ID: 49594
User updated by: jay at phpcourses dot ca
Reported By: jay at phpcourses dot ca
Status: Bogus
Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Operating System: all
PHP Version: 5.3.0
New Comment:
you first
This function has been DEPRECATED as of PHP 5.3.0 and REMOVED as of PHP
6.0.0. Relying on this feature is highly discouraged.
Previous Comments:
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[2009-10-01 21:30:13] paj...@php.net
Can you please do your homework prior to post to php.net's bug
reports?
Using PHP 5.3.0/svn:
> php -r "error_reporting(E_ALL); ereg('POSIX');"
Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in Command line code on line
1
> php -r "error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_DEPRECATED); ereg('POSIX',
'foo');"
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[2009-10-01 21:25:53] jay at phpcourses dot ca
nobody answered the original query
WHY stop supporting parts of the api all of a sudden?
it does NO harm leaving it in, as in ZERO
it DOES harm taking it out
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[2009-10-01 21:25:03] jay at phpcourses dot ca
i can't
see, "marked for deprecation" is different than "will no longer be
supported in 5.3"
i'm helping php avoid big mistakes
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[2009-10-01 18:08:49] paj...@php.net
Jay, disable E_DEPRECATED and be happy. Now go back to your usual
activities, thanks.
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[2009-10-01 17:48:58] jay at phpcourses dot ca
i need to talk to someone more senior/experienced
i write 5000 - 10000 php scripts a year, most of which use posix regex
and i don't need a junior telling me "we are not forcing you to upgrade
to php 5.3; keep 5.2 forever"
only a newbie would say that
my clients' scripts are on 1000s of servers around the world
php could also remove support for the pow() function, since there are
alternative ways of raising numbers to powers, but like the ereg()
support, they'd f*ck millions of developer worldwide
in short:
keep ereg() == no problems
scrap ereg() == problems
so why scrap API support?
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