From c4dd7a1a684490673e25aaf4fabec5df138854c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lorry Tar Creator Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 05:42:27 +0000 Subject: Imported from /home/lorry/working-area/delta_php2/php-5.4.13.tar.bz2. --- README.PHP4-TO-PHP5-THIN-CHANGES | 155 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 155 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.PHP4-TO-PHP5-THIN-CHANGES (limited to 'README.PHP4-TO-PHP5-THIN-CHANGES') diff --git a/README.PHP4-TO-PHP5-THIN-CHANGES b/README.PHP4-TO-PHP5-THIN-CHANGES new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0a2c6d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.PHP4-TO-PHP5-THIN-CHANGES @@ -0,0 +1,155 @@ +1. strrpos() and strripos() now use the entire string as a needle. Be aware + that the existing scripts may no longer work as you expect. + + EX : + + + Will give you different results. The former returns 3 while the latter + returns false rather than the position of the last occurrence of 'D'. + The same applies to strripos(). + +2. Illegal use of string offsets causes E_ERROR instead of E_WARNING. + + EX : + + + Fatal error: Cannot use string offset as an array in ... on line 1 + +3. array_merge() was changed to accept only arrays. If a non-array variable is + passed, a E_WARNING will be thrown for every such parameter. Be careful + because your code may start emitting E_WARNING out of the blue. + +4. Be careful when porting from ext/mysql to ext/mysqli. The following + functions return NULL when no more data is available in the result set + (ext/mysql's functions return FALSE). + + - mysqli_fetch_row() + - mysqli_fetch_array() + - mysqli_fetch_assoc() + +5. PATH_TRANSLATED server variable is no longer set implicitly under + Apache2 SAPI in contrast to the situation in PHP 4, where it is set to the + same value as the SCRIPT_FILENAME server variable when it is not populated + by Apache. This change was made to comply with the CGI specification. + Please refer to bug #23610 for further information. + +6. Starting PHP 5.0.0 the T_ML_CONSTANT constant is no longer defined by the + ext/tokenizer extension. If error_reporting is set to E_ALL notices will + be produced. Instead of T_ML_CONSTANT for /* */ the T_COMMENT constant + is used, thus both // and /* */ are resolved as the T_COMMENT constant. + However the PHPDoc style comments /** */ ,which starting PHP 5 are parsed + by PHP, are recongnized as T_DOC_COMMENT. + +7. $_SERVER should be populated with argc and argv if variables_order + includes "S". If you have specifically configured your system to not + create $_SERVER, then of course it shouldn't be there. The change was to + always make argc and argv available in the CLI version regardless of the + variables_order setting. As in, the CLI version will now always populate + the global $argc and $argv variables. + +8. In some cases classes must be declared before used. It only happens only + if some of the new features of PHP 5 are used. Otherwise the behaviour is + the old. + Example 1 (works with no errors): + + + Example 2 (throws an error): + + + Output (example 2) : + Fatal error: Class 'a' not found in /tmp/cl.php on line 2 + +9. get_class() starting PHP 5 returns the name of the class as it was + declared which may lead to problems in older scripts that rely on + the previous behaviour - the class name is lowercased. Expect the + same behaviour from get_parent_class() when applicable. + Example : + + + Output (PHP 4): + string(6) "foobar" + string(9) "extfoobar" + + Output (PHP 5): + string(6) "FooBar" + string(9) "ExtFooBar" + ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + Example code that will break : + //.... + function someMethod($p) { + if (get_class($p) != 'helpingclass') { + return FALSE; + } + //... + } + //... + Possible solution is to search for get_class() and get_parent_class() in + all your scripts and use strtolower(). + +10. get_class_methods() returns the names of the methods of a class as they + declared. In PHP4 the names are all lowercased. + Example code : + + Output (PHP4): + array(2) { + [0]=> + string(5) "dofoo" + [1]=> + string(6) "hasfoo" + } + Output (PHP5): + array(2) { + [0]=> + string(5) "doFoo" + [1]=> + string(6) "hasFoo" + } + +11. Assignment $this is impossible. Starting PHP 5.0.0 $this has special + meaning in class methods and is recognized by the PHP parser. The latter + will generate a parse error when assignment to $this is found + Example code : + assignNew($b); + echo "I was executed\n"; + ?> + Output (PHP 4): + I was executed + Output (PHP 5): + PHP Fatal error: Cannot re-assign $this in /tmp/this_ex.php on line 4 + -- cgit v1.2.1