to create t3lib/compat.php which is included in config_default.php.
In compat.php functions are placed that makes sense because of compatibility.

Another solution can be to include/adopt the pear package that provide many 
functions - but too much I think.

Opinions?

René

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René Fritz
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